Introduction: LED Bottlecap
Impress your friends at the next party you trow with this simple and unusual bottlecap.
Light up your party drinks/sodas for special effect.
I was thinking of something special and new to do with LED's this afternoon and came up with this.
Light up your party drinks/sodas for special effect.
I was thinking of something special and new to do with LED's this afternoon and came up with this.
Step 1: What You'll Need
****What you'll need***
-Bottlecap
-LED(white) with button batteries and battery holder
(i took mine out of a lighter i bought for less than a 1$)
-some wire
***tools you'll need***
-soldering gear
-scissors
-screwdriver
-hot glue gun
-cutting knife
Have fun making... :D
-Bottlecap
-LED(white) with button batteries and battery holder
(i took mine out of a lighter i bought for less than a 1$)
-some wire
***tools you'll need***
-soldering gear
-scissors
-screwdriver
-hot glue gun
-cutting knife
Have fun making... :D
Step 2: Taking Apart the Lighter
(removing the LED flashlight from the lighter)
**Tools required for this step:
-Screwdriver
--The backplate of the lighter easily comes off by removing the small screwdriver.
But removing the flashlight was harder and i had to break ot out using the screwdriver.
**Tools required for this step:
-Screwdriver
--The backplate of the lighter easily comes off by removing the small screwdriver.
But removing the flashlight was harder and i had to break ot out using the screwdriver.
Step 3: Modifying the Battery Holder
**Tools needed for this step:
-cutting knife
-glue gun
-wire
-pliers
--Since the battery holder is way too long to fit into the bottlecap, i had to cut one battery section off and stick it to the side of the other two as shown in the picture.
--first i took out the batteries
--then i cut one of the sections off
--i used the glue gun to stick the section onto the side
--add the batteries and connect the relocated one to the other two with wires as shown in the picture, make sure to get the polarity right.
-cutting knife
-glue gun
-wire
-pliers
--Since the battery holder is way too long to fit into the bottlecap, i had to cut one battery section off and stick it to the side of the other two as shown in the picture.
--first i took out the batteries
--then i cut one of the sections off
--i used the glue gun to stick the section onto the side
--add the batteries and connect the relocated one to the other two with wires as shown in the picture, make sure to get the polarity right.
Step 4: Finishing Off
**tools needed for this step:
-hot glue gun
-cutting knife
-patience
--The bottle caps i have have a thin low 'second wall' which you can see in the pictures
I used the cutting knife to cut thin slits in it for the two wires to pass through.
--the wires are posititoned such that when the bottlecap is screwed onto the bottle, the edge of the bottle pushes the two wires together closing the circuit, when the bottle is screwed off the elasticity of the top wire separates the two, turningt the light on.
--the mechanism isn't perfect but works, but im open to suggestions and improvements.
-hot glue gun
-cutting knife
-patience
--The bottle caps i have have a thin low 'second wall' which you can see in the pictures
I used the cutting knife to cut thin slits in it for the two wires to pass through.
--the wires are posititoned such that when the bottlecap is screwed onto the bottle, the edge of the bottle pushes the two wires together closing the circuit, when the bottle is screwed off the elasticity of the top wire separates the two, turningt the light on.
--the mechanism isn't perfect but works, but im open to suggestions and improvements.
Step 5: Product Photos
Hope you have fun making it!!!:D