Installed Blue LED's in my climate control today... *pics*
12-24-2003, 05:37 PM
#1
Installed Blue LED's in my climate control today... *pics*
yep, just as the subject title says. it took me a while, but i got it done. am not happy with it though... i want it to be brighter... i think i am going to make my own housing so the led sits closer to the button, and sits striaght. the "Temp" button is very bright, and i have no idea why. i want all of them to look like that. well, i'll stop talking... here are the pics.
Any help on why the "Temp" button is so much brighter then the rest? thanks.
-Chris
Any help on why the "Temp" button is so much brighter then the rest? thanks.
-Chris
Thats weird that temp light is so much brighter.
12-24-2003, 05:45 PM
#6
looks good, but you should have used thinner wire. And the temp thing happens to everyone the reson being that LEDs focus light and have a small viewing angle.
if you want to see mine i did them differently:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=114233
if you want to see mine i did them differently:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=114233
12-24-2003, 05:49 PM
#8
Heh, you going to laugh, but it took me approx. 4 hours to do. 
i just took my time like i did with all my other projects. and the site with a write up was down, so i had to do it with out any help. 
getting the unit out was easy, but soldering a ton of wires was the time consuming part.
it can not be that the led is closer because of the way the Led harness is setup. they are all in equal distance from the buttons. the only thing i can think of, is that the button is "right on top" of the led, so the light does not have to travel anywhere by "light channels". you would know what i mean if you have taken apart your gauges.
-chris
i just took my time like i did with all my other projects. and the site with a write up was down, so i had to do it with out any help. getting the unit out was easy, but soldering a ton of wires was the time consuming part. it can not be that the led is closer because of the way the Led harness is setup. they are all in equal distance from the buttons. the only thing i can think of, is that the button is "right on top" of the led, so the light does not have to travel anywhere by "light channels". you would know what i mean if you have taken apart your gauges.
-chris
12-24-2003, 05:54 PM
#9
Originally Posted by ny96max
no offense but that wiring job looks awful.... 
Ant
Ant
HEY! don't make fun of my wiring!!! lol. i actually did a really good job, but i did a really bad job of wire management, and the liberal use of elec. tape.
That is sweet...would you do mine?
looks good, but you should have used thinner wire. And the temp thing happens to everyone the reson being that LEDs focus light and have a small viewing angle.
and can you tell me how you did your rear defroster button? where did you make room for the resistor in the case? i took them apart, and they went right back together... lol.-Chris
12-24-2003, 06:03 PM
#12
dont bother with the BOSE it uses surface mount LED's, and for the defrost i twisted the resistor it to an S-shape, it a tight fit but it works, you can also put the resistor in the wire that goes into the defroster, i wish i had thought of that back when i did mine.
12-25-2003, 10:28 AM
#15
Originally Posted by jetblack5spd
sand down the top of the temp led, it will make the light disperse better. hope it helps.
hmmm, thats a good idea... i never would have thought of that... i'll go give it a try i a couple of days once everything cools down from the holidays.
thanks!Chris
12-25-2003, 10:34 PM
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y such big wire for LED's? Does the temp not use the light channels? I didn't do mine yet, so I really can't help you with it, but i'm doin mine soon so i'll let you know how it goes altohugh i have manual CC
I can do LED changes, as can Chris also (obviously), I think he was trying to do them anyway for PPL. I was thinking just take out the boards for the LED's so ppl can still use there window switches, at least on the drivers side you can do that, I think the others are different.
-Chris
I can do LED changes, as can Chris also (obviously), I think he was trying to do them anyway for PPL. I was thinking just take out the boards for the LED's so ppl can still use there window switches, at least on the drivers side you can do that, I think the others are different.
-Chris
12-26-2003, 02:11 PM
#20
Originally Posted by jetblack5spd
what size resistor did you use? what was its value and what was the value of the led?
to change the climate control screen color:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=207107
12-26-2003, 03:02 PM
#21
Originally Posted by Maxtank
y such big wire for LED's? Does the temp not use the light channels? I didn't do mine yet, so I really can't help you with it, but i'm doin mine soon so i'll let you know how it goes altohugh i have manual CC
I can do LED changes, as can Chris also (obviously), I think he was trying to do them anyway for PPL. I was thinking just take out the boards for the LED's so ppl can still use there window switches, at least on the drivers side you can do that, I think the others are different.
-Chris
I can do LED changes, as can Chris also (obviously), I think he was trying to do them anyway for PPL. I was thinking just take out the boards for the LED's so ppl can still use there window switches, at least on the drivers side you can do that, I think the others are different.
-Chris
Well, that is the only kind of wire i had in the house... and my car was already apart... so i used it.
i was left with no choice. -Chris
12-26-2003, 03:04 PM
#22
Originally Posted by geo1317
i used 330ohm resistor for Blue and White leds, it can change depending on the LED's and the voltage they run at.
to change the climate control screen color:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=207107
to change the climate control screen color:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=207107
He got to it before i did.
there you go! but you can use this web site to figure out what value resistor you have to use:
http://linear1.org/ckts/led.php
enjoy.
-Chris
12-27-2003, 12:06 AM
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Um, im not sure what geo was talking about, so i may be reposting an idea. But you could use a small resistor to drop the voltage level traveling to the one "temp" LED, so it would therefore be more dim. It would be relatively simple, but the trick would be getting the correct OHM resistor.
Another LED project chris? you're a machine
Another LED project chris? you're a machine
12-28-2003, 11:11 AM
#24
Originally Posted by SXN
Um, im not sure what geo was talking about, so i may be reposting an idea. But you could use a small resistor to drop the voltage level traveling to the one "temp" LED, so it would therefore be more dim. It would be relatively simple, but the trick would be getting the correct OHM resistor.
Another LED project chris? you're a machine
Another LED project chris? you're a machine
Thanks SXN.
i think i am just going to leave it be... every time i look at it, i want to fix all of them to make them all bright... so it will eventually make me mad enough to rip it apart... AGAIN. lol
and yes! i guess i am a led machine!
thats what happens when i don't have a job or a girl friend. (although my phyco ex is more then a handfull at times. 
)my plan is to catch up with affrillo eventually.......... yeah, ok, it woun't happen. but a guy can try right? lol
-Chris
12-28-2003, 11:55 PM
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well, you have done a lot of the interior. he has done only exterior (primarily) up until now with the "shift light" thing. just keep up the good work, let the inspiration take you where it will.
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