The new JDM led gauge hotness y0
09-10-2004, 10:37 PM
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The new JDM led gauge hotness y0
Finally got my act together and put some effort into this project.
Before, I only soldered the leds in place where the regular bulbs were. There was major spotlighting effect because of the directional light of the leds. But make no mistake, it was just as bright as the bulbs, but there were hotspots like so:
(I know the picture is dark, but thats extra emphasis of the hotspots I guess)
Anyways, today I took about an hour or so and came up with this little idear based on a climate control ClubSi article:
Two of the leds had to be grinded down a bit so the capacitor on the circuit board wouldn't touch. I was then able to remount the circuit board flush.
When I popped the cluster back in, I was pretty happy with the outcome. Yes, the 0 is a bit brighter, but I don't give a ****. Glueing the leds to the back of the gauge and getting them to stick was a beeitch.
Here are comparisons of the two gauges:
They look like stock indiglo gauges compared to using bulbs. I'm damn happy with them. Soon, I will finish up the other two clusters. Comments are welcome.
Before, I only soldered the leds in place where the regular bulbs were. There was major spotlighting effect because of the directional light of the leds. But make no mistake, it was just as bright as the bulbs, but there were hotspots like so:
(I know the picture is dark, but thats extra emphasis of the hotspots I guess)
Anyways, today I took about an hour or so and came up with this little idear based on a climate control ClubSi article:
Two of the leds had to be grinded down a bit so the capacitor on the circuit board wouldn't touch. I was then able to remount the circuit board flush.
When I popped the cluster back in, I was pretty happy with the outcome. Yes, the 0 is a bit brighter, but I don't give a ****. Glueing the leds to the back of the gauge and getting them to stick was a beeitch.
Here are comparisons of the two gauges:
They look like stock indiglo gauges compared to using bulbs. I'm damn happy with them. Soon, I will finish up the other two clusters. Comments are welcome.
09-10-2004, 10:55 PM
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Re: The new JDM led gauge hotness y0 (blaster834)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blaster834 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> 
i guess</TD></TR></TABLE>
same thing i was thinking
i guess</TD></TR></TABLE>same thing i was thinking
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Re: (Yanta)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Yanta »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how's this jdm ?</TD></TR></TABLE>
the color i guess??
the color i guess??
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Re: The new JDM led gauge hotness y0 (vtec_hatch)
A sagestion to help you out with the hot spots would be to try a different resistor with greater resistance. That would help make them all the same brightness. Also you may want to try hooking them all up in series or them all individually to get the even light effect. Not to bad tho im not a fan of red clusters tho. But i think you did a pretty good job.
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Theres also a site that makes leds that go into the stock holders in various colors. http://www.superbrightleds.com/ Was planning on trying them out when i get some cash. Which is now so ill write back and let you all know!
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hows it jdm? it's not. it was a joke. internet sarcasm.
for anyone who is interested, here is where i got my leds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...98888
best price for that you get resistors. 6000mcd was good enough.
for anyone who is interested, here is where i got my leds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...98888
best price for that you get resistors. 6000mcd was good enough.
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