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Voltmeter - Back to the future style

It’s weekend…  what else would you build..

I wanted to have the ability to know how my battery and charging system is doing so I decided to have a voltmeter..

now there is not a lot of possibilities to install one unless you exchange it for something else.. BUT there is a rocker switch in the bottom of the panel that has no function or is Paying rent for being there… Eviction is the consequence

and here it goes

i found a LED voltmeter on Amazon  IMG_1515

And it showed up yesterday so I tore apart and got the LED part out and it seems to fit with inside the frame of the broken light switch I have! I cut the light switch apart, so I have the frame and can insert the LED from the backside

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LED is a little bit on the small side, but it works, I do need to make a front for it so I looked for some plastic I can cut for sizeIMG_1508

Checking the display and hang a 9 V battery on itIMG_1510

brutally bright! That is not going to work, so I decided to tint the clear plastic for the front by spraying some black paint over it… Test  first On some scrapIMG_1509

Yes, that works.

Painted the real front and testIMG_1512

and turned offIMG_1513

Glued together and will be installed Monday

One hour of playing before the children wake up… Lol



buying something is good

making something - priceless!

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