DIY Copper Style LED Painting Illuminator

Step 6 Mount the LEDs

Now that you've assembled the LED assemblies, it's time to mount them. You'll need to do that by bending the ends of the copper wires, and then insert them into the holes, you drilled for them. I've tried to make a wiring schematic, so that you can see how I wired it up. I recommend that you start with the middle LED or the LEDs that are closest to the middle, and then mount the outer LEDs as the last ones, because if you start with the outer LEDs, it will make it harder to get the wires from the other LEDs all the way through the tube and out the end.

Another thing, that you need to do is to cut two pieces of wire, that are a little longer than the tube. This wire will be used to connect the two ends of the tube together.

Bacause I used 9 LEDs, I had 4 pairs of wires coming out at one end of the tube and 5 pairs coming out of the other. If the wires coming out of the tubes differ in length, you'll need to trim them, so they all have the same length.

Further instructions can be seen in the yellow boxes on the pictures below.