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brentp
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 Perhaps the ultimate DIY shift light!
I ran across a quantity of high-brightness LED cluster modules, removed from a digital electronic sign. They're pretty neat, IMHO!
They are dual color- they feature a cluster of red and green/yellow high brightness LEDs.
The cluster is designed to run off of 12V directly, and has 3 wires coming out: white is +12v, red is ground for the RED cluster, and green is the ground for the green/yellow cluster.
It almost seems as if it was designed for the MJLJ- you just wire the white lead to 12V and send the ground connections to the MJLJ shift light/user output.
Possible uses, depending how you configure the user outputs:
1. Make a 2 stage shift light- have one color driven by the shift light output, and use one of the user outputs configured as "RPM" for the other color.
2. for turbo applications: use one color for 'shift' and the other color for "overboost" or "peak boost" warning (that's what I'll be doing!)
The unit is about 1" (25mm) across, and has a center mounting bolt on the rear. They are in used condition and may be a bit dirty or scuffed up. They will be tested before being sent out.
See the attached pictures!
I'll be making these available for $5 USD in the online store store- for those of you in the UK/Europe who are interested, you might want to organize a group buy to save money on shipping.
Last edited by brentp on Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:56 pm; edited 2 times in total
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fikus01
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jsut to confirm if u had no other use for the programmable outputs u could have 1 come on green at 3k rpm, another at 4k, then 5k and 6k then have them all turn red at 7k rpm for shift light!
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| Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:52 am |
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brentp
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You can absolutely do that with separate LEDs. With this LED cluster you can turn on the cluster of yellow/green LEDs, the RED cluster, or both simultaneously.
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| Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:06 am |
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hammy
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Hi,
I've made my shift light from an LED torch off Ebay - very cheap.
I took two leds out and replaced them with a single red and green LED. I then cut the back of the ciruit board about to bring out wires for the green ,white, and red LEDS. I now have a 3 stage shift light.
for good measure I also connected the Red lamp to the remaining programmble output, inverted and set to 500 rpm. When I then turn the ignition on the red LED glows and then goes out when the eniging fires -gives me a comfort factor that MJ is actually working!
I'll be posting to the "success stories bit soon"
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| Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:23 pm |
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DannyP
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I don't know if I want one or not, but cool find, Brent!
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| Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:38 am |
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brentp
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At this price, how can you refuse?  You just need a place on the dash to mount it.
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| Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:42 am |
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capri_v6
Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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user outputs??
are the user outputs a positive feed or neg?? or can they be changed?
ordered one anyway even if i dont use it 
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| Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:48 am |
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brentp
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The user outputs on the Megajolt switch ground- so yes, it will work perfectly with this shift light!
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