Interior Flat LED strip lights are now 12" long -15LEDs

[daiashthomas]

decided to go for a manual dimmer myself so you can adjust brightness to suit your mood or switch off

[gray52]

can i ask where you got that from? ive been looking along your route but am unable to come across a dimmer type device to suit the leds, thanks.

[daiashthomas]

maplin

standard switched potentiometer. 10k

[gray52]

thanks! how many led lights will you be using as im going to put 2 in the back as well, just need to decide if to dim the front and rear seperatly, also how did you work out that you needed 10k.

[daiashthomas]

LOL i didnt work it out
just plucked the figure outta thin air so to speak there will be no light at all @ 10k dont think you'll get any light till round 6k

i'm using the ones featured in this thread 12" long - 15 LED Strip white (2 of)

[gray52]

yeah there what ive got, have you done a mock up and tested that it all works with leds?

[generationgav]

Is that the switch which comes with the lights or have you got your own?
What have you mounted it on (in the pic) and where do you plan to put it in the Civic? (the switches/dimmer that is)

[daiashthomas]

Originally Posted by gray52

yeah there what ive got, have you done a mock up and tested that it all works with leds?

yes i have bench tested the dimmer on a 12v supply in the house

Originally Posted by generationgav

Is that the switch which comes with the lights or have you got your own?
What have you mounted it on (in the pic) and where do you plan to put it in the Civic? (the switches/dimmer that is)

i've got the spare blanking bits from honda for around £2.50, on my sport there are blanks either side of the 12v socket which are used for switches on some other models.

i got the switched potentiometer from maplin

[generationgav]

Originally Posted by daiashthomas

i've got the spare blanking bits from honda for around £2.50, on my sport there are blanks either side of the 12v socket which are used for switches on some other models.

I see, so the whole "box" is the spare blanking bits; I thought that the dimmer was that shape or size.
If I was putting it there, then I would personally prefer a more descrete dimmer; but VERY nice job anyway.

[daiashthomas]

u can get different knobs from maplin my 1st three chices were not in stock got a few on order though lower profile nice and smooth

[generationgav]

Originally Posted by daiashthomas

u can get different knobs from maplin my 1st three chices were not in stock got a few on order though lower profile nice and smooth

Can you give me the code for them? Or at least point out what to search for, searching for "knobs" in Maplin isn't proving helpful!

Also do you know if the "spare" blanking plate you purchased is needed, or can we just use the one in there?

Thanks muchly for this, I think I'm going for it!

Just to confirm 2 things (sorry) have you got this?

Cig lighter power ---> Dimmer ----> BOTH SETS soldered on to dimmer output

and do you know if the wires are long enough to reach?

[IWANTACIVIC]

nice setup fairly cheap i think. wounder if we could use the wireing from the blue foot well lighting or is it best to power the on there own ?

[gray52]

search for "standard switched potentiometer" on the maplin site, and you will find what you need.

[daiashthomas]

Originally Posted by generationgav

Can you give me the code for them? Or at least point out what to search for, searching for "knobs" in Maplin isn't proving helpful!

Also do you know if the "spare" blanking plate you purchased is needed, or can we just use the one in there?

Thanks muchly for this, I think I'm going for it!

Just to confirm 2 things (sorry) have you got this?

Cig lighter power ---> Dimmer ----> BOTH SETS soldered on to dimmer output

and do you know if the wires are long enough to reach?

wires are long enough as i've already installed the lights and cables

and as far as the honda connections go........ i've played with them for ages and ended up popping a couple of fuses so to save any damage to the cars electrics i went for the manual dimmer option

i picked up the blank plate unit as a spare one to piss about with so i'll just replace the existing one with this one now

Cig lighter power ---> Dimmer ----> BOTH SETS soldered on to dimmer output
Correct

[generationgav]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=knob&doy=10m1

Is that the knob you're going for? looks like it'd fit best to me, but I'm really not sure if it fits!

[daiashthomas]

yeah

[generationgav]

Originally Posted by daiashthomas

i've got the spare blanking bits from honda for around £2.50, on my sport there are blanks either side of the 12v socket which are used for switches on some other models.

Do you have the part no for this? My dealer doesn't seem to think it exists!

[daiashthomas]

it should say on my invoice i';; have to c if i can find it for you......

my dealer took me over to one of the offices onto a pc and went through some kinda honda parts program clicking on different sections and we found it in less than 5 mins.......

[generationgav]

I'm not sure what the connections are on the potentiometer! I should really get a multimeter I guess. But how exactly have you wired the connections?

[neoquip]

someones been busy, any pix of the lights fitted yet?? well done anyway