# LED caps: has anyone tried this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587 "2010-08-30T20:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ExAzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ExAzrael](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ExAzrael)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/1 "2010-08-30T20:46:43Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/d/e/4de0da6bacd791b31d1e0bab14bfdda62e9fc7c0.jpeg "Weekend Project: LED Yo-Yo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvsCg63Gbc) I’m probably gonna make a set for my DM2 ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/2 "2010-08-30T22:43:35Z")
thats pretty epic… might do that for my DM… I can use the caps that came with it ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/3 "2010-08-30T23:48:32Z")
I would rather add a SPDT with a weight. or maybe a toggle switch… ---
**Author:** ![jbyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jbyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbyoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/4 "2010-08-31T07:06:22Z")
That’s so cool ! Does it affect spin dynamics though? Where can you get LEDs? ---
**Author:** ![ExAzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ExAzrael](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ExAzrael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/5 "2010-08-31T15:48:27Z")
you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/6 "2010-08-31T22:10:36Z")
> [@exazrael](#): > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. ---
**Author:** ![Gerry0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerry0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gerry0)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/7 "2010-09-01T01:53:20Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/8 "2010-09-01T04:12:35Z")
> [@Gerry0](#): > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. > > Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. > As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 You can still use big ones… but you do need to know volts man, and milliamps. You can blow the LED or not be able to light up the LED bright enough. 1.5 is perfect for CR2032 battery that he uses… I may be getting a bunch of crap latley about how I don’t know a lot about yoyoing because I have been told false info in the past but, I KNOW my electronic engineering. ---
**Author:** ![Gerry0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerry0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gerry0)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/9 "2010-09-01T18:14:31Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > > > > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. > > > > Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. > > As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 > > You can still use big ones… but you do need to know volts man, and milliamps. You can blow the LED or not be able to light up the LED bright enough. 1.5 is perfect for CR2032 battery that he uses… I may be getting a bunch of crap latley about how I don’t know a lot about yoyoing because I have been told false info in the past but, I KNOW my electronic engineering. Look I’m trying to help, not trying to bother you. Just a question can I use then a pair of 1.5 Volts LEDs wired in parallel with a CR2032 battery of 3 Volts without a proper resistor? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/10 "2010-09-02T05:05:57Z")
> [@Gerry0](#): > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > > > > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > > > > > > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. > > > > > > Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. > > > As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 > > > > You can still use big ones… but you do need to know volts man, and milliamps. You can blow the LED or not be able to light up the LED bright enough. 1.5 is perfect for CR2032 battery that he uses… I may be getting a bunch of crap latley about how I don’t know a lot about yoyoing because I have been told false info in the past but, I KNOW my electronic engineering. > > Look I’m trying to help, not trying to bother you. Just a question can I use then a pair of 1.5 Volts LEDs wired in parallel with a CR2032 battery of 3 Volts without a proper resistor? You could, you might blow the LED, but he is not running a parallel… ---
**Author:** ![Gerry0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerry0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gerry0)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/11 "2010-09-02T14:34:20Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > > > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > > > > > > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > > > > > > > > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. > > > > > > > > Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. > > > > As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 > > > > > > You can still use big ones… but you do need to know volts man, and milliamps. You can blow the LED or not be able to light up the LED bright enough. 1.5 is perfect for CR2032 battery that he uses… I may be getting a bunch of crap latley about how I don’t know a lot about yoyoing because I have been told false info in the past but, I KNOW my electronic engineering. > > > > Look I’m trying to help, not trying to bother you. Just a question can I use then a pair of 1.5 Volts LEDs wired in parallel with a CR2032 battery of 3 Volts without a proper resistor? > > You could, you might blow the LED, but he is not running a parallel… Look again in the video, the 2 LEDs are wired in parallel not in serial. Regards colleague ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/12 "2010-09-02T15:08:15Z")
> [@Gerry0](#): > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > > > [@Gerry0](#): > > > > > > > > > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > > > > > > > > > [@exazrael](#): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you fan find LEDs online (google it there are a ton of stores) or at like radio shack. > > > > > > > > > > > > Radioshack can get you all the parts you need. Get 1.5 volt leds though. > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, but to select a LED, you don’t need to ask for a x.x volts LED. Just choose the color and the size. In this project I think it’s better a small LED. > > > > > As an additional remark if the pieces are not perfectly centered, the Yo-yo it’s going to vibrate. 🙂 > > > > > > > > You can still use big ones… but you do need to know volts man, and milliamps. You can blow the LED or not be able to light up the LED bright enough. 1.5 is perfect for CR2032 battery that he uses… I may be getting a bunch of crap latley about how I don’t know a lot about yoyoing because I have been told false info in the past but, I KNOW my electronic engineering. > > > > > > Look I’m trying to help, not trying to bother you. Just a question can I use then a pair of 1.5 Volts LEDs wired in parallel with a CR2032 battery of 3 Volts without a proper resistor? > > > > You could, you might blow the LED, but he is not running a parallel… > > Look again in the video, the 2 LEDs are wired in parallel not in serial. > Regards colleague Wow, I stand corrected. I made mine differently. ---
**Author:** ![scyshc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/scyshc/32/658_2.png) [@scyshc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/scyshc)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/13 "2010-09-04T03:34:24Z")
you should really ask kipkay this guy knows everything about electroics you can contact him on [kipkay.com](http://kipkay.com) ---
**Author:** ![Gerry0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerry0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gerry0)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/14 "2010-09-14T20:35:06Z")
> [@scyshc](#): > > you should really ask kipkay this guy knows everything about > electroics > you can contact him on [kipkay.com](http://kipkay.com) Thanks, just as a comment I have about 33 years working in electronic design :wink: ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/15 "2010-09-14T23:37:08Z")
> [@Gerry0](#): > > > [@scyshc](#): > > > > you should really ask kipkay this guy knows everything about > > electroics > > you can contact him on [kipkay.com](http://kipkay.com) > > Thanks, just as a comment I have about 33 years working in electronic design :wink: And I have about 1 year, thats why I made mine wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Nathaniel0912](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathaniel0912/32/453_2.png) [@Nathaniel0912](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathaniel0912)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/led-caps-has-anyone-tried-this/18587/16 "2010-09-15T02:31:00Z")
[http://www.yoyonation.com/product.php?productid=16539&cat=316&page=1](http://www.yoyonation.com/product.php?productid=16539&cat=316&page=1) comes with LED caps IF this post is a no-no let me know ^.^