PS1 screen mod, Resistor placement?

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PS1 screen mod, Resistor placement?

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Well got my screen taken apart and the LEDS all wired and in place. Im planing on putin the resistor in the plastic lining with the leds wiring but before i do this i remember reading that it gets VERY hot..so i put the 7volts i got to light it up and see if it werks, man that guy was smoking hot! i left it on for about 40sec and i couldnt touch the dam thing..there anyway to get it to not be so hot? im thinking id just have to put the reisitor outside the frame i dont want it to melt the plastic as it seems it would with the temp its reaching..

i tried to search for that post on the heat and resistors i read but alas couldnt find it :cry: also its bout 3am and cant think straight after staying up till bout 6am yesterday doing the first wiring of LEDS to find out one was burned out already, also had a missing neg wire somplace..always great to stay up late to see somthing not werk :?
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Post by JackFrost22 »

The heats from the tube do the led mod that all i can say
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Post by Geebs61 »

um I think he DID do the led mod... at least thats what he explained he was doing. Why else would he ask about the resistor he attached to the leds he put inside the casing of his PSOne screen?
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Post by gannon »

yeah, the resistor will get hot. You might want to get a higher wattage resistor too.
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Post by someone »

try (this is a bit crazy) putting long leads on the resistor and glue it to your heatsink, you should be set!
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Post by Djsefnet »

long leads on it eh hrm does sound crazy mabey enough to werk. only resistor place ive been to so far is radioshack... could look around online for better mabey ill give the heat sink a shot tho to see how it werks. thx
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how hot does it get?
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Post by HK-47 »

Just buy a higher wattage resistor.
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Post by JackFrost22 »

yeah and it shouldnt melt plastic
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