keyring light to led

[redgtd]

the globe in the golf key had blown and as it is a weird globe (didnt want to pay a million dollars for a genuine vw one) converted it to a led will hopfully last longer and just as bright


went to jacar 1.00 for a 3mm white led (think i could of used a 5mm one but didnt realise until i put this in

had to buy a new battrey the original is a 1.5 v alcaline and the leds run on 3v
i got a cr1616 lithium coin battery which has the same diameter as the old one it is just a little thinner
trimed the legs of the led and bent the positive leg at 90 degrees and sloted it into the coper contact part
i trimmed the negative leg a bit shorter and put that between the spring and a small pice of plastic and it wedged in there nicley
put it back together and it worked perfectly
and no soldering

[dc10]

sweet but

[Mrk_Mickey]

Mmm once I see pics I'll do this myself!

[VeeDubs]

im already on my way to jaycar!

[V®6]

Mmm once I see pics I'll do this myself!

Ditto Mickey.

[The_Hawk]

I want to see the pics of this one... I tried but got stuck at the battery voltage issue....

Although to be fair, the alternative just looked that much better and I needed a good excuse to spend some money.




Although I suspect at only a few bucks for parts there is going to be lots of people VERY interested in getting that light working

[redgtd]

in strggle town cant work out how to add pics read the faq but there id no button to add attachemnts from my comp i have put the pic in my gallery if anyone wants to see

[Mrk_Mickey]

if you go onto photobucket.com (and sign up if you're not a member already, it's free) you can upload your photo's onto the internet, and then select the 'IMG' link to post as text into here. The picture comes up automatically

[redgtd]

you can see the led the positive leg is bent at 90 deg and fits into the slot in the copper contact
the negative leg is between the spring and a small plastic tab

the new battery will fit perfectly in the vw button so no need to modify anything

[Mrk_Mickey]

Nice work what battery did you use, if there's a number on it?