Category Archives: Workshop LED light

Workshop LED light – DIY Walk-through

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Richard

Here is a quick walk through on how to make a variable brightness LED work light. Required Parts 1 x Portable Halogen Work light, New or second hand: $15 3x Cree XP-G R5 Mounted to a 20mm MCPCB Star (or similar) $31 1 x … Continue reading →

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Battery Powered Work Light V2

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Richard

I finally got around to revising the tipple XP-G worklight by converting it to be battery powered. Only a few changers were made to the original. Most notable is that a bracket has been added that extends downwards from the back of the light and … Continue reading →

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Super Simple LED Voltage Meter

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Richard

Recently I took delivery of the parts needed to make the Sub$20 Bike light and a few other goodies. However being right in the middle of my exams I haven’t had as much time to play around as I would like. That said I … Continue reading →

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XP-G Worklight

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Richard

Yesterday I found the time to finish off the triple LED (XP-G) work light. It went together fairly quickly with about an hours fiddling.  The most difficult part was achieve a good thermal path for the LED’s to the housing. This was … Continue reading →

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