10mm LED'S Why doen't anyone use them?

[boogietube]

So, I had a score of superbright 10mm led's recently ( $0.25 each- I paid way more for the mounting bezels) and I wondered why nobody uses them in stompboxes? I haven't tried them yet (except to test them) but I was wondering why nobody uses them? Do they create pops, noise etc? Or is it just the physical dimensions?

Sean

[earthtonesaudio]

They're too awesome.  People can't handle 'em.

Seriously though, if they're just like the 3mm and 5mm type except for the lens/case, they should function identically to the others.  Probably people stay away from them because they don't know about them, or the larger size makes the extra expense of bezels a bit more necessary.

[roseblood11]

how much current do they need?

[frequencycentral]

No one uses them because they're too big and there's no room for them in these insanely small enclosures we're all using now: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=64752.0

[CynicalMan]

how much current do they need?

This says that they need 30 mA.

[Nitefly182]

Huge. Obnoxiously bright. I think the LED actually sold this pedal for me 

[JKowalski]

Huge. Obnoxiously bright. I think the LED actually sold this pedal for me 

Nitefly, that enclosure looks really nice - where did you get it?

[Nitefly182]

Huge. Obnoxiously bright. I think the LED actually sold this pedal for me 

Nitefly, that enclosure looks really nice - where did you get it?

www.roadrageprogear.com

Theyre kind of a hassle to work with but if you like the look they are the only place to get them readymade.

[sean k]

I use 10mm brights to drive the LDR's, the 1k L .5M D, I use which are about the same size, 10mm accross. For the 100K L 10M D LDR's I use the 5mm brights... after flattenings off the tops, of the LED's.

[igor12]

Are they red? Use em to drive LDR's.  I think these sound best in the uglyface for example.

[Leston Braun]

In Finland I sought quite long for 10mm bezels, heres a pic of a Trem Lune fitted with 10mm LED through a 8mm inlet rubber. Now I have found 10mm bezels, but they are quite tall inside the box, for my next application I need to glue in the bezel and then sand off about half of its height to fit my PCB inside.

Lately I bought 20mm LEDs (the same type that can be found in OKKO Diablo), and their bezel won't take that much space inside a box.

[mattumbi]

I used one in a Hamptone-style jfet line driver. First time I gigged with it, people in the audience complained about the brightness~

[Joe Hart]

I use them to look extra evil (like when you shine a flashlight under your chin while telling ghost stories around the campfire!).  Every time I step up to the pedal board, I look extra menacing  !
-Joe Hart

[Joe Hart]

Geoff, is that shag carpeting? I gotta move to Finland!!
-Joe Hart

[kupervaser]

I used them. They are awesome: