Author Topic: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder  (Read 4085 times)

Offline boneybradley

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here's a link to the ebay site for led switches that are ready made...for lazy people like me!
http://stores.ebay.de/LED-Beleuchtungsumbau
just remember the prices are in euro and post is about £9 to blighty (so they state in e-mailed....)

unless anybody fances making some cash soldering led's to our switches?
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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #1 on: 26 February 2008, 21:26 »
Im guna give it a go soon, and if it goes ok, yeah cool..

But these are a definite back up plan  :laugh:

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #2 on: 26 February 2008, 21:32 »
they look the dogs danglies....i like the way he's combined red and blue on some of the switches......looks like headlight switch is left hand drive tho cos it's opposite way around..??

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #3 on: 26 February 2008, 21:37 »
hahaha wow,   i thought about setting something similar up

cant believe how much some things are going for :shocked:

your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself, and remember some of these are for left hookers which are different to our RHD cars

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #4 on: 26 February 2008, 21:39 »

your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself

Not when i melt everyting with the solder gun it isn't!!  :embarassed:
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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #5 on: 26 February 2008, 21:40 »
where can u get blue leds from?

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #6 on: 26 February 2008, 21:43 »

your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself

Not when i melt everyting with the solder gun it isn't!!  :embarassed:

haha trick is take ur time, and use a good quality solder iron

blue leds are all over ebay, u need 3mm 5v with resistors, or 12v without resistors

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #7 on: 26 February 2008, 21:44 »
and to add... it takes no more than 10 mins a switch when u know what u are doing

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #8 on: 26 February 2008, 21:46 »
take it if you got the 5v with resisters ud have to fanny around solderin the resisters in as well?

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #9 on: 26 February 2008, 21:48 »
I'm going to check this out tomorrow, I want to have all red back-lighting. Nice tips too keels! ;)

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