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August 12, 2017 18:07

Homemade LED spotlight - assembly instructions

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gaining increasing popularity of LED lighting assembly is improvised.This is due not only to the fact that domestic electricians are trying to develop their skills, but also to the poor quality of Chinese manufactured products.In this article we will focus on how to make a spotlight with his hands at home.For readers of the site itself electrician we have prepared some interesting assembly options.

Contents:
  • Step 1 - Select the housing
  • Step 2 - Pick up the lamp
  • Step 3 - Putting the lamp

Step 1 - Select the housing

easiest way to collect the most LEDspotlight from China halogen models.This is due to the fact that will not have to reinvent the body and the reflector.After spending 200 rubles for the purchase of low-quality street lamp, you will replace the LED lamp on.This will allow to enjoy the bright luminescence efficiency and durability spotlight.

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By the way, you can look for a separate enclosure in a specialty store.Perhaps the cost of the product will be even lower than that of a halogen lamp.

If you have decided on their own to make a powerful LED spotlight, which is also very hot, be sure to take care of the additional heat dissipation.To do this, you can either find an aluminum radiator and fix it, or do all the aluminum box, as in the photo below.

Aluminum housing for heat dissipation

Step 2 - Pick up the lamp

As for the lamp for homemade LED spotlight, the easiest way to buy it.Power for street lighting should not be less than 30 watts.However, the purchase of a separate enclosure and LED light bulbs can get not very much and cheaply.That is why we recommend to make a lamp with his hands.The advantage is that you can put together a light bulb powered by 220 or 12 volts.In the former case this will be connected directly to the lamp network.For information on how to make LED lamp at home, we talked, we recommend you read.If desired, you can also make energy-saving light bulb from the old, from the individual light-emitting diodes, or even from one-color LED ribbon, as in the photo below.

draw your attention to the fact that all schemes and video assembly instructions we have provided in the article above!

If you do decide to make a spotlight with his hands out of halo, have to find an additional base LED bulbs.

Step 3 - Putting the lamp

Once all items will be collected can effortlessly assemble home-made.All you need to cook - sealant.For a more intuitive development information to provide you the step by step instructions for assembling:

  1. is removed from the old building ceramic cartridge.exploded view
  2. mount holder for LED lamps to the place of the previous one.To do this, we use the sealant.more rigid attachment You can do it yourself, but experience shows that well enough sealant consolidates LED light bulb in the housing.In addition, it is possible to adjust the direction of emission of homemade spotlight until the sealant is not frozen.The new cartridge
  3. lead wires in a special installation box as shown in the photo below.Mounting box for wires
  4. Install protective glass.
  5. If the device is not the street, further seal the contours of the protective glass to be used, as well as all joints in the body from moisture.In addition to this, we recommend to equip the protective cover, which will prolong the life of your LED homemade.Protective visor for street lamp
  6. Connect to the network to check the efficiency of the lamp.

That's the way you can make a spotlight with his hands at home.We recommend additionally equipped with home-made motion sensor and light barrier, which further save energy and make the lighting automatically.The scheme of connection to the motion sensor floodlight we provide.Finally we recommend to view the video, which shows in detail how to build a battery model for 12 Volt:

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