Thanks! The DIY approach is a great option here. It's not too hard, and you end up with a brighter light than the commercially available units. Win-win!
Very nice diy. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to add a piece of clear lexan across the front as a lense to close it up? Would help keep water and dirt out, but was wondering about heat issues. Thanks for the great content. 👍👍
For those who are interested, the 3D print files have been uploaded to Thingiverse. The link is in the description. For now the files are uploaded as-is. In your slicer you'll need to change the orientation and for some of them you'll need to make a mirror image copy for the other side.
well my lightbar is about 120mm long and it gets way too hot for a 3cell lipo..so 11.1v is too much but anything lipo smaller it wont work..any ideas My smaller(60mm) bar will work off a 9v battery no probs and doesnt get hot.
Mine gets hot too, but not hot enough to melt the mounts yet. I tried a voltage regulator but it didn't help. I need to add a resistor to limit current.
@@BudgetRC_Channel thanks for yr quick reply bud..if u find what works please be sure to update..i mite try my local electronics store to see if they can help
Budget Rc , can you tell me where to find the boost controller you are referring too I am in the process of building a couple light bars I have the same ones your purchased the smaller ones that are bright as heck I am trying to hook into my receiver on my e revo as I do not want to drain one lipo more than the other is the main reason I don’t want to run off a pack and adding another pack just for the light bar will be too much weight, thanks man love the vids I’m trying to start a channel as well.
Thanks for the quick reply I will have another look I looked on eBay and AliExpress but was coming up with these great big power converters lol I will try again and try to narrow the search, thanks again.
Great thanks a ton I just ordered two different kinds to experiment with just need my c channel now, you must be Canadian ? eBay.ca love to see you tubers from Canada , I’m from Nova Scotia . Thanks again and take care hope your channel blows up as I’m hoping the same for mine in the next couple years .
Nah, I'm in Vermont. I grabbed the link from the ebay app on my phone. Not sure why it used .ca. thanks for the kind words on the page. Just as it was starting to take off, I completely ran out of time to make more vids. Hopefully soon I'll have some time again.
Mine gets pretty hot, but not enough to really hurt anything. I've been meaning to try a buck converter to bring the voltage down a tad, but I haven't gotten to it yet.
I'll try to get them up tonight. I wanted to get them mirrored and re-oriented first, but I haven't had time. For now I'll toss them up like they are. You can re-orient and mirror in your slicer.
