Led holder Mk2 - heavy duty

Hi all!
I built with a friend a second version of Led holder.
i will use on my new amplifier for ESL headphone, I also have to build one for my milling machine, as main voltage indicator.

i used solid brass, hand polished with M12 thread, 19mm dia, useful for ultrabright 6mm unit, connected to 230v single phase with cap-diode-resistor.
Heavy and shiny, as I like. I decided to make it big because the new Esl power unit will have only the headphone connector in the right position of front panel, I needed something to balance.

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Hi Randoman, nice work! Can You show the item in the "used case", possibly including the LED? Thanks a lot - Jupp

Hi! The new amplifier is not finished, since I need crucial components in order to finish the frame.
I build another amplifier for speaker, with a similar led holder, that's the result

Homemade Amplifier Housing - HomemadeTools.net

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Thanks rendoman! We've added your LED Holder to our Machining category,
as well as to your builder page: rendoman's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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you say "ultrabright 6mm unit, connected to 230v single phase with cap-diode-resistor. "
what values are you using?
why the capacitor? (I can understand the resistor and diode.... is the cap to reduce the dimming during the missing half wave?)

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Hi! The cap with AC should acts like a sort of resistor, because of the capacitive reactance. I used 0,01uF 400v poly , 1n4007 diode and 750 ohm resistor for UV led
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