Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 14 Location: Illinois XP: 0
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: custom LEDs, NEED HELP!!
ok, so i put some windows into my 360's shell, and replaced the fan and fan duct with the whisper fan and talismoon blue led fan duct. but me being the impulsive person that i am it has to have more. so i took off the top part of the case and dotted out where i would like to put blue LEDs, (28 to be exact) however, im a rookie at this so im not sure what the hell to use. i know though that i am going to need some kind of wiring and a soldering iron for sure, and the LEDs, but is there anything else? plus, i dont know what kind of wire to get or length, nor do i know what type of LEDs to get. here is a pic of the mapped out xbox shell...
peace.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject:
ok so first i increase you number of leds to 30 to get a better balance so you can wire them in groups of 10. you will need a 10 ohm 1 watt resistor for each group and any smaller gauge wire will work i would go with 26 awg. and wire them to a 5v source there are many different sources on the mobo. so here is your picture with the groups and layout its not much different from your just increased the number by 2. you can go to sickmods.net to get all the parts you need.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:41 am Post subject:
I really like Sickmods, I ordered a couple of Sickmod faders from them plus I bought solder and 26 awg a few months back. I was very pleased with there service and I would order from them again... Nice job on your window cutout dude, that's going to look awesome lit up. Post some pics when you finish your workl. _________________________________________________________ Xbox V1.3
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Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 14 Location: Illinois XP: 0
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:
i'te, thx you guys, now i actually know what the hell im doing =P. i just completed my first ever successful mod (on anything) today, as well as using a soldering iron for the first time, controller ROL is now blue =]. Sickmods.net is currently only has 2 blue 5mm leds left in stock, but once they refill and get them back into stock ill get it done and post some pics, mabye even add a fader, idk... im going a mile a minute =P.
thx for all of your support peeps.
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