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post Nov 24, 2012 - 12:30 AM
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So I originally built a 58 Red LED third brake light and was dissatisfied with the result-








It was only about as bright as the OEM incandescent so it was back to the drawingboard.

I finally had time today to solder this together, it uses 97 5mm White LEDs(the maximum amount I could cram in). The current draw is apx. 9 watts and the service life is apx. 100,000 hours. It is bright like headlight bright. woot.gif biggrin.gif





First Layer of 57 LEDs-







Second layer of 40 LEDs, Finished!!!!!!-











And finally Video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh44hn_EBz4


If there is enough interest I may make some of these for 6gc members as well as some of the other exterior lights.

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post Dec 24, 2023 - 5:37 AM
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I wonder if anybody actually bought some , or after all this years you still make them

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- Special_Edy   LED Third Brake Light   Nov 24, 2012 - 12:30 AM
- - smkr3w   Shweet! What's cost shipped looking like...   Nov 24, 2012 - 12:51 AM
- - Tigawoods   yup. they are awesome. Great job! Id definitel...   Nov 24, 2012 - 8:51 AM
- - diegohiga   very nice   Nov 24, 2012 - 10:54 AM
- - Special_Edy   I made another one- I think I may leave th...   Nov 25, 2012 - 12:15 AM
- - mkernz22   I'd totally love one, but the only problem I w...   Nov 25, 2012 - 2:01 PM
- - Special_Edy   Ok I've updated it with power rails down the s...   Nov 26, 2012 - 3:36 AM
- - Tigawoods   you are doing preface LED turns?? OH LAAAAAWWWD   Nov 26, 2012 - 9:14 PM
- - Special_Edy   I'll just leave this here. We will see ho...   Nov 27, 2012 - 2:21 AM
- - Tigawoods   Could you do single horizontal rows with a row gap...   Nov 27, 2012 - 8:34 AM
- - Special_Edy   Yes Im definitely considering 1W or even 3W LEDS. ...   Nov 28, 2012 - 2:32 AM
- - richee3   Looks great so far! I'm sure it's not ...   Nov 28, 2012 - 10:31 AM
- - Special_Edy   Yes I could do the red LEDs. I would assume you wo...   Nov 28, 2012 - 11:05 AM
- - Nifty   I prefer waterproof LED strips. And you can save A...   Nov 28, 2012 - 4:26 PM
- - Lil-Joe101   I wanna see em lit up, very interested   Nov 28, 2012 - 10:08 PM
- - Special_Edy   Watch the videos in my posts above. I have one lit...   Nov 29, 2012 - 12:00 AM
- - Waynegriffin   QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Nov 24, 2012 - 12...   Dec 3, 2012 - 2:21 AM
- - Special_Edy   Yes I still have them, I was planning to make a ba...   Dec 3, 2012 - 11:21 PM
- - Tigawoods   like you ran into a person? or a car   Dec 4, 2012 - 7:23 AM
- - broderp   Interesting idea. Did you calculate the current f...   Dec 9, 2012 - 11:33 PM
|- - Special_Edy   QUOTE (broderp @ Dec 10, 2012 - 12:3...   Dec 10, 2012 - 3:28 AM
- - broderp   Sorry to hear about the accident. That hurts on a...   Dec 10, 2012 - 8:45 AM
- - Special_Edy   Actually I just finished my first semester of coll...   Dec 11, 2012 - 1:05 AM
- - Special_Edy   Ok so here is an update, because I dont have to te...   Dec 14, 2012 - 1:13 AM
- - smkr3w   Holy wiring Batman! Looks great Hope it work...   Dec 14, 2012 - 5:42 AM
- - broderp   QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Dec 14, 2012 - 1...   Dec 19, 2012 - 4:37 PM
- - Special_Edy   @ broderp- Yeah all the chips are on the same powe...   Dec 20, 2012 - 2:10 AM
- - Tigawoods   progressing very well! An animation I am curi...   Dec 20, 2012 - 3:19 PM
- - smkr3w   Awesome! Even though you haven't gotten in...   Dec 20, 2012 - 4:39 PM
- - richee3   Any update?   Feb 22, 2013 - 1:59 PM
- - Special_Edy   I havent fooled with it lately, but I was thinking...   Feb 22, 2013 - 10:45 PM
- - Special_Edy   And I ordered a variety of led bulbs to try some o...   May 12, 2013 - 10:05 AM
|- - mgnt232   want one lol. you thinking of making them for the ...   May 12, 2013 - 3:15 PM
- - Special_Edy   Made this GT-4 one today, guess this means I need ...   May 14, 2013 - 12:27 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   That's awesome! I was wandering if you kno...   May 14, 2013 - 8:01 PM
- - JoshuaM   Looks great! And I think there will be a fair ...   May 14, 2013 - 8:29 PM
- - Box   Can you make one that says "GET BACK" or...   May 14, 2013 - 9:27 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   The ones that say toyota and celica look good. The...   May 16, 2013 - 7:03 PM
- - Red123   wow very nice. I want a "celica" brake l...   May 16, 2013 - 7:39 PM
- - mgnt232   yes start selling id buy. like the idea of the cl...   May 17, 2013 - 1:26 AM
- - richee3   You need to make "GTFO" or "STFU....   May 17, 2013 - 6:08 AM
|- - Box   QUOTE (richee3 @ May 17, 2013 - 6:08...   May 17, 2013 - 1:00 PM
- - Bitter   Flashing red lights are a no-no in most states.   May 17, 2013 - 11:45 PM
|- - Box   QUOTE (Bitter @ May 17, 2013 - 11:45...   May 18, 2013 - 12:21 AM
- - CoolZeen   I wonder if anybody actually bought some , or afte...   Dec 24, 2023 - 5:37 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   i could ask someone local if they are willing to d...   Jan 6, 2024 - 6:26 PM
- - CoolZeen   if so ,im down for a CELICA one   Jan 17, 2024 - 9:48 AM


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