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jonfromhamilton

Joined: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:11 pm
Posts: 410
Location: Pakenham
Vehicle: SJ51T

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:05 pm

Made myself a few worklights over the weekend.

you will need :
some LED chips like these
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WHITE-5050-1 ... 7dbde352e7

some small guage wire from Jaycar ($0.15 per meter) and aligator clips $2.45 / pair) and some heat shrink and solder/iron and finally a 6 pack of magnets ($7ish from Jaycar).

After whacking these all together with about 4m of wire with the magnet stuck to the back of the LED chip (which has it's own double sided tape).

Pretty simple but super lightweight and super compact, with the magnet and 4m of wire you can pretty much position it wherever you want whilst working your car at night, changing tyre etc or just setting up your tent because you got to the campsite way too late.

All up each of these cost me about $5 I think.

Last edited by jonfromhamilton on Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Blakey

Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:11 pm
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Location: Brisbane, Petire
Vehicle: Jimny 3"lift Flares 31's

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:38 pm

pics would be nice of what you made

Suzi bp

Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:25 pm
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Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: 1990 Suzuki sierra soft top

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:14 am

Good idea Jon. I always have my head torch with me, but i like what you have done.

jonfromhamilton

Joined: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:11 pm
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Location: Pakenham
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:03 am

I've used them several times already.
They might not be the best but they are the easiest and cheapest and wouldn't be too hard to add 2 or 3 or so more chips.
Ebay has endless possibilities.

bohuler

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Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:18 am
Posts: 1376
Location: Avonsleigh, Victoria

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:23 pm

Yeah you can find all sorts of weird shit on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0906712784

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Built4thrashing

Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm
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Location: Dandenong .Vic
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:46 pm

What the hell were you looking for to find that you sick bastard.

NomadGV03

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Location: Morley, Western Australia
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:17 am

Hmm well that just brightened my day. :evil:

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