LED Swap (Door Panel Switches)
#21
Finally got some pics of my work
Enjoy all
HU is my final step
Here this is just for fun..but i love it!!!!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Knight-Rider1
Enjoy all
HU is my final step
Here this is just for fun..but i love it!!!!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Knight-Rider1
#22
Originally Posted by Fsu1dolfan
Finally got some pics of my work
Enjoy all
HU is my final step
Here this is just for fun..but i love it!!!!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Knight-Rider1
Enjoy all
HU is my final step
Here this is just for fun..but i love it!!!!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Knight-Rider1
Fsu i can figure out how to do the window buttons but how you get the gauges like that ??? please tell me im upsessing!!!
#23
Originally Posted by Lilroma
Fsu i can figure out how to do the window buttons but how you get the gauges like that ??? please tell me im upsessing!!!
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I noticed you used plcc LED's instead of 1206. Obviously they work, but the 1206 is a direct swap. If you are buying a bunch of led's for the gauges and hvac, then you can just throw in one of those in the doors to save some money.
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So i finally did mine today, but on the drivers side i "flicked" with the soldering iron a little to hard on 2 of the LED's and broke the contact off the PCB itself Now the only LED that works on it is the drivers side window swicth but all the switches themselves still work .
Anyone know of someone who wants part out a door panel?
also did the steering wheel, so now all i have left is the radio and HVAC, and i'm not gonna bother with those. Gotta save up some moneys and send those off to be done accepting donations
Anyone know of someone who wants part out a door panel?
also did the steering wheel, so now all i have left is the radio and HVAC, and i'm not gonna bother with those. Gotta save up some moneys and send those off to be done accepting donations
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just wire something in to make the contact to fix the broken pad... that's about the only thing you can do...
otherwise the best way i've found to remove 1206 leds is to litterally flood the led out with solder until the led flows off and remove the excess solder afterwards.
effective and won't risk any damage to the pads... and a very useful technique if you ever think of doing the radio with its 0603 sized leds.
otherwise the best way i've found to remove 1206 leds is to litterally flood the led out with solder until the led flows off and remove the excess solder afterwards.
effective and won't risk any damage to the pads... and a very useful technique if you ever think of doing the radio with its 0603 sized leds.
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there are ways to salvage a ripped off pad by trying to get the electrical connection by other means.
the trace itself hopefully is still intact and/or there would be somewhere to get that power to the led.
the trace itself hopefully is still intact and/or there would be somewhere to get that power to the led.
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after being bored and some brainstorming i had an idea. Now i'm not electronics genious so let me know if this wont work.
if i get some small guage wire and solder it to the + of the worling LED and run that to the + of the busted ones would it short, work fine, or dim the working one since it would be stealing voltage? It probably depends on how they have the board set up but i have no clue
if i get some small guage wire and solder it to the + of the worling LED and run that to the + of the busted ones would it short, work fine, or dim the working one since it would be stealing voltage? It probably depends on how they have the board set up but i have no clue
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it wouldn't short unless that wire touched something else... however i would still try to salvage the original circuit trace.
you can try that method with that if you can get it connected.
you can try that method with that if you can get it connected.