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ORIGINAL: cumquat

i make my own. well, i tried once and blew most of the LEDs by doing stupid things with them all you need is an old servo/esc wire, a soldering iron, resistors and the LEDs of your choice. you can find what resistors you need by using a resistor calculator, which a google search will give you. it's simple enough, just solder the LEDs in what ever arrangement works best for your layout with resistors in the appropriate places and then solder each LED chain in parallel. some calculators will give you ideas for the best arrangement to use the least number of resistors but they are fairly cheap ($2 or so for 8 or 10 at radio shack as i recall). i get my LEDs at http://www.superbrightleds.com/ . i got the 5mm red, blue and white. i got the highest MCD (or near it) rating. the ones i used are under "component LED". you can get the wire and resistors at radio shack. if you want to get fancy, you can try to use a circuit board, also available at radio shack.

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ORIGINAL: DieHard1207

Interesting. I have the original receiver which is a 2-channel. I checked the 3rd slot that was labelled (Batt.) and got no voltage. Am I supposed to wire it into the esc wires?

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ORIGINAL: cumquat

i make my own. well, i tried once and blew most of the LEDs by doing stupid things with them all you need is an old servo/esc wire, a soldering iron, resistors and the LEDs of your choice. you can find what resistors you need by using a resistor calculator, which a google search will give you. it's simple enough, just solder the LEDs in what ever arrangement works best for your layout with resistors in the appropriate places and then solder each LED chain in parallel. some calculators will give you ideas for the best arrangement to use the least number of resistors but they are fairly cheap ($2 or so for 8 or 10 at radio shack as i recall). i get my LEDs at http://www.superbrightleds.com/ . i got the 5mm red, blue and white. i got the highest MCD (or near it) rating. the ones i used are under ''component LED''. you can get the wire and resistors at radio shack. if you want to get fancy, you can try to use a circuit board, also available at radio shack.

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ORIGINAL: egbasher

Yeah, it looks like it should work.   I know you said you didn't want to deal with another battery but it seems like it would be simpler and cheaper to use one to hook up the light kit you're thinking of getting.

Honestly, I think I'll have to set this light idea on the sidelines due to insufficiant funds.  I owe my sis $15.00,  the lights are $11.96, the Y-Harness is $7.95, and a new body is $22.98. And I'll pull up the calculator here...the total amount of funds needed is...$57.89! (My wallet is full of dust...not dough. ) So until I come up with $57.89, I can't do lighting. Thinking about it though, I agree with you Rob. I probably should use a different body. Because like when I go out bashing and bringing it back in the garage hardly knowing what it is because it's soooo dirty, I wouldn't want all my lights to be on the bottom of that.  Plus, when my body is really dirty, I wash it in the sink, but that wouldn't work if I had lights because water and electricity don't mix.

Am I the first to put lights on an Evader?

Also I have been working on a snow plow. It's made from sheet metal and took me forever to get it to shape. I painted it black, and I'm letting it dry over night. I plan on plowing the inch and a half of snow on the back deck to test it out. It's mounted directly to the frame, so it'll be as strong as the Evader itself. What I'm worried about is traction. I figure if it comes to the ultimates, I could buy a pair of tracks skis, but that's getting a little expensive. Also I plan on putting a VERY low tooth count pinion in it.

How did it work out? I have the Evader DT front bumper, and I was wondering if the lights would be all messed up with the bumper being in the way. It'll have the shape of bumper for a shadow.  How did you put the holes in the body? Did you just use a drill? (Drill a pilot hole and use bits bigger and bigger till it's the right size) Where should I mount the lights, and how many? Just a few questions.

Mounting them on the bumper isn't a bad idea. But like I said, I can't do anything till I get some money.  So what's everyone doing this weekend?

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ORIGINAL: DieHard1207

How did it work out? I have the Evader DT front bumper, and I was wondering if the lights would be all messed up with the bumper being in the way. It'll have the shape of bumper for a shadow.  How did you put the holes in the body? Did you just use a drill? (Drill a pilot hole and use bits bigger and bigger till it's the right size) Where should I mount the lights, and how many? Just a few questions.