My Affordable LED conversion.
Hello all, Wanted to share my Latest Project in hopes that Others like me (Electrical Illiterate)will see just how easy this was.
First I ordered These from Amazon for $8.00 and free shipping.
One they came in I got to work. They can be Cut every Three Leds, So for My Use I could Fit 4 rows of 6 leds into my overhead light fixture.
I Cut them into 6 led strips
I then Cut some Scrap Cardboard to size, Removed the Adhesive backing tape, and layed them in this Order. (+ touching +, and - touching -)
Now it was just a Matter of connecting the Leads together.
I Scraped off the Plastic Top Covers a Bit to Expose a little More Connector to insure a good Solder Connection for the Adjacent connections
Then Soldered
and Soldered again
Repeated this Process until all 4 strips were connected
My Final Product
The picture Doesn't show just how bright these are, Probably about 50% brighter than the Non-led bulb it replaced.
Now its just a matter of connecting the wires to my current light fixtures, putting the lens covers back on, and on to the next project.
Please Be kind to me about my Soldering skills, the Last time I did anything like this was grade school.
I sure Saved a Boat load of money with this Project,
that $8.00 gave me 12 "light bulbs" . throw in about $0.40 worth of solder and $1.00 worth of 18 gauge solid wire. and if I didnt Already have a soldering iron maybe another $10.00
First I ordered These from Amazon for $8.00 and free shipping.
One they came in I got to work. They can be Cut every Three Leds, So for My Use I could Fit 4 rows of 6 leds into my overhead light fixture.
I Cut them into 6 led strips
I then Cut some Scrap Cardboard to size, Removed the Adhesive backing tape, and layed them in this Order. (+ touching +, and - touching -)
Now it was just a Matter of connecting the Leads together.
I Scraped off the Plastic Top Covers a Bit to Expose a little More Connector to insure a good Solder Connection for the Adjacent connections
Then Soldered
and Soldered again
Repeated this Process until all 4 strips were connected
My Final Product
The picture Doesn't show just how bright these are, Probably about 50% brighter than the Non-led bulb it replaced.
Now its just a matter of connecting the wires to my current light fixtures, putting the lens covers back on, and on to the next project.
Please Be kind to me about my Soldering skills, the Last time I did anything like this was grade school.
I sure Saved a Boat load of money with this Project,
that $8.00 gave me 12 "light bulbs" . throw in about $0.40 worth of solder and $1.00 worth of 18 gauge solid wire. and if I didnt Already have a soldering iron maybe another $10.00
