Step 18: Secondary light sources - Installing
Drill a hole through every large star to the same diameter as the light pipes. (Don't forget to go through the fabric as well) Place each of the LED/pipe assemblies into the holes.
For your array layout (in my case, 12 chains of 9), plan the best way to wire up your chains. Then, carefully solder each LED in a chain together, from the shorter negative lead of the previous LED to the longer positive lead of the next. At the ends of each chain, there should be a clearly indicated red (positive) and black (negative) end, and ideally have some sort of keyed connector back to the junction board to make life easier.
At this stage, you should test your LED chains to make sure all the LEDs work, and are connected the right way around. *cough* Ease of access is one reason it is better to wire in the secondary light sources before you put the optical fibers through. The other reason is that optic fibers are made of thin filaments of plastic, and tend to melt right through at the slightest touch from a soldering iron, so keep them well apart from one another.
Once everything is working, apply some wood glue around the outside of each LED assembly to keep them in place, and make the connections neat
For your array layout (in my case, 12 chains of 9), plan the best way to wire up your chains. Then, carefully solder each LED in a chain together, from the shorter negative lead of the previous LED to the longer positive lead of the next. At the ends of each chain, there should be a clearly indicated red (positive) and black (negative) end, and ideally have some sort of keyed connector back to the junction board to make life easier.
At this stage, you should test your LED chains to make sure all the LEDs work, and are connected the right way around. *cough* Ease of access is one reason it is better to wire in the secondary light sources before you put the optical fibers through. The other reason is that optic fibers are made of thin filaments of plastic, and tend to melt right through at the slightest touch from a soldering iron, so keep them well apart from one another.
Once everything is working, apply some wood glue around the outside of each LED assembly to keep them in place, and make the connections neat
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Did you use a driver such as this: http://cgi.ebay.com/3w-LED-Driver-MBI6651-based-Luxeon-White-Green-Blue-/350484311200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519a7e2ca0#ht_4244wt_957
Or create something yourself?
I saw you ran it off 240VAC, anything I should change if I'm gonna be running mine off 120VAC?
Suggest you buy the appropriate socket at the same time, I had a hard time finding a GU10 socket around my area.