DIY Moonlights.

[Bwlr]

I was out in the barn fiddle farting around today, and I came up with this.



Someone gave me a flashlight that was broken, but the LED's and swich still worked. I took it apart...

I kept these...

and this.

I soldered some wire to the back of the LEDs.

I found some PVC that the cone shaped thing fit in, and then I hotmelt glued both sides.


Drilled a hole for the wire.

Ran my wire and LEDs into the tube.

Soldered some wire to the switch.

Gave it a couple coats of white paint, just to make it look purdy.

And it worked! 

3 second exposure full tank shot.


I glued the switch to the side of the stand.

Didn't cost me anything. I had all the stuff out in the barn.
An old 3v adapter, the flashlight took 3 AA, 4.5v.
The wire was just out there.
Same with the PVC.

[slandis3]

gotta love free

[ohioreef]

Wonder if it matters if they are white rather than blue?

[Bwlr]

The stores sell both colors. White and blue.
I don't think it makes much of a difference though.

[saltybuckeye]

you can buy the blue ones on ebay with bare leads for like 20 cents.They still charge a few bucks to ship though(they sent mine in a regular envelope).Nice freebee by the way!

[Bwlr]

I've got some blue acrylic out there... maybe I could use it for a lens.

I'll see what I can do with it.

Thanks for the input.

[mrs. justcoral]

What is fiddle farting?

[Bwlr]

Where you ain't got nothing to do, and you start tinkering with stuff, and then when you start making something you're "Fiddle Farting".


HTH

[ohioreef]

What is fiddle farting?

Obviously you are not hill billy enough!!!

[mrs. justcoral]

Obviously you are not hill billy enough!!!

I think I'm ok with that.