LED Brake light panel

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TC Deathcat
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LED Brake light panel

Post by TC Deathcat » Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:44 pm

Hi there, new t the forum, need a bit of advice on making a brake light panel / or someone that would be interested in making me a panel for a fee...

I've build a motorcycle, and have used a small metal mic as the brake light, the only problem is I cant fit a standard brake light bulb and holder in there due to space... Ive attempted to make a board myself :-

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I bought some flat mounted Ultra bright LED's from ebay and have soldered them into rows so i can wire them in parallel as strips...

I now need to work out the resistors that i should use to get them to run at 12v. my hope is that i can use the outside strips as the sidelight, and then the middle 3 as a brake light.... can anyone suggest if this looks right so far, or if i could do it a better way...

I'm awaiting info on the LED ratings so i can work out resisitors...

piratepaul
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Re: LED Brake light panel

Post by piratepaul » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:18 pm

Looks good to me, makes perfect sense.

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