Build a home-made one of these?

unknown9 · August 25th, 2003, 10:59 PM

I was wondering if it was a possiblity to build a home-made one of these and then hook it up to your PSU?

http://www.svc.com/ledacfoforch.html

i would buy some but they are out....

**RicheemxX** · August 26th, 2003, 01:26 AM

I see no reason why not. If you have a platics shop around your house they should have the acrylic then you just need to have them drill some small holes just big enough for the leds wire them up and your good to go...those look pretty cool btw I might have to give something similar a try.

Bootlegger · August 26th, 2003, 02:14 PM

Make sure that you use resistors, then. Otherwise your LEDs won't last very long.

Gait_Keeper · August 26th, 2003, 02:20 PM

hmm...........this gives me Ideas, but me of low money, and time

I think you could do it

Optimus Prime · August 26th, 2003, 02:53 PM

It'd be easy enough, four LED's, four resistors (depending on colour, different colours have different resistances... also check brightness, you can get superbright etc.), hook them all up...

Wait a minute...

Check this site out and look at the LED mods, that should help ya!

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DoctorReno · August 26th, 2003, 03:25 PM

This is a kewl idea and like Gait-keeper gives me some ideas. Here is a link to a LED online store http://www.theledlight.com/
I have contacted them in the past when I have had LED ideas and they have provided excellent advice and tech info for my projects. They most likely will reccomend LED's and how to wire them. Keep us informed on how your project goes... take pics of your progress and post if you can.

Bootlegger · August 26th, 2003, 03:52 PM

If you use 5mm LEDs, you'll most likely need a 100 ohm, 1/2 watt resistor.

DoctorReno · August 26th, 2003, 04:26 PM

I also believe you can get LEDs with different angles of focus... IMO one with a wider beam would illuminate something like this better than a tight focused beam.

Bootlegger · August 26th, 2003, 04:34 PM

If you buy in bulk, you can get LEDs for really cheap, but THIS is the best place I've seen if you want to buy 'em separately. DON'T BUY FROM RADIO SHACK! They are the biggest ripoff in the world, and their LEDs aren't even bright-- $3 for a frickin' blue LED!

unknown9 · August 26th, 2003, 08:07 PM

how would you hook them up to our PSU though? The only way i could think of would be to hook it up to a simple battery (bad,would wear out fast) does anybody have a diagram of anything i could follow?