Mike Kendall wrote:
>
> I've got a friend with a  Harley Davidson chopper who doesn't want to spend
> $119 on a LED tail light.  The vibration breaks the filaments in his brake
> light way too often.  I bought a cheap 3rd light, brakelight off Ebay to
> modify.  It has the super bright LED's (probably the 5,000 mCD type) with
> different value current limiting resistors for the two brightness levels.
> The LED's are really, really tiny with a plastic focusing lens on each to
> give the proper visual effect.  When I hooked it up to my PTT line for fun
> on my ham rig, it hurt the eyes it was so bright.  I recommend to experiment
> with the value of resistor to get the proper effect.


Again I recommend http://www.jaycar.com au
for their 6000mCd red leds, these are incredible
if you have never seen one. Many of those superbright
ones in car taillights are 900mCd or 1600mCd.
Jaycar carry good stocks, price is good and have
a good website with online ordering. :o)
-Roman

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