Quick and Dirty LED Flashlight.

by pgd5000 in Circuits > LEDs

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Quick and Dirty LED Flashlight.

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This is my Instructable for the LED contest.  This is also my second Instructable to so go easy on me.

In this Instructable I will show you how to make a quick and dirty LED flashlight.


Materials

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3v coin cell battery (I used a CR2032)
Momentary push button switch
LED (obviously)
Electrical tape (optional, not pictured)
Small length of wire

Tools

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Soldering iron
Soldering "Helping Hands" (optional, not pictured)
Scissors (optional, not pictured)

Soldering

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Solder the small length of wire to the positive side of the battery. (Pic 1)
Solder the other side of the wire to the switch. (Pic 2)
Solder the positive lead of the LED to the other lead of the switch. (Pic 3)
Solder the negative lead of the LED to the negative side of the battery (Pic 4)

Wrap It Up

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Wrap the battery in electrical tape (or heat shrink tubing but i didn't have any).
Next wrap the switch in electrical tape (this part is optional)

Finished

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Now you're done mine doesn't light much, but depending on you LED it might light up more.