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Step 2Grind The LEDs
Use the pliers to clamp the LEDs by the wires and grind down the lens part of the LED. Keep grinding it down until the side profile of the LED is square shaped - about as tall as it is wide.
The reasons for grinding the LEDs is both to make them lower profile, and also to frost the top surface so that the light output is diffused.
After grinding bend all the wires 90 degrees at the base of the LEDs. Bend all the wires the same way - polarity matters on LEDs. This will allow all the LEDs to be soldered together into one chain.
The reasons for grinding the LEDs is both to make them lower profile, and also to frost the top surface so that the light output is diffused.
After grinding bend all the wires 90 degrees at the base of the LEDs. Bend all the wires the same way - polarity matters on LEDs. This will allow all the LEDs to be soldered together into one chain.
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