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Step 6Almost there...
(If you rush the extraction, you'll warp your tree)
With a pair of pliers, go around the jig carefully teasing out the LEDs. The more care used here, the less your tree will be bent. For example, pull each LED out a fraction, then move to the next one, then come back and pull each out a little further, until the tree is free.
Once removed, the tree needs to be connected to the power supply. If you have a nice compact brick like mine, then you can use it as a solid base as well... otherwise you may need a small wooden block.
(If the terminals have any gaps around them, this is much easier)
Insert the tree legs into the gaps, or bend the legs at 90 degrees, and solder to the terminals - CHECK you have the polarity correct... :-D
Now that the tree is firmly anchored, you can correct any warping that has occurred by gently bending the tree. Make sure that no wires are shorted together before you plug it in.
This instructable has not shown the checking at each stage of construction that was done to ensure that each LED is around the right way, that the electrical design will work, that the power supply actually supplies the amount of voltage that it says it does, that the LED's forward voltage drop is what the spec sheet says it is, and that no LEDs have overheated during construction.
Exercise due care, (equivalent to 'measure twice, cut once') and you won't have things go wrong. ;-)
With a pair of pliers, go around the jig carefully teasing out the LEDs. The more care used here, the less your tree will be bent. For example, pull each LED out a fraction, then move to the next one, then come back and pull each out a little further, until the tree is free.
Once removed, the tree needs to be connected to the power supply. If you have a nice compact brick like mine, then you can use it as a solid base as well... otherwise you may need a small wooden block.
(If the terminals have any gaps around them, this is much easier)
Insert the tree legs into the gaps, or bend the legs at 90 degrees, and solder to the terminals - CHECK you have the polarity correct... :-D
Now that the tree is firmly anchored, you can correct any warping that has occurred by gently bending the tree. Make sure that no wires are shorted together before you plug it in.
This instructable has not shown the checking at each stage of construction that was done to ensure that each LED is around the right way, that the electrical design will work, that the power supply actually supplies the amount of voltage that it says it does, that the LED's forward voltage drop is what the spec sheet says it is, and that no LEDs have overheated during construction.
Exercise due care, (equivalent to 'measure twice, cut once') and you won't have things go wrong. ;-)
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