Bulgin buttons

Timstone

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Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005, 18:07

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Hi all,

I've procured two Bulgin buttons for my new watercooled pc (complete with a very nice reservoir you all know so well). I bought them at a local electronics shop.
But the question remains; how to hook up the cool buttons?
The salesman could tell and a little search on the net revealed that they need 12V, am I correct?
Could someone help me with this?
I plan to use one for "On/Off" and one for "Reset".

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Shoggy

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005, 18:55

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Zitat von »Timstone«

The salesman could tell and a little search on the net revealed that they need 12V, am I correct?

Wuhaaa :o Absolutely wrong!

The blue verion needs 3.6V (20mA). The inner pins are for the switch and the outer pins are for the LEDs - they are also marked with + and -.

Timstone

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005, 19:06

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Woow, I must be blind then. Good thing I asked before I tried to put them on 12 Volts of juice. :o
So I don't need to connect them with a diode of resistor?
Iask this because I saw here at AC a pic of the connection set for the buttons. On the pic I saw a small extra electronic component.

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Mr_modnaR

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Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005, 20:53

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Zitat

On the pic I saw a small extra electronic component

yes that is the resistor you need to reduce the voltage from 12v to 3.6v providing you want to connect the switch to a molex connector for example.

Timstone

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005, 21:19

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You see that's where I got the 12V. Hah, I knew I confused a few numbers. Thanks for the help people. Much obliged.

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shonuff

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2005, 10:41

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Shoggy, what voltage is required by the RED switches? Is it 2.0v?

Katzenfreund

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2005, 10:56

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I'm not Shoggy but 1.85V.

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shonuff

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2005, 11:27

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Zitat von »Katzenfreund«

I'm not Shoggy but 1.85V.

Thanks! One of the US resellers that cary this switch says 2v and another says 3.2v. :o The pdf file on the Bulgin website also says 1.85v. I am hoping that I will be safe with voltages between 1.85v and 2.0v.

Timstone

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2005, 23:38

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I hope so too. I've bought the blue and red one too.
Fingers crossed.

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Ze@lot

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Freitag, 24. Juni 2005, 21:08

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y are the switches different voltages ???

Mr_modnaR

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Freitag, 24. Juni 2005, 22:20

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i guess that different colours of leds need different voltages to attain a similar light output level.

Ze@lot

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Re: Bulgin buttons

Samstag, 25. Juni 2005, 22:29

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