Hey guys..

The After Christmas specials have begun. Around here, I have seen LED Christmas lights for $2.99 for a string of 50 Well, I picked up a string to play with, and THEY ARE BRIGHT AS HELL!

Anyway... I looked at some discussions on how to use them for 12V and was wondering what ideas you all may have for them 

If I can find all red I am going to pack my R1 brake light full of em! 

What would you do with them?... non bike related ideas welcome too

got a prelight 7' 400led tree for 83% off(40 bucks), it was a display clearance. But its just gonna be used as  a tree for  now.

wrap your frame in em? ( just make sure they dont flash)

wRAP MY FRAME 

I can cut them appart, they dont need to remain on strings of 50...

Come one.. lets see some cool ideas! 

I'd say just stuff as many as you can in the gs's taillight lens and see how it looks.

Then again, they're prolly wired in series, and if ONE goes, they all do.

I'm going to hunt some lights now since you've mentioned it.

If you could get 150 or so of them in there, and stupid glue them all in....

Quote from: scottpA_GS on January 02, 2008, 05:28:30 PM
I have seen LED Christmas lights [...] I picked up a string to play with, and THEY ARE BRIGHT [...] I looked at some discussions on how to use them for 12V

Do you have to do anything special to get them to work with 12VDC?  Being LEDs, I'd think they would have to be connected in one direction and not the other ... but do they light up with 12V as-is, or do you need any kind of circuitry to boost the voltage?

Yes, you have to cut them appart and wire them a bit differently. Also you need some resistors depending on how and how many you use...

I plan on putting about 20 in my tail light  and perhaps make some turnsignals as well 

I have my wife out looking for solid color strings  right now I only have the multi color.

 

here is one of the better "How To" AC LED TO DC 

http://www.breskin.com/writing/intro1.htm

My gix came with little LED 'pods', for lack of a better word, that are modulated to flash rapidly when I apply the brake.  I've actually had people comment that it grabs their attention pretty well.

I just noticed I posted this in the wrong area... I ment to put it in O/E

Can someone move this to O/E

Sorry 

Thank you Mystical Moderator 

Quote from: spcterry on January 03, 2008, 04:05:28 PM
My gix came with little LED 'pods', for lack of a better word, that are modulated to flash rapidly when I apply the brake.  I've actually had people comment that it grabs their attention pretty well.

like these?
http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=BUZ_1041908_G&tier2=81

yup, that's them

Yep... $24.99 for 16 LEDS...

When they call them "Christmas Lights" they only cost $2.99 for 50!  And the sets I have are WAY brighter than those...

Whats funny is.. these Christmas LED strings are already in   "expensive"   housings... meaning that each individual "LED light" is already in a water-resistant housing... This means MANY more applications.. I think

I think there is more to come! 

P.S.

right now IM drunk...  Sorry if i don't make sense