Re: Is it safe to use a hot-glue gun to keep LED's in place?
- From: "Ban" <bansuri@xxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 03:40:44 GMT
upgrdman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm building some LED headlights for my radio-controlled car, and I
> plan to use one of those project boards or whatever they're are called
> to wire my LEDs and their resistors. But my RC car is gas powered, and
> the engine puts out a lot of vibration. I'm concerned that my big
> white LED's will be tugging a little on their solder joints without
> some sort of brace, and I would like to just use some hot-glue form a
> glue gun.
>
> But I'm new to electronics, and I do not know if the glue would be too
> hot? and I doubt it, but does the glue conduct electricity?
>
I have seen ugly hot-glue work on cheap boards to hold cables and big
components in place and even to insulate mains carrying traces on PCBs, so
there doesn't seem to be much conductivity. It is another question if the
epoxy surface of the LEDs will stick to it, but worth a try.
--
ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy
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