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Old 02-07-2008, 01:22 AM   #24
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Re: Just ordered mine- who else has them?

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I don't believe their light dimmer kit will work with your LEDs. It looks like a rheostat (or potentiometer) that is spec'ed for their vacuum fluorescent displays. What your are after is a pulse width modulator (PWM) which, by the way, uses a potentiometer to 'adjust the brightless' of the LEDs. Basically, a PWM varies the duty cycle of the LEDs so that the LEDs are actually blinking slow enough where they look dimmer without actually seeing them blink. You can get it a PWM kit for under $10. Search for 'PWM DC Motor Speed Control LED Driver'.
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