Infrared LED Flashlight

by amalfitano

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Intro: Infrared LED Flashlight


This flashlight uses High-Output Infrared LED's that seems invisible to the naked eye, but when seen on camera, it shows as working LED's. It is also the first Infrared Instructables posted.

STEP 1: Materials

1.  6-LED flashlight
2.  6 High-Output Infrared LED's (RadioShack)
3.  Soldering Iron
**This can work with any LED flashlight**

STEP 2: First...

Take apart the flashlight.

STEP 3: Second...

1.  Locate the circuit board and De-solder the 6 white LED's
2.  Solder in the 6 High-Output Infrared LED's being careful to check the polarity

STEP 4: Lastly... Assemble the Flashlight!!!

Assemble the flashlight!!!

You now have an Infrared flashlight that can only be seen on camera . . . what will you do with it?!

28 Comments

PetraP1 9 years ago

Needed to be shown the circuit board & how-to. Ah well....

michaelgc 9 years ago

This is great, seems simple enough... now just figuring out what I will do with it if I made it...

shaggydoo121 10 years ago

Thank you very much for this instructable. I ghost hunt and this would work very well in that application .

KingOfCatfish 13 years ago

I do like this, but what was your range with this neat lil tool? Oh, and you wouldn't happen toi know the product number, would you?

amalfitano 13 years ago

The range is not that far (only a couple of feet ...if you're lucky). The flashlight is sold in a pack of three at The Home Depot. It is a product of Iron Bridge Tools. The pack comes with a silver one, a red one, and a black one. It was $10!

Shadow13! 13 years ago

I got the same thing at Lowes for $5.

BrefelanDesigns 12 years ago

I got an even better deal at Harbor Freight Tools.... 3 LED flashlights with 9 (!) LEDs in each one for 5$....

lfletch62 11 years ago

I put the led in the brim of a ball cap and now my face is obscured from big brother behind CCTV.

Shadow13! 13 years ago

I have been planning to do the exact same thing with and identical flashlight.

aradi 13 years ago

Done that last year about 8-10 months ago Except mine was high power Ultra Violate

dark sponge 13 years ago

Why did you post an exact duplicate of your other Instructable? Did you do it to enter the LED contest? You can't win if you do something exactly the same as before!

amalfitano 13 years ago

i wanted to give this awesome invention a chance, thanks for ruining it

eralon 13 years ago

I'm curious what you had to pay for the IR LED's. Also, do they have a higher energy need than regular LED's? I made a 5-bulb flashlight before (wired in series), but didn't have any resistors and they all burned out after a running time of about 3 hours. Also, what is the effective range of this light (did you test it with a camera at night?)

Kryptonite 13 years ago

A little un-researched, evidently.
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