Post by sledge19delta on Feb 19, 2007 18:47:50 GMT -8
This is for the use of glow in the dark paintballs.
ITEMS---
1 - blank silver mylar un-inflated ballon (from doller tree)
1 - 3.6 volt bright white or UV LED (from radioshack)
1 - 9 volt battery connecter
1 - 9 volt battery holder
1 - 9 volt battery
1 - small 2 lead switch
1 - small amount of wire
1 - 270 ohm resistor
1 - 10 ohm resistor
1 - solder kit
1 - section of heat shrink tubing
1- bottle of rubber contact cement
This is how we put ours together.
Start by gluing the mylar to the inside of the hopper making sure that the dull side is not facing out. While that is drying you can go ahead and start the wiring. First solder the positive side of the 9v battery connector the one side of the switch, then solder a bit of black wire to the other side of the switch making sure to not cross the leads (this can be acheived by utilizing the heat shrink tubing) Now sloder first the 270ohm resistor to the end of the black wire, followed by the 10ohm resistor. The resistors should look like this. -----270-----10-----. Do not wire next to eachother (paralell) doing this will cause the LED to burn up. Now set all of that aside and grab your hopper that should now be some what dried. You will now need to find a place to place your LED. Then once you have figured that out you will need to drill a hole just big enough for the LED to fit into. On either side of the hole you will need to drill two very small holes to push the leads from the LED to the inside of the hopper. Now everything will be internal. Next you will need to wire the LED to the rest of the circut. Do this by first identifying the positive and negitive sides of the LED. (Positive will be the longer one) Slide a peice of heat shrink tubing long enough to cover the resistors and connections before soldering. Then solder the positive end of the LED to the resistors. Next take a bit of wire to make the final connection from the negitive side of the LED to the negitive side of the 9v battery connector. Solder this together making sure to use heat shrink tubing to cover all connections. Drill a hole to place your switch or leave it inside. Screw the battery bracket to the inside of your hopper and your all finished. If you have any questions just let me know.
ITEMS---
1 - blank silver mylar un-inflated ballon (from doller tree)
1 - 3.6 volt bright white or UV LED (from radioshack)
1 - 9 volt battery connecter
1 - 9 volt battery holder
1 - 9 volt battery
1 - small 2 lead switch
1 - small amount of wire
1 - 270 ohm resistor
1 - 10 ohm resistor
1 - solder kit
1 - section of heat shrink tubing
1- bottle of rubber contact cement
This is how we put ours together.
Start by gluing the mylar to the inside of the hopper making sure that the dull side is not facing out. While that is drying you can go ahead and start the wiring. First solder the positive side of the 9v battery connector the one side of the switch, then solder a bit of black wire to the other side of the switch making sure to not cross the leads (this can be acheived by utilizing the heat shrink tubing) Now sloder first the 270ohm resistor to the end of the black wire, followed by the 10ohm resistor. The resistors should look like this. -----270-----10-----. Do not wire next to eachother (paralell) doing this will cause the LED to burn up. Now set all of that aside and grab your hopper that should now be some what dried. You will now need to find a place to place your LED. Then once you have figured that out you will need to drill a hole just big enough for the LED to fit into. On either side of the hole you will need to drill two very small holes to push the leads from the LED to the inside of the hopper. Now everything will be internal. Next you will need to wire the LED to the rest of the circut. Do this by first identifying the positive and negitive sides of the LED. (Positive will be the longer one) Slide a peice of heat shrink tubing long enough to cover the resistors and connections before soldering. Then solder the positive end of the LED to the resistors. Next take a bit of wire to make the final connection from the negitive side of the LED to the negitive side of the 9v battery connector. Solder this together making sure to use heat shrink tubing to cover all connections. Drill a hole to place your switch or leave it inside. Screw the battery bracket to the inside of your hopper and your all finished. If you have any questions just let me know.