The "Led Bulb" (5 Minutes DIY)

[richardcpf]

Tonight I had to replace a flourescent bulb and when took the bad one off, I saw these laying around:

Then I inevitably made this:

Great for finding your flashlights:

The "Led bulb" is bright enought to light up a small room and read in the dark, should have a decent runtime too. I know this already exist as a "magic toy" but this one has a forward clicky and CR123 inside, being automatically aproved by flashaholics.

Sorry for the bad pics my camera doesnt work well with low light.

 

[Sgt. LED]

Make more.

 

[darkzero]

Great idea, I love it! :twothumbs

 

[Bushman5]

that is awesome! got a tutorial on how to make one :naughty:

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

what happens when you screw it into a lamp socket and turn the lamp on? :devil:

 

[richardcpf]

I put a rubber switch boot at the end so nothing will happen if I screw it into a bulb socket.

But can work as a joke :nana:

It is super easy to make your own, solder the clicky spring to the - side of the battery, solder led to the + and connect the other terminal to the clicky outer ring. Make a hole at the bulb bottom and fit a rubber boot in there, glue everything with epoxy or silicone and you are done.

These leds work at 3V so there is no need to add a resistor.

Remember to sand the leds so they have a flat head, this works as a diffuser.

 

[p moore]

Come on, take it back apart and let us see the guts.

 

[richardcpf]

Come on, take it back apart and let us see the guts.

I glued the glass with ultra strong epoxy sorry :shrug: But I will when i make the Led bulb V2... im thinking of cree emiter, multimode driver and replaceable battery.

 

[pmoore]

Then screw that into a droplight. That would be great for working away from a powersource.

 

[Illum]

Tonight I had to replace a flourescent bulb and when took the bad one off, I saw these laying around:

Then I inevitably made this:

Great for finding your flashlights:

LOLZ, absolut-LOLZ
First there were b@rt sceptres...now there are b@rt lights

 

[darkzero]

But can work as a joke :nana:

:laughing: :twothumbs

Oh that's great. Now I have to build one for myself so I can do that too! :thumbsup:

 

[rizky_p]

LOL this is a joke...nice mod!! :twothumbs

 

[koala]

You need a LiPOFe4 in it so you can recharge it if it runs out of power good job!!!

 

[p moore]

No, you just plug it in. :shakehead

 

[lolzertank]

No, you just plug it in. :shakehead

 

[Chodes]

Too cool.

 

[Illum]

Its kinda cool that we as CPFers made a table lamp that lights when the power is unplugged and turns off when power is plugged in.

The best I've made is a solar powered flashlight, it only works when theres light out, it turns itself off when the lughts go out.

I've always wondered if I can patent ideas like this as I love how much sense it makes to me especially when it makes no sense to virtunally everyone else. If I was to design a car, the brakes will only work when I'm not pushing on it...but unfortunately very few people think the way I do...:shrug:

 

[Fichtenelch]

I've always wondered if I can patent ideas like this as I love how much sense it makes to me especially when it makes no sense to virtunally everyone else. If I was to design a car, the brakes will only work when I'm not pushing on it...but unfortunately very few people think the way I do...:shrug:

Maybe you should just put it as an acceleration-pedal in an electric car and it makes sense

 

[Illum]

Maybe you should just put it as an acceleration-pedal in an electric car and it makes sense

well, I have this tendency to rest my foot on the pedal at times...and once awhile burned the entire shoe off:shakehead

It just acts instinctively...I dunno if its because I drive a manual in the before life or...

 

[LEDAdd1ct]

Wow; I love it!