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mscott

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alrightie, we have decided to get the 36 led dimable kit which comes in at $124 inc postage, it comes in about $12 cheeper than buying everything seperatly.
 

MagicJ

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That is correct - they come with a pot which you can adjust to vary the current through each LED string. Just making sure that you weren't expecting the full sunrise/sunset effect.
 

Joshwaaaa

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pre-soldering the pads, once they are on the heatsink it can become tricky. Also use a super hot soldering iron with a big tip, the colder the tip the longer you will have to keep it on the LED the more chance you have of frying it
 

Joshwaaaa

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this is pretty much pre tinning an LED, not the cleanest finished product but the best pics I could find online, need to do the same to the wire ends too. makes attaching them to each other about a million times easier

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slin1977

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Get thinner solder and a 80 watt minimum soldering iron mate, it will be a lot easier for you. Mind you it is hard to tell from the photos , but looks pretty neat for a first go. :)
 

mscott

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new lights are up, looking pretty good, gotta wait for the missus to get back with the camera before i can add some picks :)