I have a good number of years of playing with electronics especially LED's, so I am now converting my truck over to LED's. I have already done the front signals by adding a 2x6 trailer light into the housing and two Whelen 700 series 5mm mounted between the bed & tailgate.
Now for my questions to you guys I have cut up a old tail light housing and designed a board to which I'm looking for some help, originally I had the bulb & a strobe tube. With the proper output I think i can do away with the strobe and use a LED flasher. The board will sit at a 45 degree angle to the housing which is a 90 degree bend. Or do you guys think I shuld redo the boards to sit parallel to the lenses ?
Using the current boards I can fit either 144 5mm Led's in each side or 132 Superflux per side. While that probably not needed I figured for the max number. Depending where I get them from & price that might be adjusted. Recommendations for where to get them ?
Am I wrong to think that using a brighter LED with a narrower beam will be ok due to the number involved. Along the lines that a 20K mcd with a 25 degree beam will light the lenses so I get the whole lens to glow rather then beams of focused light ?
I found HB Brand which had good prices in LED's
www.buy-leds-online.com is there US distributor.
Included are photos of the housing.
Now for my questions to you guys I have cut up a old tail light housing and designed a board to which I'm looking for some help, originally I had the bulb & a strobe tube. With the proper output I think i can do away with the strobe and use a LED flasher. The board will sit at a 45 degree angle to the housing which is a 90 degree bend. Or do you guys think I shuld redo the boards to sit parallel to the lenses ?
Using the current boards I can fit either 144 5mm Led's in each side or 132 Superflux per side. While that probably not needed I figured for the max number. Depending where I get them from & price that might be adjusted. Recommendations for where to get them ?
Am I wrong to think that using a brighter LED with a narrower beam will be ok due to the number involved. Along the lines that a 20K mcd with a 25 degree beam will light the lenses so I get the whole lens to glow rather then beams of focused light ?
I found HB Brand which had good prices in LED's
www.buy-leds-online.com is there US distributor.
Included are photos of the housing.
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