TIR3 vs Sho-Me Slim Light red leds VIDEO

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:32 pm

By request

This doesnt get close to showing the intensity of any lighting but I will tell you this. From what I've seen of videos vs real life, when you see a lot of vertical lines in the video, that means the light is so bright it's distorting things. Of videos I've taken personally and others I've seen in both video and real life if puts those vertical lines when the lights are so bright it hurts your eyes.

Anyway...

http://www.bcem.us/TIR3vsShoMeLED.avi (2.55mb) please dont kill my bandwidth

(edit: to add "video" to subject)

AVFD2922 · Post by **AVFD2922** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:24 pm

Fianl Score:
Tir3 1
Show-me 0

Even my homemade led lights beat show-me's..

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:38 pm

yeah your video is really impressive, those things are awesome.

mikeh · Post by **mikeh** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:21 am

AVFD:

You brought up a interesting topic...I wonder how many on here have home-brewed led lighting.

I know I have, and a few other local people...the most success was with commercial LED-breaklights for the lights, and an AVR Microcontroler to produce strobe paterns...What are other people doing?

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:49 am

I bought some leds off ebay.. but 5000mcd is not bright enough to cut it. but hey, they were only $0.01 for 25.

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:27 pm

the tir,s just Rocks

tthey should be called Blo-me

AVFD2922 · Post by **AVFD2922** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:05 pm

Well in case you want to know I use easy to purchase 5mm leds. I run these in parallel and run them off a show-me led flasher. Now the question everyone wants answered, "how many do you use and do you use a resistor?" I run 30 leds in each circuit and don't space them out far like the show-me's. I can cram 60 leds easy with room to spare for 10 more into a deckblaster. As for calculating the resistance needed. That easy, just use this site: http://metku.net/index.html?sect=view&n ... /index_eng

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:23 pm

Very interesting; that calc website is cool. I want to covert the tail/brake lights on my '97 burban to LED....this will be fun!

Anyone ever try this? I guess I have to buy some big pieces of circuitboard and get myself a dremel drill press. Any recommendation on how many MCD's I should use for brake/tail lights?

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:13 pm

you want to replace them with panel LEDs or do you want the quick and easy LED/BULB replacements? they're socket compatible w/ your OEM housing and wiring.

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:39 pm

thebigphish wrote:you want to replace them with panel LEDs or do you want the quick and easy LED/BULB replacements? they're socket compatible w/ your OEM housing and wiring.

Those bulb replacements look like crap plus they only have like 8LED's facing the rear. I want mine to resemble the LED taillights on the new Cadillac's (large full surface area). So I suppose I will need a large circuitboard or a series of and a pair of donor taillights.

AVFD2922 · Post by **AVFD2922** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:24 pm

Well if you want to convert your taillights to led may I suggest you look here http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm Think you will find they are more than 8 leds, you can get 12 or 19 led replacements.

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:42 am

That 20LED module looks enticing because it has lateral LED's that will utilize th reflector. Maybe I'll buy a pair and test it out.

kg6bki · Post by **kg6bki** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:15 am

I just did a install on my Honda Accord

with the Sho-Me 2 rows of 8 led's and that badby is really bright..could be better during the day but overall impressed with the complete package I got a deal on...

davkenrem · Post by **davkenrem** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:50 pm

I really hate it when people steal my avatar. I wish there was some way I could protect it. Maybe imbed a virus or malicious script in it. Anyway, dude get original and get your own avatar.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:18 pm

unless you own the copyright to it, you really dont have a say it what avatar he uses.

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:55 am

albeit it's an avatar. big deal. wah.

1STOPCOPSHOP · Post by **1STOPCOPSHOP** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:02 pm

i want a cool avitar or whatever they are
dont know how to access one i want one with a chevy truck with whelen liberty bar though not a freekin mx7000 and a 1985 ford ltd like the others. anyways i installed a sho me dash unit and 2 tir 3 whelen in the grill of a 2005 ford f250 behind the grill with a screen guard and the tir 3 walked all over any led out there. or should i say lit up the world better than any other mini led.