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Old 19-01-2009, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RobF View Post

(Lightbox Version 1 using LEDs didn't work so well - an Engineer friend once told me its never good when you let the smoke get out of electronic components..... )
Hi Rob, can't offer any advice re the colour of darks, but your quote there
reminded me of the Smoke Theory your engineer friend is probably
on about.
I read this probably 20 odd years ago in an electronics magazine,
author unknown:
A funny read:
http://www.peizhang.com/forfun/forfu...ings_smoke.htm

There is also an interesting theory on light bulbs there too.
Again, I recall reading this one many years ago as well:

Dark suckers:
http://www.peizhang.com/forfun/forfu...darksucker.htm

sorry for the OT post!

Steve
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