FRONT PANEL MOUNT LED INDICATORS

[ViperDoc]

What do you use for front panel LED indicators? I've had some problems finding the right mount/LED combination. My goal is to have a red/green channel indicator and a blue clip indicator. I can find a 5mm red/green led no problem, but any other color I'm not able to find. Ideally I would use the preassembled style that tightens to the front chassis panel with a nut, I don't want to deal with PCBs or anything like that. Thanks for your advice. My power supply will be 5 VDC.

[pompeiisneaks]

Hoffman amps sells a nice 5mm LED bezel:

https://hoffmanamps.com/MyStore/perlsho ... D=!ORDERID!

as well as several colors of LED's.

For smaller led's (3mm vs 5mm)
you can get these from tubesandmore.com (antique electronic supply)

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/l ... g-3mm-leds

and they sell similar led's of different colors for that type.

~Phil

[ViperDoc]

Thanks, Phil!

[Doug R.]

I have used tricolor leds....you can utilize a standard instrument jack size hole and a rubber grommet. Push the led from behind until it starts to protrude .

[bal704]

Here's what I use. They will run on less than 12V also. They have a built in resistor for the LED, so it's as simple as running them to a DC source. The radio shack site has several different colors.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-X-RadioShack ... 1438.l2649

[thetragichero]

holder
https://www.taydaelectronics.com/leds/l ... metal.html

they have 3mm as well. for the super bright ones i use like a 10k dropping resistor and they're still bright as 'ell

shipping takes awhile but they're super cheap. i bought a ton of rectifier diodes (70), 5 bridge rectifiers, and some knobs and it was less than ten bucks including shipping. check their Facebook page as they often have 15% off coupons

[ViperDoc]

Some great recommendations, guys, thanks!