[TenTec] Adding Pilot Light to RX-320D

[Phil Sussman]

Mike,

I know it's been over a year, but I've been reviewing my emails.
Do you happen to have any of those red LEDs left?

Thanks,

de Phil - N8PS

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Quoting Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com>:

> It's a easy as eating pancakes!
>
> I'd suggest a T-1 LED. they're the smaller of the normal T 1 3/4.
>
>
> Like a diode, an LED is polarity sensitive, it will only light when  
> connected correctly.
>
> decide where on the front panel you want the led to go, the smaller  
> T-1 I think would look the best.
>
> using a scrap piece of pcb material, metal, or whatever you have,  
> and use that as a practice piece. You want a hole that the led will  
> JUST barely push into to.
>
> when you have the right size, mask off the front of the 320, mark  
> the spot with a marker and then gently tap in a punch tip to make a  
> small dimple, keeps the drill from walking.
>
> when the hole is in, get a black magic marker and mark the inside of  
> the hole and the edges, then push the led into the hole
>
> place the led into the hole so the leads are side by side and not up  
> and down.
>
>
>
> as small, and I mean small, drop of super glue will hold the led in place
>
> you'll notice that the led has one lead longer than the other. that  
> longer lead is the POSITIVE side the led.
>
> Now, you need a 1K resistor. clip the both leads back on the  
> resistor to about 3/8 of an inch. Pretin both resistors leads and  
> the longer lead of the LED.
>
>
> Using a just a small amount of solder, solder one end of the  
> resistor to the long lead of the LED.
>
> Now, with some small gauge wire, say 24 or 26 solder a wire from the  
> short lead to the nearest ground connection.
>
> slip a piece of heat shrink tubing or insulating tubing (tape will  
> work, too) around the resistor and the connections to the led. You  
> don't want either lead to touch.
>
> (If I were doing this, I'd cut both resistors leads to about 1/4  
> inch, and then solder the wires. But if you've never worked with one  
> before, then leave the leads long.)
>
> solder a wire from the free end of the resistor to the power switch.
>
> Choose the lug on the power switch that has a wire going to the pcb.  
> Solder the wire from the resistor to that lug.
>
> apply power and flip the switch.
>
> Enjoy your power LED
>
>
> Mike, wb8vge
>
> Ohhh, if you don't have a few red led T-1 in hand, let me know and  
> I'll send you some----free!
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2012, at 4:23 AM, Richards wrote:
>
>> Greetings TenTec Mavens -
>>
>> I would like to add a pilot light to the front panel of my TenTec  
>> RX-320D.   I have SOME home brewing skills... having built several  
>> kits, including a few TT receiver kits, and having designed some  
>> small project circuits on my own.  My experience suggests doing  
>> this is not as easy as merely soldering a LED into the circuit, and  
>> sticking it through a hole in the front panel.
>>
>> But how hard IS it?   I cannot find any articles where this  
>> modification is described.  Any clues where I should start?  Any  
>> tips?
>>
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