DIY Copper Style LED Painting Illuminator

Step 7 Wire it up

Now, the only thing that is left to do is to wire up the LEDs and resistors. I've tried to make a wiring schematic, so that you can see how I wired it up. Because the tube is electrically conductive, there is a risk of short circuits when soldering so many wires together, so to overcome this problem, I cut out two pieces of paper and inserted them into the tube. I also used heat shrink tubing to insulate every connection.

There are a lot of pictures in this step. The ones that have yellow boxes contains instructions. Move your mouse over the boxes to view them

The pictures will guide you through the process.