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I_Am_Steven
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Jul 25, 2015
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Pardon my dumb, but to anyone intimately familiar with these switches, looking at them, I see a recess in the top that is roughly LED shaped, and on the bottom, holes that appeared to be keyed positive and negative. Does this imply that they can be modded with an LED?
Pardon my poor use of language, although a native speaker, I went through the Philadelphia Public School system, and well, you know what that does to a person...
Jul 25, 2015
WHPGH
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Jul 26, 2015
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I_Am_StevenYes, you can fit an LED in each of these switches.
Jul 26, 2015
A0.C
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Jul 26, 2015
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I_Am_Steven3mm flangeless LED, or 2x3x4mm rectangular or 1.8mm will fit. They all have the same lead spacing.
Regular 3mm LED's have a ring (flange) around the base that makes it too big to fit in the recess in the top of the switch. If you grind it off it will fit. 2x3x4mm will fit fine, 1.8mm is an even better fit since they are short and there is very little chance of a keycap making contact with it.
Gateron switches have a slightly larger recess and 3mm LEDs with flange will fit them without removing the flange.
Jul 26, 2015
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