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| This my stand that I use. |
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| This is my prefered soldering tool. |
When measureing for LED length try to use as many segments that the LED'S cover the
etched area.My pictures aren't the greatest but you can see the cut lines in the other two pictures.
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| Measure strip for size required. |
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| Cut to length. |
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| Plug them in to test. |
You can mix and match colors for different effects.
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| The method for soldering jumpers. |
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| Soldering tool kit from electronics store. |
I use the tool kit above to make life easy.The heat sink acts as a great clamps as well as it's designed purpouse,it
protects the rest of the strip from overheating and keeps the heat at the solder point.
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| A cheaper alternative to holding the heat sink. |
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| LED coverage to width of etched area. |
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| Peel back tape with knife. |
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| Feed the wire through the holes and bend over. |
Always test your jumpers before installing by bending and twisting to be assured of a good connection.
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| Piece of cake!! |
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| Red positive +,Black negative.- |
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| A few misc tools that I use. |
You can do everything that these tools do with a Exacto knife.Do I need to remind everyone to use the right tool for
the right job!!!!
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| My helper. |
The length of LED segments don't always work out to the width of the etched area so just go to the closest segments cut
line.Segments MUST be cut as marked,every 3 LED's.
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| Sometimes LED coverage will be a little less than etched area. |
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| Snip off about a 1/4" so the leads can be fed through the holes. |
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| Solder the leads. |
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| Jumper wires to add segments if needed.Or you can mix colors into a single strip. |
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| Test leads when you do alot of these! |
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