Help to find the right item
Moskog
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Hey, what do you call this thin, usually red plexiglass-alike screen found in front of led-displays on radios and alarm-clocks?
I'am looking for sheets of those on eBay but I don't know the right keyword so its pretty hard to find them.
I guess they are sold in different sizes, or you can cut them to fit your own projects.
I'am looking for sheets of those on eBay but I don't know the right keyword so its pretty hard to find them.
I guess they are sold in different sizes, or you can cut them to fit your own projects.
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Of course, if you choose a color other than red for your LED, the results may vary. It might be easier to drop by a plastics supplier, talk with the sales people, and get some samples that you think will work with your project. Bring along an LED and the battery to power it.
Actual covers are indeed made in a huge variety of sizes for different things. But I doubt you can buy them. Each device may have a custom-made LED cover and nothing every reaches the public for off-the-shelf purchases. I have salvaged one piece from somewhere. But that is just about the only way I have ever gotten anything... salvage the cover off an existing device.
You may just have better luck at the plastics store with a nice sales person.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8-2423-Transparent-Red-Cell-Cast-Acrylic-Sheet-12-x-12-/290871314332?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b948079c
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-Acrylic-sheet-200x100x2mm-Transparent-Red-/130412490108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5d30ad7c
Did you want a visible LED display in Red plastic?
Or did you want to cover an IR emitting LED.
I suppose that you might have a wide choice of LED intensities and colors to select from if you want to get a good display with behind the red plastic. But it still comes down to doing some actual testing, not just shopping EBay.
I actually live in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and about 1/3rd of the world's plastic is produced locally. So you should get good value buying from Taiwan.