>Lastly - and I hope not to start this thread up again but: awhile
>back the heated 'blue led' debate seems to rest upon the fact that
>they're too bright and tend to blind you! This is not good. While I
>cannot find a blue LED that does NOT have a clear lense - I've found
>that dipping it in acetone or some such evil chemical (I thingk I
>used MEK), can give you a frosted effect which tones down the
>piercing nature of these little buggers. and then just series
>resistance the thing to tone down the brightness if need be - for
>whatever its worth...
I seem to remember someone telling me that a company was going to
make lower intensity blue leds. Don't know if there have been any
developed.
Simon
Canberra
AUSTRALIA