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The Great LED Experiment, Part 1
Written by onetrikpc on 9/25/2004 at 01:53 pm

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin" <kevin@q...> wrote:
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "onetrikpc" <viana1@b...> wrote:
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Quosig <kevin@q...> wrote:
> > > Well, after watching other PCers run around in the rain, bright
> > > sunlight, and places in between, I've decided to start playing
with
> > > brighter LED solutions for tail and brake bulbs. There has
*got*
> > to be a
> > > way to make the bikes more visible in over bright, low-light,
> > > low-contrast conditions (outright darkness is less of an
issue).
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > > if I can safely part the lense from the base, and it's not too
> > hard.
> >
> > 1TrikPC reply:
> > I could not separate the lens from the base, so I cut along the
top
> > and bottom and ONE vertical cut of each housing section. With
the 3
> > cuts, you can "hinge" each section and secure the arrays in
each
> > housing.
>
> Actually, a hair dryer, thin utility knife, and patient pulling
got the signal
> assembly apart (I had a broken one I kept to practice with). The
sealant
> softens with a hairdryer set to high and a pass with the knife
will slit and move
> the sealant. Do this about 4 times around the perimeter and it
eventually starts
> to give-way. Takes alot of patience, but once it starts to give,
and you keep it
> warm with the hairdryer, it comes right off.
>
> What I discovered this morning is that once it all cools off, it
sticks again! So in
> theory, re-sealing the lenses is a matter of heating-up the
sealant, moving it
> around and squishing the whole works back together (and adding
sealant
> where needed, which I have).
>

>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<
1TrikPC reply:
Hmm, wish I would have tried that. :o) The Headlight lens came out
with some gentle prying when I did the dual headlight conversion.
But I had no luck with the rear brake light housing.
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<

> Whose LEDs did you use when you built yours? I ask because Custom
> Dynamics uses a different grade of LED than any supplier I have
found, so
> wash-out might be less of an issue with their "ultra-LEDs."

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1TrikPC reply:
I bought bulk LEDs and resistors(100ea)from I think it was Newark
and the diodes and project board from Radio Shack. The LEDs are 5mm
and 5000mcd each. All in all, spent about $100 for the project,
including the experimental PC800 rear light assy from eBay.
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<
> Are the rear signals stock or LEDs as well?
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<
1TrikPC reply:
Stock. Only the front mirror mount signals have LED arrays. Maybe
one day...
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<

> Hey, BTW, how are the dual headlights working out?
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<
1TrikPC reply:
Fine until a bulb(H3) went out. I removed the assembly and
reinstalled the stock headlight. I do have a dual H4 setup that
should be completed before Bikeweek 2005. Should be much easier to
do a bulb change :o)
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<

Regards,
Bob Viana
Jacksonville, FL

"onetrikpc" '89 PC800
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