LED replacement for an incandescent bulb in a microscope illuminator
Posted by the_digital_dentist
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LED replacement for an incandescent bulb in a microscope illuminator June 24, 2019 12:36PM |
I've been restoring some old microscopes for a local educational nonprofit group and ran into a couple B&L scopes that used 15W incandescent bulbs in the illuminators. One was burned out and I couldn't find a replacement so I designed an LED holder that screws into the E26 bulb socket and wired in a 5 mm white LED. Powered by a 6V wall wart.
The original stuff:
The printed parts:
The result:
More details here.
Yes, a single 20 mA, 5mm, white LED provides plenty of light even at 400x magnification.
Ultra MegaMax Dominator 3D printer: [drmrehorst.blogspot.com]
The original stuff:
The printed parts:
The result:
More details here.
Yes, a single 20 mA, 5mm, white LED provides plenty of light even at 400x magnification.
Ultra MegaMax Dominator 3D printer: [drmrehorst.blogspot.com]
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Re: LED replacement for an incandescent bulb in a microscope illuminator June 24, 2019 03:07PM |
... nice! 
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Viktor
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Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]
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