Re: My FIRST rat!
I got the LEDs for my headlight in the mail the other day, and stayed late at work to machine the piece that holds them in the headlight. It needs a little bit more work to actually fit into the housing, but not much. I installed the LEDs and tried it out, and it's pretty much exactly as I wanted it. Here's the piece I machined:
LEDs installed:
Lights on!
The center LED is green, the 8 surrounding it are white. I wanted the light to have a very slight green hue to it, which it does! :mrgreen:
I tried real hard to get a shot of the light it throws, but it just doesn't come out in pictures. It's being powered by a 6V lantern battery here, the LEDs are wired with resistors to run on a 12V battery. I hooked it up to the battery in my truck and hooobaby, it's bright! :shock: :mrgreen:
I got the LEDs for my headlight in the mail the other day, and stayed late at work to machine the piece that holds them in the headlight. It needs a little bit more work to actually fit into the housing, but not much. I installed the LEDs and tried it out, and it's pretty much exactly as I wanted it. Here's the piece I machined:
![07-11-2012HeadlightInsert1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/6a6/6a680bcf41ca8df2449647b9f7a962fa.jpg)
LEDs installed:
![07-11-2012HeadlightInsert2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e38/e38b253a34ecc7507845f99ddadf1b00.jpg)
![07-11-2012HeadlightInsert3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4b3/4b3534073e24330dd7e611325e2174be.jpg)
Lights on!
![07-11-2012HeadlightInsert4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4d0/4d06d00d6c17a2cad811dbf4c509cf25.jpg)
The center LED is green, the 8 surrounding it are white. I wanted the light to have a very slight green hue to it, which it does! :mrgreen:
I tried real hard to get a shot of the light it throws, but it just doesn't come out in pictures. It's being powered by a 6V lantern battery here, the LEDs are wired with resistors to run on a 12V battery. I hooked it up to the battery in my truck and hooobaby, it's bright! :shock: :mrgreen: