Side light distribution LEDs

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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Hi everyone!

Please help me through a senior’s moment. What is the proper name for LEDs that have a concave hollowed tip. These are the ones that are designed to distribute the light to the sides instead of projecting it out front.

Thanks[D)](brain fart - you know the feeling[(-D])

Dave

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Inverted Cone LED.

And the best places online to get them are More LEDs or Super Bright LEDs.

http://www.moreleds.com

http://www.superbrightleds.com

Depending on what color you want, you can get Christmas light sets when they are in season that utilize inverted cone LEDs.

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Cacole:

Thanks!

Dave

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You can also get even better results using standard 3mm LEDs and lightly sanding the entire surface. This diffuses the light and causes the entire case to illuminate.

Mark.

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Mark!

Thanks for the suggestion.

I am currently working on a Bachmann street car which I want to convert to DCC. The car comes with an interior lighting molding cast in clear styrene. The molding provides lighting for the headlight, tail lights and the interior. I have already separated the head light and tail lights from the molding so I can illuminate them with LEDs but I want to see if I can use the rest of the molding to illuminate the interior as was the original intent. I need to get the maximum amount of light into the molding to make it work. Sanding the LEDs sounds like a great idea.

Dave