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Step 4Install!
Drill some 5mm holes in your car where you would like to mount your LED and run the wires to a switched power source.
Some cars have a switched cigarette socket. In some cars (my case) i borrowed the switched wire from behind the radio. The radio turns off when you shut off the car and the LEDs do the same. If you want to be professional, you could find a blank fuse area and tie in. I opted not to do this...
Some cars have a switched cigarette socket. In some cars (my case) i borrowed the switched wire from behind the radio. The radio turns off when you shut off the car and the LEDs do the same. If you want to be professional, you could find a blank fuse area and tie in. I opted not to do this...
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Aug 11, 2009. 7:37 PMacer359
says:
did you connect all the LEDs to the same power source? Where did you get your LEDs?And one more more how would I make one blink?
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Apr 29, 2009. 9:57 AMHawkeye9009
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I know this is really old, but how could you build a dimmer switch for these?
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May 24, 2009. 7:31 PMcomputerwiz_222 (author)
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You can't really build a dimmer switch for these because they use such a small amount of current. You can build one using a potentiometer but 90% of the rotation will have the LEDs off - you need to use PWM (pulse width modulation) to dim LEDs properly and for this, you need a microcontroller or a circuit similar to the "atari punk console"
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Feb 5, 2008. 8:05 AMbduffman
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other thing u can do is wire it to a switch and wire the switch to the battary thats wat i did and mounted the switch inthe center consol witch also lights up nice set up u got love the pettals and great effect on the mats
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