12-31-2010, 05:53 PM
I gave it a try to build ditch lights from what is available now.
I used DL-228 from Details West. Drilled a hole 1,8mm diameter (left) from the front through the light. From the back the hole became widened with a 3,0mm drill (right). Finally the hole is extended as far as possible with a small mill (still in the machine) from the back. The top of the light is cut of to form a shape more like a box. You see a ruined light in the center (the 1,8mm drill did run out of the hole and ruined the front).
The prewired SMD LED gets a coat of CA glue as an isolation. It is than glued with a special CA glue made of a white filler powder and the glue itself into the back of the light. The LED is connected to a multimeter during that operation to make sure none or only one side gets in contact with the light body.
The glue has to set and I will proceed in the morning with painting and adding the plastic lense to the front.
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I used DL-228 from Details West. Drilled a hole 1,8mm diameter (left) from the front through the light. From the back the hole became widened with a 3,0mm drill (right). Finally the hole is extended as far as possible with a small mill (still in the machine) from the back. The top of the light is cut of to form a shape more like a box. You see a ruined light in the center (the 1,8mm drill did run out of the hole and ruined the front).
The prewired SMD LED gets a coat of CA glue as an isolation. It is than glued with a special CA glue made of a white filler powder and the glue itself into the back of the light. The LED is connected to a multimeter during that operation to make sure none or only one side gets in contact with the light body.
The glue has to set and I will proceed in the morning with painting and adding the plastic lense to the front.
Reinhard