Too bright for a license plate light? lol

[redkat05]

Got another project goin for Doyle(DR1300R) and I screwed up lol. SORTA. He wanted a custom LED board built for his license plate light since i'm doin another custom setup(to be displayed eventually by him) and its too bright he says.

The wall pic is from 4.5-5ft away

 

[flynlow]

Won't be able to read his tag without sunglasses!

 

[m_ridgeway]

If their is a cover tint it. It'll look better and keep airplanes from following you. Lol. Couldn't you put a resistor or something to lower the power coming into it. Kinda like a fixed dimmer?
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[redkat05]

thats what i'm gonna try actually. I have a bunch of 1/2 watt resistors i'll never use otherwise
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[ogre]

yea, tint that sucker.

 

[DR1300R]

The one I have now has 1 led for the tag.. It's plenty bright.

That baby needs to be toned way down.. haha Can't you start a new board with less leds, say maybe 2 wht ones and 4 or 6 red ones..

That above looks like a backup light...

 

[Strife]

Just a tad bright. Asking to a ticket with that one. How many L.E.D.'s you use for it? Maybe Delete some?

 

[redkat05]

well i used all the 3mm white ones i had and i told ya previously 5mm won't work because they are too tall. You tell me what ya want me to do or u can cut resistors when u get it till u get the brightness ya want
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[UncleSteve]

Tag Bolts Motorcycle LED License Plate Frame Light Illuminator - LED Tag Bolts

these work well.

 

[redkat05]

I found a bag of 5mm whites and i'll see bout just makin a 4 LED board & devisin some way to make it fit. Wish I knew what I did with my old taillight portion that I cut off so I could guinea pig it lol
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[redkat05]

Tag Bolts Motorcycle LED License Plate Frame Light Illuminator - LED Tag Bolts

these work well.

Well I think Doyle's motivation is to have stuffnoody else has. While my stuff is not always "one of a kind" Its still predminantly one-off creations. I did custom LEDs in white and red for his headlight, made a board to fit around his hyperlite in old taillight as well as his "pimp lights" in the lense, and retrofitted his gsx-r1000 rear turn signals to include orange LEDs for turn signal as well as red for additional brake lights.
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[redkat05]

Oh and to clarify on Strife's question; That is a board of 12 3mm LEDs wired for a 13.6v current as from what i've researched, to be our bikes' running voltage. Thats how i've had my various boards i've made for my bike wired and none have failed in 2 years.
If anyone needs a truck bed light apparently i'll have one for ya lol. I'll find some way to make the regular 5mm LEDs work since thats what Doyle's reqest was. He needs more red LED pimpage
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