I was inspired by some the lid light mods posted and got to thinking about some old LED light bars I had left over from a computer case mod after Rjarois mentioned pimping out our PhlatPrinters in another mod thread. The two LED light bars are from the Logisys Computer Meteor Light Kit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888052






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Oooooo! That looks Cool! No, Hot! Well, it looks good!

 

I was going for the Paris Hilton "That's Hot." look!

 

I knew I stole the idea from somebody! Updated the cred in the first post. Can't wait to see what color you pick for your PhlatPimpin lights!

 

Here is a link to some more lights that would probably work well: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000255&Description=light%20kit&name=Case%20Accessories

I wonder if the sound activated lights would turn on and off with the sound of the dremel turning on and off if the microphone was put in the right position: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=LOGISYS+sound&x=0&y=0

 

Hey - Look what I found!
They run on 12V (that's a 3S LiPo) and the description says they can easily be shortened in 3-LED intervals. Maybe if you ran 2 strips in parallel, they would run directly from the controller-board power supply (27V), or you might need to add a 470-ohm resistor to each side to dump the extra 3 volts. Attached files

 

Hey Dorsal these LEDs you found are totally sweet and the price is really good too! It looks like you may be using the LED calculator at: http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz I wonder if the light strip comes with resistors in it already, and what value are they?

 

Since the light strip can be cut every 3 LEDs, and LEDs are usually rated at 3V, I figure they have a 150 or 180 ohm, 1/4W resistor on the circuit board for every 3 lights. Zoom in on the photo in the link and you can see a component marked "R10" near each set of 3 LEDs.
And yes, I think that Series-Parallel calculator at http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz is great! :geek:

btw, they have other colors, I just like blue.

 

It does look like there is only one resistor per every three LEDs. These LEDs look like they work really well in rc airplanes too, from viewing the video that is available in one of the comments on the Hobby City website. Maybe when one of us can get a strip of these we could measure the resistor value and we could then calculate the exact setup needed to run 24vdc which would be perfect for cut path lighting!