Fixing LEDs with hot glue possible? tried that?

rosch · March 18, 2009, 9:40pm

has anyone fixed LEDs (modulation matrix) on the front panel using HOT GLUE?

i’d like to do so but i wonder whether the heat could damage the LED.

so anybody tried this before?

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Screaming_Rabbit · March 18, 2009, 10:15pm

… i wonder whether the heat could damage the LED.

No, it will do no harm to the LED

Greets, Roger

MTE · March 19, 2009, 6:33am

stryd_one · March 19, 2009, 7:35am

Just think of the cut resistors needed to do that… the poor things *sniffle*

Oh, the humanity!

frailn · March 19, 2009, 10:46am

Would it be hard to replace an LED using this method? Has anyone ever had LED’s go “bad” on them?

nILS · March 19, 2009, 11:23am

LEDs do go bad on a regular basis. Regular being every 10 or so years. And yes, replacing them is doable. The hot glue never gets really hard and you can always just heat it up and it’ll get soft again anyways.

rosch · March 19, 2009, 12:45pm

OK thanks for the info! good to know!

moogah · March 20, 2009, 4:53pm

I’m pretty sure and exacto knife and soldering iron are the only 2 tools needed to replace a glued-in LED.