An LCI tail light adapter schematic for pre-facelift e60
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Originally Posted by 545ier' post='1022721' date='Oct 1 2009, 09:24 PM
BOM Revision 2 attached.
Wow, you guys work fast. I was planning on sitting down this weekend and puzzling this out but you've done all the work!
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i still think most ppl will just buy pre made ones (like me LOL) even though iv got a degree in electrical engineering i cant be assed to buy all the parts and make them lol
deffo agree they can be made very cheaply (noticed this when i took apart my bruice ones) put the high cost down to development time though
deffo agree they can be made very cheaply (noticed this when i took apart my bruice ones) put the high cost down to development time though
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Originally Posted by mja' post='1015971' date='Sep 24 2009, 07:26 PM
Yes, the solution is (as most solutions) fairly simple once you have it. Here are a couple of pictures of the adapter. On the soldering side you can see the three small transzorbs and also the two surface mount pmoses.
Attachment 90846
Please neglect the weird cooling solution I have on the right hand side. I replaced the small transistors later with to220-style-ones (the ones that are in the schematic I think) that were easier to apply heat sinks to.
Attachment 90847
Attachment 90848
Attachment 90849
I'm also attaching somebody elses sketch of how the wirings go in the lci lights (to help connecting the right outputs to the right places).
Attachment 90851
I don't remember the part number of the BMW cable kit but it's somewhere on this forum and shouldn't cost more than around ? 25.
Last but not least, I'm attaching the pdf of the etching pattern for the people who the correct gear to do the etching.
Attachment 90850
Comments welcome.
Attachment 90846
Please neglect the weird cooling solution I have on the right hand side. I replaced the small transistors later with to220-style-ones (the ones that are in the schematic I think) that were easier to apply heat sinks to.
Attachment 90847
Attachment 90848
Attachment 90849
I'm also attaching somebody elses sketch of how the wirings go in the lci lights (to help connecting the right outputs to the right places).
Attachment 90851
I don't remember the part number of the BMW cable kit but it's somewhere on this forum and shouldn't cost more than around ? 25.
Last but not least, I'm attaching the pdf of the etching pattern for the people who the correct gear to do the etching.
Attachment 90850
Comments welcome.
can u tell me how many volts lci led light use is it 12v or less
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Originally Posted by topstop121' post='1030674' date='Oct 12 2009, 09:49 PM
hello,
can u tell me how many volts lci led light use is it 12v or less
can u tell me how many volts lci led light use is it 12v or less
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Can I ask a stupid question here?
Anyone succeeded put together one set? Any pictures ?
I would like to make one set myself but.... don't really know how even those I had read this 4 , 5 times
Anyone succeeded put together one set? Any pictures ?
I would like to make one set myself but.... don't really know how even those I had read this 4 , 5 times
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Originally Posted by genghiskt' post='1038210' date='Oct 23 2009, 12:17 AM
Can I ask a stupid question here?
Anyone succeeded put together one set? Any pictures ?
I would like to make one set myself but.... don't really know how even those I had read this 4 , 5 times
Anyone succeeded put together one set? Any pictures ?
I would like to make one set myself but.... don't really know how even those I had read this 4 , 5 times
https://5series.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88222
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Originally Posted by ricky1329' post='1041051' date='Oct 26 2009, 11:31 PM
I did, but turn light part only
https://5series.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88222
https://5series.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88222
I saw your post. You make changes to "mja" design? Or this is how "mja" design look like?
Care to share? You can PM me too.
Thanks.