More pics of the Warp nacelles being put together.
This pic actually shows the Lights used for the warp nacells and lights for the buzzard collector in place. I didn't do a led chasing circuit though. The white things in the middle are two CCFL lights. I had to use two because I felt that the light wouldn't cover the entire area where the light was to be seen. In order to get them to fit, I had to remove them from the tubes they were fitted in, which meant cutting and resplicing the wire together.
They were cheap enough, so I bought 2 kits.. Each circuit was capable of supporting 2 CCFL lights.. The circuit takes 12 volts and ramps it up to 1000 volts to excite the flouresent atoms inside the tubes.. I realized later, it was bit overkill on the warp lights.. still looks good to me though.. But I'll do it different next time.
This pic shows the buzzard collecter.. ( I think thats what its called) basically its 4 yellow LED's and one red LED in the center all crammed in that little space.
This pic shows the Warp nacelles attached and almost everything wired up and ready to go. All thats left is to build the flasher circuit and wire that in.
This pic actually shows the Lights used for the warp nacells and lights for the buzzard collector in place. I didn't do a led chasing circuit though. The white things in the middle are two CCFL lights. I had to use two because I felt that the light wouldn't cover the entire area where the light was to be seen. In order to get them to fit, I had to remove them from the tubes they were fitted in, which meant cutting and resplicing the wire together.
They were cheap enough, so I bought 2 kits.. Each circuit was capable of supporting 2 CCFL lights.. The circuit takes 12 volts and ramps it up to 1000 volts to excite the flouresent atoms inside the tubes.. I realized later, it was bit overkill on the warp lights.. still looks good to me though.. But I'll do it different next time.
This pic shows the buzzard collecter.. ( I think thats what its called) basically its 4 yellow LED's and one red LED in the center all crammed in that little space.
This pic shows the Warp nacelles attached and almost everything wired up and ready to go. All thats left is to build the flasher circuit and wire that in.
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