I needed a good light to shine over my work ute bench, i priced some LED bar lights and the length i needed 1.7 Meters you either couldn't get or way too expensive, so i decided to make my own.
1. I bought 16 LED lights off ebay , cost was $25.00
2. Went to bunnings and bought two pieces of ceiling skirt $24.00
3. Drill 16 Holes
4. Paint with high gloss white , 2 tins $6.00
5. 1.9 meters of 2 core 15 AMP wire $15.00
6. strip the wire at 16 intervals .
7. Solder the neg and pos wires for each individual bulb
8. Glue down with contact cement $5.00
9. attach backing skirt and fill in gaps with silicone, be sure to do the ends as well as this will need to be waterproof .
10. Touch up paint in various areas
11. Attach t the ute and wire , 2 scotch clips $.40 and two riverts for
the earth wire.
My ute already had switches for the rear light, but the results speak for themselves, total $75.40 . Compared to $300 to $500. So if you want to save. There are always ways
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