Before you can get full advantage from parking assistance you need lights
in all around the car.
In picture you see RGB based chassis lights for Caprice. Or any car. All
strips, except front strip have two light source wires. You switch the sources
with 2 stage relays, which have 4 poles. You connect the strips to the relays
so, that when relay is off-line, all strips takes power from main wiring (
black in the picture ). When you for example put right blinker on, you lead
power from the blink relay to the right side relays. When you turn left you
power the relays from left side. When you push the brakes, you activate the
relay for the rear RGB strip.
There are boxes with what you can create permanent light sources for
strips. Caprice has yellow blink lights in front and red in back. Then
the area / strips between wheels will have white blinks.
The main wiring can have three light sources, one random source,
disco-lights and park / reverse lights.
It is not in the picture, but reverse lights need an additional relay with
what you cut power from all relays with what you control RGB strips. With this
function you keep the lights white as long as park / reverse lights are on.
From shops you can find easily 4 pole relays, which have 2 stages. They
cost app 5 euros / dollars. 4 pole relays with 3 or more stages are rare and
around 10 times more expensive than 4P2T relays. It reason, why there are 3
relays in the main wiring. In the actual installation all relays are gathered
into one box. And there are long wires from the relay box to the strips.
Keeping the relays right beside the strips, made the picture and design work
easier.
Added full design to the site, you check it by clicking power design. The
system needs ten 4P2T relays, 6 single pole on-off relays ( SPST / 1P1T or
SPDT / 1P2T ). 3 On-off switches to dashboard. 3 permanent light boxes, one
music box and one random box. Then you need waterproof RGB Led strips,
4pin and 2 pin wire, electric connectors for Strips and boxes ... possibly
transparent tube. Dashboard switches control relays, with small power, you can
take power to them from any available 12V wire / connector. Don't remember
prices, think that it goes somewhere near 100, without work.
All relays must be 12V relays, otherwise they do not work in car. Voltage
in relay refers to the current with what they work. Amps tell the maximum load
you can switch or redirect with relay. With 12 Volt 5 Amp relay you can
control 70 W led strip ( in car ).
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Finished plans and purchases for the Caprice's main lightning system
yesterday. Have been planning led strips to the bottom. RGB led strips can
change the color on fly. Had a plan that the strips will be connected to
brake, reverse and turn lights. So that when you brake, the rear lights will
turn red, when you signal turns, lights will blink and change colors to white,
yellow and red. When you reverse or activate parking system all strips are
white. It would also be possible to create music driven disco lights from the
RGB strips. Everything is possible, required parts exists, all you need is
some money and time.
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I have continued with electric design for Caprice. Think that
total price of the chassis lights falls below 100. RGB strips are bit tricky,
the controllers with what you take advantage from variable are remote
controlled, and the receivers are embedded into box. You must put the box
somewhere where you can control the box. Light for example - including IR -
never penetrates through metals and other solid materials.
You can use the RGB strips also in home and garden. After you come back
from restaurant, with a good looking chic. You put romantic music on, and
change the lights into pink. And always remember to avoid too much red in the
lights. Bright red refers to sex without emotional stuff. If your dame is not
drunk enough, possible that she gets nervous and runs away ... with a
hurry.
Saturday 18th July 2015
Friday 31st July 2015 : 12.15 GMT
Bought first led strips and controllers to Caprice today. According to
written text 1 meter ( or 3 feet ) 3528 led strip produces as much light as
traditional 21 W blink-brake-reverse bulb. With more powerful 5050
strips you can reach 21W bulb lightning with 30 cm or 1 ft strip. Led strips
spread light to only 120 degree sector.
When you replace traditional bulbs with leds, you get the required led power
by diving the bulb's power with 6.
21Watts per 6 is 3.5 Watts. Bulbs in 1 meter 3528 strip consumes 5 Watts. 1
meter 5050 strip consumes 15 watts. Both strips must have 300 bulbs in technical
data. There are also strips with 150 bulbs in tech data.
If the numbers are right, in reverse / park mode 3528 leds produces lo-beam
lighting to all around the car.
