"In they go. Take care that they are not too close to the metal rim and don't apply too much force on the pads. Check the soldering with a magnifier of some sort:"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:18am
Views: 557
"Swarf found already:"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:06am
Views: 957
"Mix up AAA heatsink epoxy 1:1 ratio:"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:14am
Views: 479
"In the vent..."
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Sun 10/Oct/10 8:14pm
Views: 658
"Remove some of the solder on the led terminals and lift the LED from its star (with solder hot):"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:11am
Views: 665
"Apply Arctic Silver 5 (pretty much the best available) heatsink goo onto the faces between the star and the body. Tighten the screws.
Now we need to remove resistor R04 because it is somewhat under-rated for the ~0.4 Watts it needs to dissipate inside a hot body... It is shown here:"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:15am
Views: 659
"Battery hungry Halogen light"
Posted by: avantibill
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Sun 25/May/08 7:34pm
Views: 1,405
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Sun 9/Oct/11 9:27pm
Views: 616
"The new light:"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:04am
Views: 609
"P4 next to P7 (compliments to HgRyu for the photo)"
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Tue 18/Mar/08 7:12pm
Views: 2,126
Posted by: Rider-man-Cam
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Sat 18/Oct/08 10:04pm
Views: 698
"Heat sink good between the star and the body - that is new...: This has to be cleaned off."
Posted by: mark2c
Posted in: Building L E D Night Lights
Posted on: Fri 24/Jul/09 12:12am
Views: 535
Posted by: ryda
Posted in: Review - Cheap Dx.com Lights For Night Riding.