Hi everyone. I'm a complete newbie in terms of electronics, but I do know roughly how to solder. Thats about my level of experience. However I'm very excited about the following idea which I need your help on. Should be a simple solution I expect:
I love LEDS. I decided to buy 4 small solar powered LED lights and attach one to each wheel of my car. Clever I thought, for a man who wants a spiral of white light on his wheels when going along at night - but which are charged through the day by the integrated solar panel. (unlike LED valve caps)
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The items in question were these:
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or search: solar LED keyring They cost about £1.
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My question now however is - I do not want to go around turning them all on (and off again) before taking a journey. So the idea came to me, how about installing a small motion detecting switch on each circuit, which turns them on automatically when the car starts moving. (And sure, off again when the car is stopped presumably)
I live in the UK and we have a shop called maplins which I found sells some possibilities for these switches.
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Having read the details of these switches, I'm asking for your expert opinion on their feasibility. The one thing that comes to my mind which might be an issue is: from what I've read, the switch activates when it is past a certain angle of tilt, and then deactivates when the angle is reset. If this were the case, it couldn't work on a car wheel since you're unlikely to park back in your drive with all wheels facing at 0 degrees angle.
Therefore, I ideally need is a switch that turns on when it detects motion, and off when it doesn't. No stipulations about an angle reset point. Would one of the switches on that website do?
They are listed as:
Plastic Tilt Switch with Right Angle Pins
Non Mercury Contacts Tilt Switch Module
Non-Mercury Tilt Switches
Miniature Tilt Switches
You might know of a better alternative.
Many thanks!
I love LEDS. I decided to buy 4 small solar powered LED lights and attach one to each wheel of my car. Clever I thought, for a man who wants a spiral of white light on his wheels when going along at night - but which are charged through the day by the integrated solar panel. (unlike LED valve caps)
**broken link removed**
The items in question were these:
**broken link removed**
or search: solar LED keyring They cost about £1.
Picture attached.
My question now however is - I do not want to go around turning them all on (and off again) before taking a journey. So the idea came to me, how about installing a small motion detecting switch on each circuit, which turns them on automatically when the car starts moving. (And sure, off again when the car is stopped presumably)
I live in the UK and we have a shop called maplins which I found sells some possibilities for these switches.
Please see here: **broken link removed**
Having read the details of these switches, I'm asking for your expert opinion on their feasibility. The one thing that comes to my mind which might be an issue is: from what I've read, the switch activates when it is past a certain angle of tilt, and then deactivates when the angle is reset. If this were the case, it couldn't work on a car wheel since you're unlikely to park back in your drive with all wheels facing at 0 degrees angle.
Therefore, I ideally need is a switch that turns on when it detects motion, and off when it doesn't. No stipulations about an angle reset point. Would one of the switches on that website do?
They are listed as:
Plastic Tilt Switch with Right Angle Pins
Non Mercury Contacts Tilt Switch Module
Non-Mercury Tilt Switches
Miniature Tilt Switches
You might know of a better alternative.
Many thanks!