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Product Details
✓Compact 1.8mm/2mm LED for miniature displays - 10 Orange 1.8mm/2mm tower LEDs — the smallest standard LED form factor — fit miniature displays, dollhouse lighting, model railroad scale buildings, and tight spaces
✓Orange emission at 600-610nm with 5,000-5,500 mcd output - Clear-lens 1.8mm tower LED delivers focused amber-orange light through a 20-30 degree narrow viewing angle. Forward voltage 1.9-2.1V at 20mA drive current produces a crisp directional beam suited to indicator and signal duty.
✓1.8mm cylindrical tower through-hole package - Compact DIP body measures just 1.8mm in diameter, fitting panel cutouts and PCB footprints too tight for standard 3mm or 5mm LEDs. Two radial leads on standard pitch solder into perfboard, breadboard, or custom PCBs; clear epoxy lens concentrates output along the axis.
✓Polarity and resistor reference - Through-hole LEDs are polarity-sensitive: longer lead is anode (+), shorter lead is cathode (−). For 20mA drive current with a 1.8-2.2V LED, use a series resistor of 150Ω 1/4W on 5V, 360Ω 1/4W on 9V, 510Ω 1/4W on 12V, or 680Ω 1/2W on 15V.
✓Hobby and scale-modeling applications - Narrow 1.8mm body suits HO and N scale model railroad signal heads, ditch lights, and marker lamps where 3mm LEDs are oversized. Amber-orange output also works for halloween miniature props, jack-o-lantern micro-builds, diorama street lamps, and tight dollhouse fixtures.