DIY LED car headlights!

Step 11 How not to do LED headlight modules

This was supposed to be a step on how to do LED modules at top density. It turned into, simply speaking, a lesson on things not to do when designing LED headlight modules:

A) Leaving the resistors on the front of the design.

B) Not drowning your resistors in silicone or some similar kind of liquid-start chemical insulation. I used a thin insulation that had previously worked fine for flashlight design and that did work fine for a week and a few rains. Thing is, it didn't hold that well when I forded a flooded road: half of the lights began flickering before definitely dying a week later.

Ironically enough, the lights riding the lowest, those installed on the lower grill, have never hesitated.

Fortunately, these modules were made for my own use: I would hate my reputation to be tarnished if they had been returned from a client. I did waste a Sunday and more than USD$20.00 on these, though.

Comments

[stevie1]

you should blur the license plate numbers

[benthekahn]

why?

[JerryMopar]

someone might want to find where u r and steal all your leds!!!! jk

[Xamith]

lol