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Postby Phantom on Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:52 am

OH yeah. Send me the particulars on the UV LED's as well. I've been dying to try to put something together to allow me to do UV. Do the LED's get hotter than hell?
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:43 am

No, all the heat is disipated by the resistors, and the way i make mine, the leds and resistors are all on the front of the case so the heat isn't trapped in the case. The resistors will get a little hot, but not too bad.
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Postby Phantom on Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:55 am

That's sounding GREAT!!
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:16 pm

I dont know what kind of subliminal advertising you guys have got going on around here, but i'm taking a break from soldering Stew's illuminator to go to 'KFC'. No actually i have to go to radio shack, and the kfc is right there so i'm gonna fill my belly! :lol: Hey, Kurt from Peach State Paranormal is in town and is going to pick up an illuminator i built for him, you'll have to ask him what he thinks of it.
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Postby Phantom on Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:19 pm

Yes, Kurt mentioned that he was going to visit. Tell him hello for us, and tell him to bring me a bucket of chicken back..LOL
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I got one

Postby coloreferee on Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:42 am

yes I got one and its awesome, i got to see in action !

I cant wait to use it !!

Sorry Phantom i ate the bucket of chicken on the way home ! LOL

I will bye you Krystals at waverly !!!
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Examples taken with and with out kevins IR Illuminator

Postby coloreferee on Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:47 pm

This is with out Kevin's illuminator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P5qe9HlvS0

This is with Kevin's illuminator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PE9ljS3Ffw

Kevin did an awesome job
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Postby Phantom on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:56 pm

WOW, Kurt...that's an amazing difference!! Good job, Kevin. There isn't any headlight effect, and it lightens everything up.
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:05 am

Good stuff kurt, it was really nice meeting you and your wife, whenever you guys are in the area and need a break from the family, feel free to gimme a call!!! :lol:
Just so you guys know, at the end of the week i will be getting a pc board prototyping kit, which will allow me to make my own custom circuit boards for everything we make, so we can start churning these things out like crazy, so if anybody needs/wants one, for right now the price is fixed at 25 bucks, make sure you get them ordered in time for waverly though! :D
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Postby Phantom on Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:49 am

Uh, Kevin...the ol' Phantom would like one of those. Tell me how and where to get it to you, and I'll gladly pay for it.
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:07 am

Well we are actually waiting on some more LED's to come, i could only buy them in one hundred packs, which was great until we starting needing more anad more! :lol: So those will probably be a week or two, which will give me plenty of time to construct a decent board, after that it will be a couple day, so depending on how long the leds take i could have it to you around the 12th of march, i've got about five more i've got to make, so my supplier is going to quote a larger quantity for me! I will keep you guys posted. When they are ready to go, i have a paypal account that can be used.
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Postby Phantom on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:24 pm

That's great, man. Whenever you're ready to rock and roll
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Postby YerLizard on Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:30 am

i'm very interested in seeing/getting one of these!
Any pix you could post or email?
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:40 pm

if you give me your email address i can email you a couple pictures, or you can check out the videos that kurt/coloreferee posted on youtube of his illuminator i built him in action!
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Postby Kevin_DPS on Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:06 pm

We are still waiting on the LEDS, chinese new years kept them from shipping til later than i wanted, but oh well, we should have them soon, anyone that wants one please send me a PM and let me know, and we'll exchange the necesary info, also we are going to make a few extras to bring down to waverly, so if anyone wants to buy one down there they can.
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