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I had a late Christmas yesterday.

My dear, smart, (yet clueless) sister insisted on taking me to Target and getting me a toaster oven.

It is a Toast-R-Oven, model 390W.

(Fret not, still have the Sunbeam T-20B, still going to see if it can be repaired.)

The signal light is BLUE.

So is the panel light on the dvd player the nieces and nephew-in-law gave me, a "Trutech" TT320.

(My first dvd player. Very pleased. I've seen a filmed stage production of "Kiss Me, Kate," and "Auntie Mame" (The real one, with Rosalind Russell!).) Public libraries are very handy.

Maybe the blue is for colour-blind people?

If it's an endorsement for U of Mich, it is not my dish!

I am amused, and not annoyed. Pleasantly puzzled, in fact.

(If any of the "brotherhood" have copies of "frisky" or "saucy" dvd's you might like to share, email addy in my profile.)

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
I guess that's why they call it the blues

Usually, green=on, yellow means standby, red can be either on or standby, but things are going blue now. My Samsung TV has a red light when OFF and no light when on. I guess not to distract the viewer from watching the screen. It's not a bad thing but now everything is going with blue leds.
 
Kinda OT, but all the LCD's on my computer are blue - i.e. the lights ont eh speakers, monitor, and front of the screen, as well as the wireless keyboard receiver. It's kinda doody looking really. A lot of washers here in the UK are starting to get blue LCD panels here too.

Jon
 
blue LED's were previously hard to produce, and very expensive, if not impossible. For that reason, we only saw red, green and yellow. With modern semiconductor technology improving, LED's in the blue and even ultraviolet range are possible. These LED's have enabled us to make some unique things. The first place blue LED's were used is in giant-screen TV's, like the ones in Times Square and the "Jumbo-trons" seen in arenas. UV LED's produce ultraviolet light, so when they are coated with the same phospor that a fluroescent lamp contains, they glow white. These white LED's are used in flashlights, landscaping lights and all sorts of decorative lighting nowadays. One of my favorite application for LED's these days is the latest christmas lights!

Probably the reason why blue has become so popular is because it was a color previously not possible. Using blue nowadays creates a unique look...that was until everyone else started using them too. I encounter a LOT of blue LED indicators in audio-video electronics in both consumer equipment and professional equipment. One of the neatest applications is the latest volkswagen cars. The blue instrument clusters look totally cool!
 
Aggrevating wireless keyboard light

My Keyboard is a "Dynex" and everytime you move the mouse or use the keyboard the thing flashes. When gaming with the lights off, it's really annoying.
 
I have a Teac table radio (with CD player) in a retro motif. The round control display is side-lit with blue LED's, as are little light rings around the volume and tuning knobs.

Well, except that the light ring around the volume knob went out a few months ago. But it's still a cool design. A clever combination of retro and modern (with remote control, as well). Plus it has great sound.

Back in hot rod days (and still) it's a tradition to put little blue glass lenses into the rear tail-lights. That way, they light up when you put on the brakes. Not entirely legal, but most cops overlook the violation.
 
Blue Light

I remember my fathers 1965 ford custom had a blue light on the dash that said "COLD" it came on when u started the car and remained on..until the engine warmed up...anyone else remember those?
 
my friend's 62 Chevy Impala has the "Cold" light on his car that is green. It's right beside the "hot" light that is red just below the speedometer. I'm not sure what the lights are calibrated at. I wonder why car manufacturers got away from using the cold lights. It was a good indicator when the engine was not at full operating temperature. While some cars today have gauges, others still have the idiot lights. It may have been because they were wired into the choke valve, and since most cars these days don't have chokes (EFI) there was no way to hook up the light.
 
Many of the 60's cars had that feature

I always liked that, if gauges were not available, at least you knew to be easy on it and wait till that light went out to turn on the heat. I liked the blue Ford one better than the green, seemed colder... LOL
They usually were set for 125-130 degrees or so, before they went out, at least on the full size Chevy's which had them until 1967. I have both a 65 Ford and 66 Impala gauge cluster out in the garage and they both have that light. My 68 Impala only has Hot light, soon to have the factory gauge package though!
Scott
 

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