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Step 6Get some electricity!
The lamp is nearly done now. The last thing to do is to pull the actual electrical wire that goes to the LED through. This wire should still be hanging out from the LED.
Unfortunately, because the LED thing is too wide and the other end has the power connector, you can't just pull the wire through the conduit... You will have to cut the wire, pull it through the conduit and re-attach it.
Start by cutting the wire that goes to the lamp that you're using. Cut it a few inches from the Y-junction where the two LED wires come together. If you did it right, one lamp should be free form the Y-junction and the other still attached. (see the picture)
Then just feed the wires through the conduit and out the other end.
The last and final step is to reconnect the wires. Using pliers, strip a little of the ends of those wires (you may have to pull them apart a little). Now, pay careful attention. You have to connect the wires the right way (polarity) or your lamp will not work. If you look carefully at the wires, you'll notice that one wire has writing/dots on it. Twist the wires back together using your fingers, making sure you got the wires with writing connected to eachother and the bare wires connected to eachother.
To protect and prevent the wires from touching (a short), wrap each one in tape and then bend them over and apply more tape, so the wires cannot slip apart. (see the pictures)
Now go hangup your lamp and switch it on!
One last thing: You have a second LED. If you wanted to you could go back to step 1 and do this all over again and make a second lamp --Or you could just set it into the corner and add some nice accent lighting to your room, like I did. : -)
Unfortunately, because the LED thing is too wide and the other end has the power connector, you can't just pull the wire through the conduit... You will have to cut the wire, pull it through the conduit and re-attach it.
Start by cutting the wire that goes to the lamp that you're using. Cut it a few inches from the Y-junction where the two LED wires come together. If you did it right, one lamp should be free form the Y-junction and the other still attached. (see the picture)
Then just feed the wires through the conduit and out the other end.
The last and final step is to reconnect the wires. Using pliers, strip a little of the ends of those wires (you may have to pull them apart a little). Now, pay careful attention. You have to connect the wires the right way (polarity) or your lamp will not work. If you look carefully at the wires, you'll notice that one wire has writing/dots on it. Twist the wires back together using your fingers, making sure you got the wires with writing connected to eachother and the bare wires connected to eachother.
To protect and prevent the wires from touching (a short), wrap each one in tape and then bend them over and apply more tape, so the wires cannot slip apart. (see the pictures)
Now go hangup your lamp and switch it on!
One last thing: You have a second LED. If you wanted to you could go back to step 1 and do this all over again and make a second lamp --Or you could just set it into the corner and add some nice accent lighting to your room, like I did. : -)
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