Modded DSi charger docking station

My parents got me this quite neat Dsi charger docking station for Christmas last year and although it is really handy it has one quite major downfall... It has a blue LED that is on all the time it is plugged into the mains. Now anyone can tell you for one that it is not as Eco-friendly as it could have been; and two having a bright blue LED shining 24/7 can get very annoying quickly.

So to solve this i simply put an on/off switch into the mix :)

Step 1 Mateials:

To start off with you need the docking station its self. I have the 'Bigben Interactive DSi docking station' which is as far as i know one of the most popular and easily available ones around.
You can get them for around £10 from any gaming store.

The only other materials you need are:
1x Switch 
2x lengths of wire

Tools:
Soldering iron
Solder sucker
Solder
Hobby knife
Super glue

simples ;)

Comments

[arpoky]

Just FYI: Dude, LEDs ARE eco-friendly--They're designed to take up less energy! LEDs also have an extremely long lifetime. "Solid state devices such as LEDs are subject to very limited wear and tear if operated at low currents and at low temperatures. Many of the LEDs produced in the 1970s and 1980s are still in service today. Typical lifetimes quoted are 25,000 to 100,000 hours but heat and current settings can extend or shorten this time significantly." --Wikipedia

[stevoace]

I agree with your point but i said "that it is not as Eco-friendly as it could have been" meaning that even if it has still a low power consumption; a power consumption of Zero is still better when it is not in use. But really i am mainly focusing on the irritation of it being so bright and constantly on XD

[zack247]

you could put a switch in the bottom so that when the dsi is in the cradle it turns on the power and when the dsi isn't in it the power stays off. just an idea though. im going to do this to my ds lite charger now!