TribalOVERKILL's, "Blackout"

Dude,... you can run a S@#$LOAD of LED's off of a 12v line. It's all about current and these PSU's have plenty of it. Just remember that you can only run so many LEDs within a series. You only run out of voltage within a series. Thats why I am only running 3 LEDs per series with a resistor. I gave them about 3.6v each and about 40mA each. Thats 3.6 x 3 = 10.8v. 12v - 10.8 = 1.2v. 1.2v is your VOLTAGE DROP. To figureout what resistor you need to DROP this voltage you 1.2v / 40mA = 40ohm. The closet resistor would be 47ohm. Now,... try and not drop tomuch voltage becaused thats kinda wasteful. The extra power is drop by being turned into heat by the resistor. This is where the wattage of a resistor comes into play. I dont know off the top of my head how to calcuate that. I know that 1/4watt is good for most LED appz. now I can have a TON of these series off one 12v and it will run fine.

 

What?!?! LOL.

 

hes just saying that the alones his good supports the good for the acrylic fihishes hes sample
are you stupid or something?

(jk )

Yeah i am aware you can only run 3 per series with the given resister, but ive never had a physics class so im not to sure on the ohms and all that stuff, it goes right over my head lol.
So you can just "tap" into the 12v at multiple different places? im not sure if i could have said that anymore confusing but just nod your head please lol

o and to quote multiple people in 1 post, just click on the + on all the posts you want to include but the last one, then on the last one press quote. Im srue you knew that, just so you know

 

beautiful....just....beautiful

i love your work.........

Alan

 

DAm! Very nice! I don't know How I missed this Update! DAM, Very kickass, alot of leds woooot. Good Job, Can't wait till the next Update!

Well done, Good luck.

 

The smoked coverplate looks nice, AND it keeps grubby fingerprints off the aluminum! -form and function.
Your solder work is superb. My hands shake so bad I can't even WELD, much less solder.
I feel sorry for Ulysses. I shudder thinking what the stuff -we- say sounds like after babelfish...

 

I used to date this sexy little Brazilian girl, if I still did, we could translate his Portuguese for him. Both of our losses really, LOL.

 

lol! are you tlaking about my español? I like this brazilian girl...

 

Ich spreche viele Sprachen, deshalb wird Ihr brasilianischer Freund Ihnen mit diesem meinem Freund nicht helfen können!

 

Teyber, Brazilian's do not speak Espanol, they speak Portuguese.......now you're spreken zie Duetsch. I think you've been hitting that bong too much.

At any rate, I think Ulysses was trying to say he used acrylic standoffs for his lettering and is making test cuts right now.

 

OI,... brazilian girls,...... yum. Dont they speak brazilian portuguese which is different from regular portuguese? I use to date a portu/ cuban and she was like most brazilians and portu's dont understand each other,... maybe some but not much. Oh and teyber,... everything from 12v line from the psu up to the bus bar and up to the resistors are charged at 12v. Past the resistors it knocked down for the LEDs. You could "tap in" at any point before the resistor to get 12v.

 

k, i am TOTALLY going to steal your copper bar method someday, with your approval of course(the thing where you hooked up all the 12v and ground to)

 

Dude you do not have to ask to use any of my ideas/ methods. If possible just mention where you learned it from. Cool?

 

Ok,... didn't tweak the mobo rear cover. All I have to do really is sand down some washers a bit that I using along with some 1/8" spacers. They are a bit taller then they are suppose to be. Maybe a 1/32"? I dont know. Instead,....

Aug-25-2007

First,... before putting away all the soldering stuff,... I had to make this this. Been wanting make this for a while. More Uv LEDs to better light up the stuff I make. The one LED flashlight wasn't really cutting it.


See Much better


Now. Back to the radiator tower My goodness. This thing brings back memories. I made this thing like 2 years ago!!! More then 2 years ago!


Taking it apart.


This thing is using 8-32 bolts. They have to go. I think im going to be ordering some button head hex 6-32's now.


The canopy cover. This thing is so damn cool.


Old school. I used these slightly rounded nuts to center the posts. Going to do something better then this.


Gawd,... this just looks so hardcore to me! Rock friggin solid looking. Damn.


Almost there.


Heatercores from danger den.


LOL! Look at all these! Look at all the nuts and washers!!! I'm going to load this rad tower up with threadserts now. Will make this thing that much better and easyier to put together.


I used 1/8" angle aluminum?!?!? What was I thinking! HA HA HA. This thing is a tank. I swear. You guyz would have to hold it and understand what I mean. Not because it's heavy but because its like tight soild sturdy.


All the aluminum.


Acrlyic. I'm going to have to use my polishing skills to finish off those edges


Cant forget these!


