[DMAG]

Hey, for all you LED guys out there. I have a question. I have a radar detector that uses LED's for visual output. (duh, just like every radar detcetor does)

Anyawy, here's what I want to do. I want to hide the radar detector (where? I don't know yet, I just want it out of sight...but that's something different)

Anyway, I want to tap into where the stock LED's on the radar detector are hooked up and run some wire to my dash where I will have some LED's sticking up out of the dash. In other words, I want my radar detector stashed somewhere, but I want the LED display lights to be visible on my dash.

Question, can I run wire to an LED without any loss of power to it? Should I do anything else besides what I've explained? Does this make any sense?

Any help is mucho appreciated. Thanks!

 

[p3]

actually my radar detector has a screen that displays words and speaks instead of beeping and blinking . but that is a cool idea that you have. you'd think there should be a place under your dash where you could mount it. BUT having it hidden might make it not as reliable. there will be more stuff between the radar and the lens on the radar detector, and it might not pick up the signals as well.

[ January 12, 2002: Message edited by: pimped3point3 ]

 

[DMAG]

I was actually thinking of mounting it somewhere in my OTIS but behind the plastic. That way it couldn't be seen, but the display would be somewhere down on my dash.

My question, how do LED's take to five feet of wire in between their power source?

 

[IntrepidXJ]

A guy I think was from ASOG (not sure on that?) was at the Bemis woods meet back in October. He had the detector built into the car. These was a sensor behind the front and back bumpers. All the LED's were in the dash by around the spedometer and tachometer. It was pretty cool

 

[p3]

as long as you are running the LED's off the cars 12V power and not batteries it doesnt matter how much wire you have between them and the power source.

PS- make sure the LED's you have are polarity sensitive, and be careful not to cross the + and - or you'll be going through LED's left and right

[ January 12, 2002: Message edited by: pimped3point3 ]

 

[viprman]

I had the same vision last year. I wanted to make a radar detector that would be in pieces rather one complete unit. Have the sensor on (or above) the roof and hide the lights in the instrument cluster. Lack of time and resources has lead to no further development. I would like to see pics of your set up when you get it done.

 

[DMAG]

Thanks for the info guys...I hope to start on it this week. I'll post pics when I am done.

Intrepid99, I was thinking of putting it in my instrument cluster like the guy you saw. I am just wondering, how hard is it to take out the cluster? I know some of you guys have taken it out to replace bulbs. Is it involved?

[ January 12, 2002: Message edited by: Intrepidatious ]

 

[blkbute]

I knew a guy that hooked it up to his dash lights, so his dash would flash instead of the detector. cause you need to keep it hidden up here in Canada cause its illegal.

 

[ETC]

whats an LED,.......................

 

[p3]

LED stands for Light Emmiting Diode

 

[DMAG]

On the topic of LED's...who was it that replaced all of their dash lights with blue LED's?

I want to do that, and since I'm going to have my instrument cluster out to install the radar detector LED's, I might as well switch over the dash lights too.

How were the LED's put in place of the bulbs? Detail please!! I do my best work when it's well planned out!

 

[TehKing]

Radar detectors are legal in B.C. and Alberta.

 

[1mz-fe]

manitoba too