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Carlson793 wrote: As it's been about 25 years since I did any kind of wiring work, can the Searchlight be run off the same power supply as the headlights (or, more clearly, run a searchlight and two pairs of headlights from one power supply)?
Yes, the searchlight uses the same prewired LED as the rest of my Illuminare kits and run off the same 6 volt battery pack. In my experience you can run up to five LEDs from this battery pack before the draw gets too high.
Battery life is dependent on the intensity of LEDs. The brighter ones such as white, green and blue will be less then for the red and amber. But since these are all wired in parallel you can mixed the colors with no problem.
So... after I get back from Sweden, I will place and order.
What do you think of green lights with a red tank for contrast? Also how hard would it be to ask for a scale picture of the spotlight next to a Space Marine?
Any recommendations for making the on/off switch accessible in a Rhino/Predator?
I'll do my best
Green or yellow would be a good choice for a red tank. The green really pops so that's what's I recommend.
The searchlight is 0.6 inches (15mm) long, 0.4 (10mm) inches wide, and 0.5 inches (13mm) tall so it's about half the height and length of a Space Marine.
I hope to do a demo on the installation of the single headlight kit in a Rhino but for a clean install you can place all the wires and connections in the driver's compartment and glue the battery pack to the bottom of the tank. The nice thing about these battery packs is they're slim enough to fit underneath, which allows them to be unseen yet allows easy access to the switch.
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Machinator wrote: Making LEDs for infantry size bases is certainly possible but would be very expensive to design and manufacture on a large scale. But we'll see what time brings.
Oh, it's doable, although admittedly I didn't have to "manufacture on a large scale"...
Valete,
JohnS
Valete,
JohnS
"You don't believe data - you test data. If I could put my finger on the moment we genuinely <expletive deleted> ourselves, it was the moment we decided that data was something you could use words like believe or disbelieve around"
Initially? Taped a CR2032 coin battery under the base...
I later got some low-profile CR2032 battery holders and then had bases custom laser cut to hold the holders. They came out closer to 33mm vice 25mm round and are taller than a nornal GW base, but you can pop the battery in and out vice having to tape/retape them.
My Rhino and Dreadnought solutions, however, were nowhere as elegant as these pre-made no-solder kits can do. But they worked...
Valete,
JohnS
Valete,
JohnS
"You don't believe data - you test data. If I could put my finger on the moment we genuinely <expletive deleted> ourselves, it was the moment we decided that data was something you could use words like believe or disbelieve around"
Carlson793 wrote: As it's been about 25 years since I did any kind of wiring work, can the Searchlight be run off the same power supply as the headlights (or, more clearly, run a searchlight and two pairs of headlights from one power supply)?
Yes, the searchlight uses the same prewired LED as the rest of my Illuminare kits and run off the same 6 volt battery pack. In my experience you can run up to five LEDs from this battery pack before the draw gets too high.
Battery life is dependent on the intensity of LEDs. The brighter ones such as white, green and blue will be less then for the red and amber. But since these are all wired in parallel you can mixed the colors with no problem.
So... after I get back from Sweden, I will place and order.
What do you think of green lights with a red tank for contrast? Also how hard would it be to ask for a scale picture of the spotlight next to a Space Marine?
Any recommendations for making the on/off switch accessible in a Rhino/Predator?
I'll do my best
Green or yellow would be a good choice for a red tank. The green really pops so that's what's I recommend.
The searchlight is 0.6 inches (15mm) long, 0.4 (10mm) inches wide, and 0.5 inches (13mm) tall so it's about half the height and length of a Space Marine.
I hope to do a demo on the installation of the single headlight kit in a Rhino but for a clean install you can place all the wires and connections in the driver's compartment and glue the battery pack to the bottom of the tank. The nice thing about these battery packs is they're slim enough to fit underneath, which allows them to be unseen yet allows easy access to the switch.
Hm... that sounds great. I just wonder how hard it will be with a MK 1 RT rhino. I guess through the door ports?
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Hm... that sounds great. I just wonder how hard it will be with a MK 1 RT rhino. I guess through the door ports?
Hmm...If memory serves from the MK I Baal Predator I'm working on, your best bet may be to affix the battery/switch assembly to the large belly hatch, which you would then either hinge in place or magnetize for ease of access/battery replacement. Or same idea, but attach on/in the front panel.
Hm... that sounds great. I just wonder how hard it will be with a MK 1 RT rhino. I guess through the door ports?
Hmm...If memory serves from the MK I Baal Predator I'm working on, your best bet may be to affix the battery/switch assembly to the large belly hatch, which you would then either hinge in place or magnetize for ease of access/battery replacement. Or same idea, but attach on/in the front panel.
I will see what I can do. These poor rhinos were ebay picks, I have repair work to do.
Yeah what Carlson said. The battery pack has a flip up lid on one side so you mount that facing up on the underside of the tank. You can then do all the wire connections in the front crew compartment.
My only concern is that the Mk1s were skinnier so I'm not sure if the headlights cover would fit in the front width wise. Best measure it first.
Advance Battery Kit- Flat Pack. Comes with a remote mount push button on/off switch and a 6 volt AAA battery pack in a 4x1 configuration. Can power up to 12 LEDs:
Advance Battery Kit- Stack Pack. Comes with a remote mount push button on/off switch and a 6 volt AAA battery pack in a 2x2 configuration. Can power up to 12 LEDs: