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====== Flashlight Kit Build Instructions ======
[[http://lowvoltagelabs.com/products/flashligh-kit/]]


**Step 1** - Check that all the parts were included with the kit.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15424436299" title="Check that all the parts were included with the kit by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/15424436299_ec38f96536_c.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Check that all the parts were included with the kit"></a>
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**Step 2** - Install the battery holder with the opening to the left.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15424976168" title="Install the battery holder into the PCB by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/15424976168_676217e448_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Install the battery holder into the PCB"></a>
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**Step 3** - Install push button S1 into the PCB.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15425491320" title="Install the switch S1 into the PCB by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15425491320_070da7616b_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Install the switch S1 into the PCB"></a>
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**Step 4**  - Fold the leads of the resistor over before installing into the PCB.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15611920572" title="Bend the resistor before installing into the PCB by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15611920572_e5c5db9ab7_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Bend the resistor before installing into the PCB"></a>
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**Step 5** - Install resistor R1. Fold the leads over on the back.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15608410981" title="Install the resistor into the PCB by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15608410981_143aba3aa1_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Install the resistor into the PCB"></a>
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**Step 6** - Assemble the LED and right angle LED holder together before installing into the PCB.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15611090955" title="LED and LED holder by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/15611090955_346ab823c2_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="LED and LED holder"></a>
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**Step 7** - Insert the LED into the LED holder so that the longer lead matches up with the long lead hole in the PCB when installed.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/14990939883" title="Feed the LED through the LED holder by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/14990939883_6760400d9a_c.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Feed the LED through the LED holder"></a>
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**Step 8** - Bend the leads of the LED at a 90 degree angle before installing into the PCB
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15587419936" title="Bend the leads of the LED after it is in the LED holder by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3947/15587419936_735d474388_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Bend the leads of the LED after it is in the LED holder"></a>
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**Step 9** - Install the LED holder with LED into the PCB. Fold the leads over on the back.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15587421336" title="Flashlight all parts installed by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15587421336_f0cc2a2953_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Flashlight all parts installed"></a>
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**Step 10** - Turn over the flashlight and solder the parts on the back. Even if the battery holder was installed in the kit when received it still needs to be soldered.

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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/14990338354" title="Back side of the flashlight PCB once the parts are installed and ready to solder by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3951/14990338354_db25f07a9b_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Back side of the flashlight PCB once the parts are installed and ready to solder"></a>
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**Step 11** - All parts are now soldered and installed.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15424434519" title="Flashlight kit finished by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3944/15424434519_68f82e5df7_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Flashlight kit finished"></a>
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**Step 12** - Install a 2032 battery with the positive side up. Press the push button to turn on the flashlight!
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/15399552228" title="Flashlight Kit - Low Voltage Labs by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/15399552228_a9201b91fe_c.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Flashlight Kit - Low Voltage Labs"></a>
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