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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: frankenduck on May 21, 2011, 09:03:34 AM

Title: LEDified front and rear reflectors
Post by: frankenduck on May 21, 2011, 09:03:34 AM

I bought some yellow LEDs for the front and some red ones for the rear.  They come off of a roll so if you order 4 3-LED strips you actually get one strip of 12 that I cut down into two strips of 6.  The LEDs are mounted on film so they can be sandwiched between the reflector and it's mounting base.  The LEDs themselves are raised so I used my Dremel cutting wheel to make holes for them in the back of the reflector. Then I sealed/reglued them with marine contact cement to keep them waterproof.

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/smithduck/k11rs_mods/ledrefleds.jpg)

The pictues are a tad blurry due to the lighting conditions and using a point and shoot camera but you get the idea:

Rear:

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/smithduck/k11rs_mods/ledrefrear.jpg)


Front:

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/smithduck/k11rs_mods/ledreffront.jpg)


Both:

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/smithduck/k11rs_mods/ledrefboth.jpg)


IMO, they look even better in real life.

Here's links to the LEDs I used:

Red LED strips (http://www.surplusgizmos.com/3-LED-Strip-Red-624nm-750-mcd-12v-DC-90mA_p_1543.html)

Amber LED strips (http://www.surplusgizmos.com/3-LED-Strip-Amber-Yellow-589nm-1125v-mcd-12v-DC-90mA_p_1542.html)

I further modified them later so that they flash off when the turn signals flash on so they double as both side running lights and turn signals.

Title: Re: LEDified front and rear reflectors
Post by: acftfliehr on November 25, 2014, 01:15:42 PM

Just Picked this up on the KBikes section on the Yahoo groups...

Great Job and thanks for the tip especially this time of year!!

Title: Re: LEDified front and rear reflectors
Post by: enb54 on December 17, 2014, 11:04:45 PM

Quote from: frankenduck on May 21, 2011, 09:03:34 AM

I bought some yellow LEDs for the front and some red ones for the rear.  They come off of a roll so if you order 4 3-LED strips you actually get one strip of 12 that I cut down into two strips of 6.  The LEDs are mounted on film so they can be sandwiched between the reflector and it's mounting base.  The LEDs themselves are raised so I used my Dremel cutting wheel to make holes for them in the back of the reflector. Then I sealed/reglued them with marine contact cement to keep them waterproof.

Obviously made a mistake responding here, sorry! Thank you!
I'm going to try this great idea out as soon as my shop gets a bit warmer...