I've been pondering this for a while... now is the time to show you how to ...

The LED strips are Weather proofed 3528 300 leds strips in red and in Amber.. I suggest before you buy them to compare the brightness in MFD of the lEDs for some are really dim compared to others. The retifiers au UR 2W04 100V 1.5A bridge retifiers in a round casing. The wires are 18 gauge red and 18 gauge black multi strand wiring do NOT use single strand for they break very easily with vibrations. The plugs are T10 you can get them in different colors ... So here is the assembly ... I will post the pics and detail them out after ... I have just been called on a network crash ...... will detail tonight


The 3 inch wires are 18 gauge multi strand dont use the solid single strand they break under vibrations.


Waterproof 3528 300 leds strips in red and in Amber


2W04 rectifiers


Positive and negative leads are bent to the sides of the disk .


Trim the leads so they fold against the T-10 plug


Cut the + and - leads and keep them they will be reused


Dont lose the cut leads they will be needed


Here are 2 strips (one is face down) the black lines indicate where you will need to remove the backing and 3M glue


Backing removed you can see the glue


With your knife scrape the glue


Glue will roll up ... discard it


Again with your knife remove by scraping the teflon protector you will see 2 circles one on each side


With the tip of your knife scrape these circles till you reach the copper .. be careful not to remove the copper you will be able to solder there.


With your soldering iron place a bead for later the 18 gauges wires will go there dont forget ther is a + and - side


If you turn over the strip you will see which side is positive and negative


To make the soldering ALOT easier coat the ends of your wires .. make it faster to solder too.


Now solder your wires .. respecting polarity


Test you solder.. apply 12v to the wires


Now solder the rectifiers .... DONT FORGET THEY TOO HAVE A POLARITY !!!


For the red strips solder the leads that you saved to the wires they will make the insertion into the T-10 ALOT easier.



Leads soldered onto the wire ...will be easier to insert into the T-10 plug



Inserted into the plug ... bend and trim the lead

HINT If you find it too hard to solder the leads just use a rectifier in the rear red strips too ... much easier and less painful to solder than soldering leads to a wire


Voila one LED marker strip ready to be inserted into a marker... Now make 3 more


To prevent the Red LED T-10 socket wires from shorting out do like the below pics ... fill them with GOOP Automotive transparent glue .. they will then be firmly attached preventing the wires from moving around.


ENJOY !!!! If you need any help PM me !!!!


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[This message has been edited by Danyel (edited 10-18-2012).]

Am I missing something here? Why do you need a rectifier on a 12VDC system?

quote Originally posted by BHall71: Am I missing something here? Why do you need a rectifier on a 12VDC system?

In order for the front side markers to blink you you require the rectifiers .. take a look at your wiring schematics you'll understand why.
regards
Danyel

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Tony

quote Originally posted by BHall71: Am I missing something here? Why do you need a rectifier on a 12VDC system?

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quote Originally posted by theogre: See my Cave, LED Marker Light

Thanks for the precise info ....
regards
Danyel

Added some more pics .... enjoy

You did good Danyel. Nice DIY.

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