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Mav 3000
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30th Mar 03 at 15:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hi All,

I've got a thread in the ICE forum about this. If anyone knows about LED's and such please can you help us out.

The thread is:

Here

Cheers
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 22:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

done this in my rear door cards, it was such a bastid im not doing it in the fronts.
Mav 3000
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30th Mar 03 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What have you done in the rears?
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 22:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i put led's in the doors which light up when the doors open.
Mav 3000
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30th Mar 03 at 22:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Where abouts in the doors Kris? I'm hoping I can source the power from elsewhere in the door so as not to bother doing anytihng in the car itself (you know I don't like doing this!)

Curious how you did it....

Where did you get the live feed from in the door and how did you wire up LED's and what sort were they?

I think I ca tap into a wire and hook up an LED but don't know about 4 and don't know about resistors etc.

Cheers!

[Edited on 30-03-2003 by Mav 3000]
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 22:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i used 12 v led's so didnt need a resistor, they are 10mm ones.

i took the live feed from the central locking and the earth from the door switch (which controls the interior light once the rear door opens). it works from the earth lead so u need to wire it up to them, it was a bastid thoguh cos its very difficult to actually find the right wire, esspecially on the passengers side.

add me too msn
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Mav 3000
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30th Mar 03 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've not got MSN mate cos I havent got a hotmail address - do you still need one to have it?

I want it to when the ignitionis on the lights come on - don't care if you can't see them at night - so am thinking a live from anything elctric in the doors - but I don't know how to wire up the LED's (series or parrelel) and can I earth it to anytihng metal?

does it go [live]-[LED]-[LED]-[earth]?

Are 10mm ones bright? I don't want it to glow too much - just subtle like.

What does yours look like?
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

not sure mate. earth it to a wire, much better than a dodgy earth. mine are bright led's but then i bought ultra bright ones.

if you weant them to make your interior glow then dont get led's, there field of view isnt very big.
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30th Mar 03 at 23:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I don't fancy neons, I just want to shine some hidden light onto my speaker cone and let peassengers see theres a blue lihgt in the grille.

I'm thinking 4 LED's wil cover it. where did you buy your from? Maplins website doesn't do the sort you mentioned.

Where are they on your doors?
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 23:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got mine from maplins, the ones i have are in the catalogue.

mine are at the back of the doors,

look on http://communities.msn.com/markpringle there is a pic on tehre titled door cards.
Mav 3000
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30th Mar 03 at 23:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Cheers mate! I'll look into wiring them up further. How much were the LED's?

I've never wired one up before (surprise!) - can you give us a rough idea whats involved?
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30th Mar 03 at 23:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

therye were about 30 p each, somehting cheap anyway
just wire one end to live, one to earth, its that siomple, get 12v led's
CorsaGSI_DK
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30th Mar 03 at 23:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hi.

I used a blue LED for the door pocket and a red LED behind the speaker grille. Looks like this:
Used a thin wire and a switch so that I can turn it on/off

Cheers
buffcore_laney
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31st Mar 03 at 00:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Sorry to butt in - how do you take a feed from a live wire?

*puts on his flame-proof suit*
jm960326
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31st Mar 03 at 09:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Internal connections just use a soctch lock, or take it out of the fuse pannel with soldering iron.

rob
Master Buffalo
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   31st Mar 03 at 10:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

here is a Danish Corsa with some LED mods






Robertio_uk
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31st Mar 03 at 10:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

looks like a ufo!
Mav 3000
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God damnthat looks sweet CorsaGSI. I gotta get me some of those!
antonOO2
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Certainly looks interesting don't it! Thanks forthe pictures Master B
Mav 3000
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So my questions now are:

What sort of LED's do I need to get that sort of glow as seen in the first pic in my grille? I'm guessing 10mm Ultrabright ones will do

Do I need any special housing for the LED's or can I just 'stick em on' with electrical tape to the pocket?
CorsaGSI_DK
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The Blue LED I have in the door pocket is 5mm. The red LED behind the speaker grille is only a 3 mm ULTRA bright :-) There is a lot of power in those red LED's!!! I simply soldered a small wire on to the LED and used glue to put it behind the speaker grill. Quite simple!
Mav 3000
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31st Mar 03 at 16:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

How did you earth it? is it on a switch or patched to a live wire?

Thanks for the info!

 
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