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Buy Pre-Made Tap Lights Here PROBLEM: The Mini Tap Light puts out too little light and drains too much juice! SOLUTION: Replace the crappy little excuse for a bulb with EIGHT bright LEDs. MATERIALS: 4 – bright white 3mm LED’s: 3mm, 3.3V, 30mA 4 – bright blue 3mm LED’s: 3mm, 3.3V, 30mA 1 – Mini Read More …
(it may be ugly, but it is raccoon proof and the parts were free) (Here are our NEW CHICKENS! Click here for the whole story! ) Step 1: First thing I did was to design my coop. I looked at a ton of great examples and took the ideas I liked best. Here are some Read More …
Okay, I admit it, I LOVE a nice sifted compost. The absence of rocks, twigs, leaves etc. make the virgin soil look perfect. I’ve had people marvel at how beautiful my planting beds look after running my compost and dirt through a screen. Yea, yeah, I know it isn’t necessary to screen compost before adding Read More …
I’ve got a finance background and love MS Excel. Combine this with my addiction to refilling inkjets and here’s what you get: THE PRINTER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP WORKSHEET! Please take a look and let me know what you think. The main items to look at are: • The choice to use OEM carts, generic Read More …
In the market for an easy to refill inkjet printer? Here is my recommendation: Long story short: Get the Canon i560 or Canon i860 inkjet printer. (NOTE: up-to-date info at bottom of page) I’ve had years of experience refilling inkjet printers. My very first experience refilling was with the HP 500c and let’s just say Read More …
I wanted to do a conversion / modification of the flashight I found at the Dollar Tree. I based my mod on this page: http://lambda10.tripod.com/8led.htm MATERIALS: 8 – bright White 5mm LEDs: 1 – Dollar Tree 4 – AA Flashlight 8 – 30 ohm resistor. Misc. wires, solder, etc. Here is the flashlight prior to Read More …
In July 2003 I bought about 120 LEDs and have since been converting everything I can get my hands on. I’m not an electronics buff, but I love to tinker. Below are the very first mods I made: The LEDs that I work with are the standard bright white or blue LEDs, the specs are: Read More …
Before and After PROBLEM: The wife needs a night light next to the changing table. SOLUTION: Convert a fan to a light. (I know, I could have just bought a night light, but this was fun!) MATERIALS: 6 – bright white 3mm LED’s: 3mm, 3.3V, 30mA 1 – Portable Fan from the dollar store 2 Read More …
UPDATED 7/14/04: Changes since version II: The major change is the addition of a little circuit that will keep the current to the LEDs constant no matter what the voltage is. I also made the wires more aesthetically pleasing. PROBLEM: The BS (BackSeat) of my Hyundai Elantra GT is entirely too dark! Since the GT Read More …
Here’s my very first conversion of a regular “PR Bulb” (incandescent) into an LED Bulb that will work in my new Dollar Tree Flashlight. Here is the flashlight the bulb is going into: The original bulb is on the right and the shell on the left. To get the bulb from the casing I put Read More …