Build a home-made one of these?

[unknown9]

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]

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]

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

[Gait_Keeper]

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

I think you could do it

[Optimus Prime]

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! .

[DoctorReno]

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]

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

[DoctorReno]

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]

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]

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?

[RicheemxX]

If you have an extra fan plug on the mobo you should be able to splice all the wires into one and use an old fan plug to run it that way...that might not be a bad way to go other than that you can just wire it into a pass through molex connector or hook the wires into one of your connectors your using now.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally posted by unknown9
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?

Go to the link in your first post. At the top of the screen under
out of stock there's a small pic. Click on it and maximise the pic.
shows that power is from a molinex tap. The hard part of a home
brew would be polishing out the inside of the drilled hole. Good
luck and give it a try.

[unknown9]

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

If you have an extra fan plug on the mobo you should be able to splice all the wires into one and use an old fan plug to run it that way...that might not be a bad way to go other than that you can just wire it into a pass through molex connector or hook the wires into one of your connectors your using now.

so basicaly i use a 5mm led and 100 ohm, 1/2 watt resistor, and "wire" it into my wiring or to my molex? I'm a pretty big newb when it comes to this kinda stuff and im trying to learn for this project and the future. Does anybody have a diagram or anything that could help me? Do i just hook up the wires to the fan wiring? Any help would be great

[Bootlegger]

I soldered the resistors/LEDs right to the wires of something like:this. In all cases, even if you don't solder, use electrical tape to cover all splices and stuff.

[unknown9]

what did you use the 3pin adaptor for? im confused. are you meaning you soldered the leds right to the wires like the 3pin is soldered to the 4pin connectors?

[Bootlegger]

That was kind of a bad example, but just solder/connect the LED with resistor to the two wires-- ground of the LED to black wire.

[Bootlegger]

You can connect as many LEDs as you want to the wire too.

[squads]

that LED store you posted is gold bootlegger thx alot

[Bootlegger]

Originally posted by squads
that LED store you posted is gold bootlegger thx alot

Not a prob! You can get 'em for even cheaper from this one guy's store on Ebay, but you have to buy 'em in packs of 100.

[Gait_Keeper]

so are you going to do it??

if so, you know we love pic's