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  • Paradigm Shifter
    Senior Member
    • May 2019
    • 893

    #41
    Originally posted by ssokolow View Post
    I prefer electrical tape because it comes in the most common colors and textures (i.e. matte, glossy) for case plastic, so carefully cutting a piece with a utility knife can produce something that, once carefully placed, is almost invisible and looks like it was put on at the factory.
    Perhaps I'm just more/overly sensitive, or perhaps the electrical tape I can get easily here is thinner than elsewhere, but I find it blocks LEDs (blue in particular) poorly. I need multiple layers (up to six on each LED on my KVM! Those things are insanely bright) to block it adequately, and it can leave a residue behind. Tiny balls of Blu-tac are so much easier, if less aesthetically pleasing. That said, mini stacks of electrical tape look kind of ugly too.

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    • f0rmat
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2020
      • 377

      #42
      Originally posted by Paradigm Shifter View Post
      Perhaps I'm just more/overly sensitive, or perhaps the electrical tape I can get easily here is thinner than elsewhere, but I find it blocks LEDs (blue in particular) poorly. I need multiple layers (up to six on each LED on my KVM! Those things are insanely bright) to block it adequately, and it can leave a residue behind. Tiny balls of Blu-tac are so much easier, if less aesthetically pleasing. That said, mini stacks of electrical tape look kind of ugly too.
      I actually used an automotive sealant called Permatex on one system one time. The LED was dimpled in just a little bit and the case was flat black. The light was insanely bright, too. I put some Permatex black on it (scraping it flat with the case) and nothing came through after it set. But most people would not have that stuff on hand unless you tinker with cars - it is cheap. Additional, it can be pried out (carefully) if you decide to remove it later.
      GOD is REAL unless declared as an INTEGER.

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      • ssokolow
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2013
        • 5096

        #43
        Originally posted by f0rmat View Post

        I actually used an automotive sealant called Permatex on one system one time. The LED was dimpled in just a little bit and the case was flat black. The light was insanely bright, too. I put some Permatex black on it (scraping it flat with the case) and nothing came through after it set. But most people would not have that stuff on hand unless you tinker with cars - it is cheap. Additional, it can be pried out (carefully) if you decide to remove it later.
        If I were going that far, I'd probably just open up the case, desolder one lead from the LED, and wrap it in electrical tape to prevent shorts.

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        • f0rmat
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2020
          • 377

          #44
          Originally posted by ssokolow View Post

          If I were going that far, I'd probably just open up the case, desolder one lead from the LED, and wrap it in electrical tape to prevent shorts.
          I have done that to, but there were times I simply could not get the soldering pencil in the tight area. The Permatex fix is quite quck.
          GOD is REAL unless declared as an INTEGER.

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