LED Hula Hoop

Step 7 Finishing Up

Once you've turned everything on to make sure all LED's light up, it's time to button'er up! Slide the AAA battery holder in the end of the hoop, and connect the hoop together.

The switch should be snug in it's spot, but just to be sure, place some electrical tape around the tabs and hoop to keep the switch from flying out.

Happy Hooping!

Comments

[geraghty]

I want to make one. but i think my niece would peel the tape of around the switch can you think of a more secure way of fitting it onto the hoop? maybe super glue?

[duggerpato]

Possible to superglue it, but superglue can eat certain plastics. It might work to use the little tiny bolts and nuts that come with the switch, but the switch would have to be close to the end and still out of the way of the insert.

Use duct tape and superglue it to itself, that might work.

[Ledgar8]

Maybe hot glue would work. I recently bought a 10w mini glue gun for only £4.
www.maplin.co.uk/10w-mini-glue-gun-625379
It has high and low temperature settings.

[jatb28]

was it balanced with the batteries only in one place?

[tandemquadrant]

That's amazing!! But how do you stop the batteries from sliding around in the hoop and gumming up all your wiring?

[jatb28]

try bubble wrap. see the instructibles on an EL wire hula hoop:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-an-EL-Wire-Hula-hoop/#previewlink