What type of LED for black annunciator?
I'm going to buy bulk LEDs from ebay rather than paying $2-5 each for them from my local store. The only thing is I am testing with very low brightness LEDs which are probably too low (20-80Mcd) for my needs. But the ones on ebay are some, retina blowing intensity, like 5-10,000Mcd!!!! I'm afraid that these will act like x-rays against my printed annunciator legends, and nothing short of led sheet will block the light around the cut-out.
I also heard that ultra-bright LEDs were generally recommended. But as I'm making my own annunciator filters, I need to use the lowest annunciator power that looks good without having to use 10 layers of filter to block the light.
I'm sure most of you who purchased panels will be using LEDs, so what spec did you go for, especially if you're using a hand-made annunciator or korry indicator.
Thanks in advance
Paul