Thread: Orange Robot Safety Light
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Unread 19-05-2016, 18:11
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Re: Orange Robot Safety Light
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Originally Posted by scca229 View Post
I found them here for the low low price of $121.50/ea (thank goodness I'm not in marketing):

http://www.plccenter.com/Buy/Allen%2.../855PBB12ME522

*link is from the same Reddit thread as above.
HOW MUCH?! For an LED???

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Originally Posted by timytamy View Post
The only potential issue you may have is the current draw being too high, but with LEDs that would be surprising. (BTW, haven't used the one in the link, but don't see why it wouldn't work)
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Originally Posted by maxnz View Post
We used 2 due to the fact that we couldn't see the one from behind. We wired the second one into the first one and that has worked just fine.
If two of the "regulation" lights ran off one port on the Rio, I see no way a normal LED could draw too much current, unless there's a big wiring fault...
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