LED bicycle wheels

Hello I am from Russia. I like bike and LED.
I set the wheels of my bike LEDs
I want to show you the process of creating.
I sorry for my bad English, I use a translator

Now my bike is also inset with LED logo Rammstein:
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-logo-Rammstein-on-bicycle/

Step 1 Step 1

Buy materials.
LEDs 12v
wire
insulating tape
battery 9v
switch
plastic clamps
solder and Soldering Iron

Comments

[cramming]

Why not use induction to power the LEDs, like many induktion based bicycle lights? Then you dont need to change batteries and dont need a battery pack hidden somewhere.

[giantmidget31]

I would love to do this, but I live in an area where it rains somewhat frequently. Any suggestions on waterproofing this system?

[Vranov]

Hi! I'm from Ukraine)))

Why not to drill the holes in the rim and hide all wires inside?
Battery will be hidden near the hub

[bdrummond]

Nice idea but you would have to make the holes with leds airtight

[giggsfan11]

Erm, no you wouldn't. The air pressure is in the tube not the tire. You could keep it water (and air) tight with a bit of silicone though, which would probably be a good idea.

[bdrummond]

Doh, too much time dealing with car tyres.

[dkfa]

Wouldn't this weaken the wheel?

[Ghost Wolf]

Not at all the spokes are really what keep the wheel straight and strong

[gtoal]

Understood, but wouldn't an unbalanced weight (the battery pack) cause spoke deformation and ultimately a buckled wheel?

[ssukhi]

I like ur idea

[aldovisini]

Trials Bikes!!!! Is that a good old Monty i see?

[#OccupyInstruct]

would it be possiple to put these inside the rim by reilling holes in the middle of where the spokes meet the rim? without popping the inner-tube? by the way, cool instructable! i might add this to the list of things im going to do to a bomboo bike im going to make :D

[pro5200]

I think you can connect directly to the negative pole of the rims as a grounding, so it can have fewer cables. CMIIW :)

[zack247]

nice one!
i would love to do this on a car.
all i would want to do is figure out how to get it to turn on without having to do it manually.

[muromec]

See this post, where do on car http://www.drive2.ru/cars/toyota/will_vs/will_vs/sanekvs/journal/288230376151744259/

[oliver3]

Hi Muromec.... I would like to have a picture or drawing, that shows the connections of the wires to the battery, so we all can understand how to build and join the parts.... please, your idea is amazing and looks simple and easy to make.

could you also show where you connect the battery.

Please find attached a picture, so you can understand what I need to know

Kind Regards

[rjovan]

I have a question that you're all LED anode connected together in one wire and the cathode to the other? Do you have a some of resistor between the battery and LED?Greetings from Serbia!

[mwagner2]

is there any way to mount the power to the frame and not end up having the batteries in the spokes? would be really slick but i can't think of a way to get power to the LED's without running wire to the wheels

[muromec]

You can make a disc with metal tracks and put the brush from the car to bring the battery to the wheels now I'm doing the drive
http://cs11376.vkontakte.ru/u3592391/48429352/z_a052d1ab.jpg

[stevenkain]

At what speed do the 7 LEDs start looking like a continuous circle?

[muromec]

Even if a slow ride in a crowd of visible range

[Databanks]

And the more LEDs you put in the slower you have to go to get a full circle. Very nice

[djaddo]

Hey Man,
Good Job.
I will put RGB LEDs...
Thank You

[mandrasiunas]

1 LED- 12V
5 LED - 60V
1 battery - 9V
How you get these 60V on the one circle?And how long all this works?

[dvandament1]

This type of LED runs on 1.5volts, not 12V.
Just thought I would mention that.

[mandrasiunas]

thx for an answer : )

[sgomes3]

HOw did you anchor the battery? Can you upload a picture.

This is a very cool project, a lot of work, but make you highly visible at night :)

[bnta]

will this work with 2 batterys each 1.5V?

[bears0]

yes, but you have to get 3 volt LEDs instead of the 12 volt ones.

[tmasood]

where did you attach the battery on the riim

[TechKid67]

I am confused, how did you power 10 LEDs which are usually 3v a piece to two 9v batteries. How were they aligned?

[mkaminia]

will it succeed if I put 2 colors?

[dabaddon]

yeh u can try positioning the led's to different spots on spokes and create great effects

[CaseBoy]

can someone post a pic of the wiring or a pic of the circuit not installed on the bike. also what is the voltage of the leds?

[wagori]

I did this with my bike and verry happy about it. It looks cool in the dark and I get a lot of reactions from people.

[hillger]

That is the most creative thing ive seen done to a bike i would have to say. i think i may have to do this so the cops will stop bothering me about night riding.

[Advar]

Yeah, I get grief about that too. But all i did was weave reflective tape up & down both rims. (cheap)

[tjacques1]

Do these get wired in series or parallel?

[olivia_rox]

This is pretty cool!! Reminds me of TRON alot!

[asdfjkl;asdfjkl;]

What wire is used? And does it matter what switch I use?