Close up of the heat shrinking that is over the resistor and LED on each wire you can see the bulge from the resistor underneath the Red heat shrink is holding the parts in place |
After that I wound the LED legs around the rod, on the brass that was kept exposed to hold LEDs in place.
The next part I did was cut a slit into a piece of clear tubing to protect the wires from damage. Before I covered it I soldered the LED legs in place and found that it was short circuiting because the LEDs were to close together. Meaning that only 1 LED was going. After I moved them apart it worked fine.
LEDs, brass rod, and wires held together with shrink. Also shows how LED legs were wound around rod |
Once it was okay I slipped the clear tubing over the top of the wires and heat shrink. Then got the 10mm heat shrink and also slipped that over the top of the clear tube, then shrunk it in place, with a heat gun. After adding a few extra pieces to improve its appearance It was completed and working correctly.
well done mate
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