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Step 3Wire up your LEDs
Requires:
2 LEDs
1 switch
1 battery
wire
solder
soldering gun
electrical tape
Solder the LEDs, switch, and battery together as shown below. Make sure to leave the wires long enough to traverse your rodent's body, and to cover any exposed metal bits (wire, battery, etc) with tape to avoid contact problems with your armature wires. I didn't remember to do this until a bit late, so it doesn't show up in the nicely staged pictures below.
Thanks to Eric for soldering these for me while I had my hands full of rat guts. Eric points out that you shouldn't solder directly to a battery, as it may explode and make a terrible mess. Instead you should really use a battery holder. We didn't want to waste the space and he was sure of his infallibility.
2 LEDs
1 switch
1 battery
wire
solder
soldering gun
electrical tape
Solder the LEDs, switch, and battery together as shown below. Make sure to leave the wires long enough to traverse your rodent's body, and to cover any exposed metal bits (wire, battery, etc) with tape to avoid contact problems with your armature wires. I didn't remember to do this until a bit late, so it doesn't show up in the nicely staged pictures below.
Thanks to Eric for soldering these for me while I had my hands full of rat guts. Eric points out that you shouldn't solder directly to a battery, as it may explode and make a terrible mess. Instead you should really use a battery holder. We didn't want to waste the space and he was sure of his infallibility.
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Apr 14, 2007. 11:50 PMThe Lightning Stalker
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Hope he was wearing goggles!
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