First attempt at home made leds tail lights

[mrsg]

Hi,
K first attempt at led lights. I am not happy with how i made it but happy with the results. I will post a how to do once i get it how i like it.

What it looks like so far

A video of it working.


I think the video of it working looks really good.

Enjoy
Ray

[mrsg]

Forgot to mention. It cost about $2 to make.

[jr]

Now that's cool and using stuff from around the house!! My kind of light!! Ya giving me ideas!! JR

[mrsg]

I used hot glue as an insulator. In a pop cap there was not a lot of room. I would go to a bigger Gatorade cap. What i am going to try next is using all the lights with 12/24v. If it shows enough brightness when 24v(brake) i am going to go that way. On the bottle cap i used 3 always on leds and 8 breaking leds. Also the leds on the side of the cap i would angle up a bit. It will give off more light then the way i did it.

I will show video of the other way when i have it done

[phaze5]

can you get colored led's and drill holes big enough to expose thru the plastics? for turn signals down the sides of the bike ?

[mrsg]

Yup i have amber lights coming to me now. Check out the link for light. When u win u just request what color you want. Like 60 red and 40 amber. Very simple and cheap. With led and resistor it will cost 9.5 cents each led.