I melted about 10 of these before I gave up on my skills with my particular soldering kit. I will give it another shot using this technique though, thanks!
I melted about 10 of these before I gave up on my skills with my particular soldering kit. I will give it another shot using this technique though, thanks!
Once you get it one time it will become so much easier!Originally Posted by Bern
If I was to run 3-5 of these small LED at one time-just an on and off switch how many batteries 1 or 2?Had to figure this out myself and I burned probably about 5 of these suckers just trying to get it right. I am sure Big Hank has a much more efficient way and I would glaldy bow to his expert if he chooses to add anything! (*hint* *hint*)
Anyway, here we go:
If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask!! I hope this helps someone.
I' have a project that I can see a use for these and some info would be great!
better yet how much would you charge to make me 1 white, 2 blues and 2 reds? that may save me some time on this project of mine lol.....
PM me if your interested.
If you run them in PARALLEL, that's the key, you can run 3-5 easily off 1 3volt battery. try and use a good coin battery like a 2032, that'll handle 10 LEDs easy.
Remember:
Series : basically "daisy chaining" the LEDs one after another. (+ from one to the - of the next, etc. In series, the voltage demand is cumulative meaning if you ran 3 LEDs in series that draw 2.6 volts each you would need a battery pack that supplied at least 7.8 volts.
Parallel: Attaching the LEDs in such a way that each LED's + and - touch the battery. In essence if we had the same rig in parallel, each LED would terminate at the battery, and the voltage demand would only be 2.6 volts, thus only one battery (3volt) would be needed. The amperage would be divided however, which may result in the LEDs not being as bright as their rated millicandella(brightness). This is usually not an issue and this is the preferred method for TF wire ups.
That's always tough. It's very hard to pre-build a harness without the figure in hand. You MUST take into account the twists and folds needed to TF from bot to alt mode. Your best bet is to PM him and send him the figure to wire up for you. I may be able to guide you but I owe out a bunch of work still, I'm so very far behind.
True but this is for the Jazz I'm doing and he's not going to be able to transform. If I could get the wires to each piece to be 7inches long that would work and I could do the battery and switch part on my own.If you run them in PARALLEL, that's the key, you can run 3-5 easily off 1 3volt battery. try and use a good coin battery like a 2032, that'll handle 10 LEDs easy.
Remember:
Series : basically "daisy chaining" the LEDs one after another. (+ from one to the - of the next, etc. In series, the voltage demand is cumulative meaning if you ran 3 LEDs in series that draw 2.6 volts each you would need a battery pack that supplied at least 7.8 volts.
Parallel: Attaching the LEDs in such a way that each LED's + and - touch the battery. In essence if we had the same rig in parallel, each LED would terminate at the battery, and the voltage demand would only be 2.6 volts, thus only one battery (3volt) would be needed. The amperage would be divided however, which may result in the LEDs not being as bright as their rated millicandella(brightness). This is usually not an issue and this is the preferred method for TF wire ups.
That's always tough. It's very hard to pre-build a harness without the figure in hand. You MUST take into account the twists and folds needed to TF from bot to alt mode. Your best bet is to PM him and send him the figure to wire up for you. I may be able to guide you but I owe out a bunch of work still, I'm so very far behind.
But I do think it would be best to talk with him first on the transforming stuff but I'm not that advance yet LOL.
Oh I see, it's a non TFer. In that case you just want someone to wire up 5 SMT sized LEDs with 7-8 inch leads and you'll locate them on the figure. Gotcha!
This whole time I thought that Jazz was gonna transform!
That might be the next one I do, this piece is purely for bot form display only.Oh I see, it's a non TFer. In that case you just want someone to wire up 5 SMT sized LEDs with 7-8 inch leads and you'll locate them on the figure. Gotcha!
This whole time I thought that Jazz was gonna transform!
Kinda why I'm adding a ton of stuff to him to give hime a more realistic look.
I'd like to make him transform but looking at the Masterpiece Jazz that JAF did was a whole lotta work, and I'm lacking tools haha.
I used a Miester Alternator for this instead of the smaller Smokescreen chassis which would have gave me the ability to but I'm afraid that after putting all that work for something to feel flimsy and possible break after all that work I'd freak out and go postal...lol
Now the whole front end and doors section, including the front windshield all lined up to transform its just the damn feet that won't work. Now I have a Gundam on the way that I'm going to use to replace Jazz from the waist down so who knows I will try it again and see but I still don't think it's gonna transform but you never know...thinking about re-doing his upper arms to give a more full look to them and re-angle the wheels on his shoulders (kinda like the new generations jazz that hasn't been released yet)and re-mount the shocks different IDK...maybe I will build 2 sets of arms and take a poll to see what you all think first.
Ahh, gotcha! TFing or not I'm sure it'll kick ass.
I hope...Ahh, gotcha! TFing or not I'm sure it'll kick ass.
I'm impressed how it looks as is now, as long as I don't F--- it up between now and then LOL, you guys have been a huge help.
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