Recycled Gatorade LED Flashlight

by Electroinnovation in Circuits > LEDs

10252 Views, 15 Favorites, 0 Comments

Recycled Gatorade LED Flashlight

SANY0045.JPG
SANY0040.JPG
SANY0039.JPG
SANY0040.JPG
SANY0041.JPG
SANY0038.JPG
SANY0041.JPG
SANY0043.JPG
SANY0046.JPG
This is an LED flashlight I made for the LED contest. It uses either 6 or 10 LED's and has a metallic semi-dome to direct the light forwards and conserve as much light as possible. It is fairly compact and lasts a long time on a single 9v battery. Please vote for my instructable when the contest begins!! Comment, rate, and subscribe :) Check out my homemade snow machine!

Downloads

Parts List

SANY0001.JPG
SANY0002.JPG
This project requres only a few parts, most of which can be found around your home

-A 20oz gatorade bottle (other bottles work but you will need to edit my design)
-6 or 10 LEDs with a working voltage around 3.5-4.5v
-a push button or switch
-electrical tape
-metal tape
-hot glue
-9v battery holder
-9v battery

Tools
-hot glue gun
-wire cutters
-a thumbtac or other pointy object
-a soldering iron
-solder
-a razor knife

Cutting the Bottle

SANY0003.JPG
SANY0004.JPG
SANY0005.JPG
thumbbbb.jpg
Cut the bottle where it is marked and read the notes. BE VERY CAREFUL!!! I was not and i had to get 6 stiches :/

Making the Light Hood

SANY0006.JPG
SANY0007.JPG
SANY0008.JPG
SANY0009.JPG
SANY0010.JPG
SANY0011.JPG
SANY0012.JPG
For this step you need pieces of metala tape and the top part of the gatorade bottle. Read the notes!

Mounting the LED's

SANY0001 (2).JPG
SANY0002 (2).JPG
SANY0003 (2).JPG
SANY0004 (2).JPG
SANY0005 (2).JPG
SANY0006 (2).JPG
SANY0007 (2).JPG
SANY0008 (2).JPG
SANY0009 (2).JPG
SANY0010 (2).JPG
SANY0011 (2).JPG
SANY0012 (2).JPG
SANY0013.JPG
SANY0014.JPG
SANY0015.JPG
SANY0016.JPG
SANY0017.JPG
SANY0018.JPG
SANY0019.JPG
SANY0020.JPG
SANY0021.JPG
SANY0022.JPG
This is the most important part of the flashlight. If you mess up it will not light up....BUM BUM BUMMMMM!!! Just look at the pictures very closely and PM me if you are not sure of something. You need you glue gun, soldering iron, 6 or 10 LED's, and the top part of the gatorade bottle again.

Getting the Electronic Circuit Together.

SANY0023.JPG
SANY0024.JPG
SANY0025.JPG
SANY0026.JPG
SANY0027.JPG
Make sure you have a push button or toggle switch, 9v battery, and 9v battery holder handy.

Finishing the Lower Half

SANY0028.JPG
SANY0029.JPG
SANY0030.JPG
SANY0031.JPG
SANY0032.JPG
Here you are going to finish up the handle part of the flashlight.

Final Assembly

SANY0033.JPG
SANY0034.JPG
SANY0035.JPG
SANY0036.JPG
SANY0037.JPG
SANY0039.JPG
SANY0040.JPG
SANY0041.JPG
SANY0043.JPG
This is the moment you've been waiting for!! If you can not view the movie be sure to comment about it! Do not forget to vote! I'll appreciate it.

Downloads