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Title: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: ROD on April 08, 2015, 07:00:38 AM Thinking about using a couple of those 2 pin 12v household spotlamp bulbs as spotlights cum sidelights, mounted either side of headlamps.Ones Ive seen are 3 x leds in each one, sealed, so weather proof, and about 2"diam.Theyre quite cheap.Found some 3" diam aly bar to turn up into casings, with a aly rim and glass front.Do you reckon the bulbs would be ok?
UPDATE...just got lamps from pound shop,12 leds in each.Dug out the aly bar ready to turn up.We'll see... Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: morrag on April 08, 2015, 06:42:53 PM Sounds like a profound waste of a nice 'n' handy piece of 3" alluminium to me Rod! but if you must..................... :( :( :( :( :( :(
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: Baychimp on April 08, 2015, 07:20:17 PM ;D ;D
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: ROD on April 08, 2015, 08:51:25 PM Tsk! Typical morrag ;D ;D
BUT! ...I ended up not using the aly, so it lives for anuver day!! Found some 2" diam aly pots about 3" long! Pics later. Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: morrag on April 08, 2015, 09:41:43 PM Now there you go Rod, all you needed was a little encouragement to do the "right" thing ;D...............................
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: the coppersmith on April 09, 2015, 08:00:30 AM I have a surplus amount of 2" alloy tube, think it was MOD radio mast so probably scaffold tube. Can cut to order if anyone wants some.
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: ROD on April 09, 2015, 09:30:54 AM Make sure the lamp body fits in, as some lamps are slightly different(I measured them with a vernier in the pound shop!) I used the pots as they had a base(back end of lamp) and a rolled edge at the lens end.
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: andyrennison on April 09, 2015, 03:45:50 PM A good use for old pistons?
Title: Re: making sidelights/marker lights. Post by: ROD on April 09, 2015, 07:00:28 PM Yeah, would be, but a bit gimmicky.Good thought though.One on the back as a fog lamp perhaps, crown drilled out for a few leds.Ive got the dodgy pistoń that seized, nice scrapes down the sides.May make a light for the van interior from it, drill out the crown for a few white leds.
The two pots Ive used were a lucky find from a charity shop a few weeks ago, knew they'd be handy one day! |