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Old 02-02-2007 | 06:55 PM
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Default RE: DIY Nav Lights

Here are some photos.

Photo 1 shows the top of the board The jack connects to the wingtip and landing lights. The black and white wires go to the strobe LED.
Photo 2 is the bottom.
Photo 3 shows the connector for the wing lights.
Photo 4, the insulation on the wire I purchased was too large to fit into the modular plugs, so I spliced them to a short section of phone cord.
Photo 5, from left to right, strobe, port led, starboard LED, and the two Landing Light LEDs. Note, I added the brightness (power) limiting LED between the two landing light LEDs. The resistors for controlling the brightness can be added before, between, or after the LEDs, as long as they are in series. LEDs in parallel will require thier own resistors. When wiring LEDs, you need to be sure that you don't exceed the power rating of the LEDs. These are all running from a 9 volt battery and will need resistors, or enough LEDs in series to prevent them from burning out.
Photo 6, I took about a dozen snapshots, but couldn't seem to catch the strobe while lit.

If you haven't worked with LEDs, I suggest doing a search to learn more about working with them. Here's a couple of links.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/gadgets.htm
http://discovercircuits.com/

Scott

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