So nice. It's amazing. But I can see the transformation from what I was to what I am now. Meaning I was accurate back then but looking at this thing,... I can see places where I "settled". I'm not going to try and fix anything, maybe just tweak or adjust a bit but thats it.


Look at this! It was a Lian-Li under all the tape! So pretty! and clean!


This has to go too. Not the bracket, the reservoir. I have to make a custom reservoir for this machine.


I love this bracket,....


Ewwwwwwwwww,...


Sanded all of the aluminum down to 80grit. Oh,.... I did mention that I'm going to polish all this out right? LOL

 

haha nice update!
btw, at the two other forums im at, people think were gay or something because i talk about your work so much lol so no worries there!
*mental note*
and sweet job! i am having a bitter-sweet moment right now seeing this so close to completion. I have absolutely loved watching this thread. I even re-read all of your previous thread one day, but the pics stopped working nice work my friend, its funny the watercooling stuff is so old XD and 1/8" angles isn't to thick, my whole case is made from it. But its sturdy!

that shroud is so cool!

 

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my vote for res is spinfx with a super cool shroud

 

DUDE THIS....! This is not real! These are FAKE photos! How the hell! DAM, OMG! ZOMG! Every word in the world can't say what I feel!

Good luck, I will blow up if I don't see the next update! Can't wait. Good luck.

 

What up people! Update.

Aug-28-2007

Ok,... this is how I install thread-serts. I'm using 6-32 thread-serts which require a 7/32" hole. Done.


Now,... When you go to push in the thread-sert, you should be able to push it in with your thumb up to the knurls I believe their called. In the pic I was not able too. All you have to do is file just a bit and try again. Try not to file to much so that it goes all the way in effortlessly. It's not THAT bad but its not good. Like resistor's,.... thread-serts have a tolerance too. Some are bigger then others. Not by much,... but when you go to stick some of them into the holes you drilled,... you will see what I mean.


This is ideal.


Now,...using something like this socket which is JUST big enough to fit over the thread-sert,....


You whack it like this! This pushs the thread-sert all the way in. You do this so the knurls kind of cut their way in. They help keep the thread-serts from spinning in the hole. Try not to hit to hard for you will dent up your aluminum.


Make sure you get it in all the way too. After you drill your holes you should sand away the burr from the hole because it could keep it from being pushed in all the way.


A thread-sert is really two piecess. It only starts off as one piece. Once you go to set it the top piece breaks off and get pushed or pulled into the lower piece expanding the lower piece around your aluminum keeping it in place. But this does not keep the top piece or what is not the inside piece from coming out. Thread-serts really only work from one side. The side we're looking at in the picture is not that side. The screw goes in through the other side pulling another piece of aluminum to this piece of aluminum,... pulling the top/ inside piece of the thread-serts towrads the aluminum. You get me?


Heres the lower piece before expansion. You see the gaps around the lower piece? That gets filled up when the lower piece is expanded.


These are set/expanded.


Heres the other side. this is the side where the bolt gets inserted.


Dont forget to rethread them. With all the banging to set them,... the threads are totally F'ed up. When rethreading them.... make sure you use a bit of cutting oil or something on the tap and blow off the metal shards after each tap. You dont want to dislodge the inside piece of the threadsert. Chances are you will loosen up a few. If this happens,... install new one. After you remove the old,... the hole you drilled will be a bit stretched out. Try and use the biggest thread-sert of the size your using for the second time around. Remember what I said about threadsert tolerance? Find the biggest ones to use for this situation. MAKE SURE YOU RETAP THEM STRAIGHT TOO!


With a little bit of sanding they actually look pretty nice.


WhaLAA! This one is done.


Lets start putting this thing back together with the thread-serts now.


Now,... I need spacers for my posts. I dont feel like using those sheetrock anchors this time around. I got out my good ole mitre saw. Hooked to the vaccuum to keep from making a mess.


Using the wood as a stop block. Its about 1/2" fromt eh blade.


There you go. 1/2" strips of 1/4" acrylic.


Yea,... the vaccuum is a real big friggin help,...


I sent the strips through again and ended up with these.


I need holes through the center so I set up this jig so all I have to do is put them in and drill! I can drill three at a time. The board on top keep the pieces from riding up the bit one I pass though the last one. The almuminum strip is just making up for the 1/16" gap at the top thats it.


Done. Drilling that is.


Loading them up on these 8-32 bolts.


Done.


Very nice.


Time to polish them. So nice.


This is how I polished these. I spun them at 2170rpm.


I used rubbing compound and a,...... paper towel to polish them. You see how the aluminum wipes off onto the paper towel? This goes the smae for the wheel. It has to be cleaned off because you cant polish with it. I swear I had this paper towel smoking at one point, LOL. So were my fingers


Very nice.


The old spacers. ICK.

 

Wow Tribal. I love your eye for details my friend! Awesome work!!