My Blue Clinometer. Thanks forum.
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My Blue Clinometer. Thanks forum.
Thanks to this board I FINALLY connected this to the Wranglers power system making it bright and dimable.
When originally purchased this two years ago it had a little bulb in it for light. But I wanted it BLUE. That's just how I am
So I decided to take the little bulb out and replace it with 6 blue LEDs from Radioshack.
I painted the inside of the clinometer white (to reflect the most light).
Then I wired up the six leds and glued them into place with a glue gun.
At that point I connected them to a battery pack. I would have to turn it on and off when I needed it. And they were not very bright.
Last week I FINALLY got it into my head that I wanted to take on connecting it to the power system in my Jeep.
The hardest part for me was to figure out the resistance I would need to go from the 12v power system to six 3.5v leds in parallel.
I found this handy calculator...
h t t p://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
I in put what I had and it told me what I needed. Since I could not find (at radioshack) the resistor I needed I used three in series.
Then I found this thread which told me which wires to use so that it would come on with the interior lighting and be dimable.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...light+solution
Finally I found this page that told me how to splice off the interior wiring without compromising the integrity of the original wiring using "Tap Soldering"
h t t p://www.mmxpress.com/technical/connections.htm
I hope you like it. I do.
-Paul
When originally purchased this two years ago it had a little bulb in it for light. But I wanted it BLUE. That's just how I am
So I decided to take the little bulb out and replace it with 6 blue LEDs from Radioshack.
I painted the inside of the clinometer white (to reflect the most light).
Then I wired up the six leds and glued them into place with a glue gun.
At that point I connected them to a battery pack. I would have to turn it on and off when I needed it. And they were not very bright.
Last week I FINALLY got it into my head that I wanted to take on connecting it to the power system in my Jeep.
The hardest part for me was to figure out the resistance I would need to go from the 12v power system to six 3.5v leds in parallel.
I found this handy calculator...
h t t p://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
I in put what I had and it told me what I needed. Since I could not find (at radioshack) the resistor I needed I used three in series.
Then I found this thread which told me which wires to use so that it would come on with the interior lighting and be dimable.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...light+solution
Finally I found this page that told me how to splice off the interior wiring without compromising the integrity of the original wiring using "Tap Soldering"
h t t p://www.mmxpress.com/technical/connections.htm
I hope you like it. I do.
-Paul
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