robodeath

Got tired of when driving at night when my car got car away I couldn't tell which direction it was facing.

Igotntc3andrevo

You did a really good job I like how you put the lights in the fog light position instead of the normal headlights.

rawkfist2

Yea plus 1 on that fog look.

01s0uljah

How did you hook up the lights? Where did you hook up the wires to?

robodeath

The really awsome part, in my opinion, is that the light system is totally free of the car, its all on the body. I can lift the body off the car and not have to unplug anything. Here's what I used.

2x Ultra Bright Blue LED 3.7v
2x Ultra Bright Red LED 1.7v
Wire
100Ohm Resistor
330Ohm Resistor
Two stage switch
LED Mounting Sockets
9v Battery Plug
9v Battery Case
9v Battery
Electrical Tape
Soldering Iron
Solder

Here's my wiring diagram.


I can get some pics of the switch placement and battery placement if you'd like.

thedub88

if you got a third channel on your radio, just position the extra servo next to the switch so i turns on and off from your radio!!

robodeath

wow Thats a pretty good idea. I would do it, but i've got the stock 2 channel radio. If I ever upgrade i'll sooooo do that.

DKTimmy

Did you get your parts at radio shack?

If so what type of resistors did you get? They have so many that I am not sure which ones to get.

Thanks!

robodeath

For the blue lights I got 100Ohm 1/4watt resistors and for the red lights I got 330Ohm 1/4 watt resistors.

100Ohm 1/4watt part number 271-1311
330Ohm 1/4watt part number 271-1315

The LEDs are ultra bright, you can tell by the mcd rating. The red's are 3000 and the blues are 2600. The red leds are 1.7v and the blue leds are 3.7v. Note that you only need 1 resister per set of leds, so you only use two total, however they come in packs of 5, but are only .99 cents.

DKTimmy

Sure, I'd like to see the placement pics. What will using different size resistors do to the light output.

tru_rc

if u can't see where u go, u might want to add more lights to the car like I did. I have total of 8,10mm leds ( just wanted to share)

DKTimmy

How did you come up with the resistor values?

robodeath

http://www.metku.net/index.html?path...calc/index_eng

GYNAIKAS

Nive...i have made some corrections though. Here are the exact values and the circuit too:

robodeath

the only problem with exact values is that radioshack doesn't usually have those resistors.

GYNAIKAS

I agree but you can easily find these resistance values in the marker.

carmatic1

use the next one up! you get slightly lower voltage that way but its safer...

robodeath

That's what i did, scroll up :-)