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--- flashlight_kit_build_instructions [2014/10/23 14:37] – created eric
+++ flashlight_kit_build_instructions [2023/02/28 13:52] (current) – eric
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-====== Snowman Kit Build Instructions ======
+====== Flashlight Kit Build Instructions ======
 [[http://lowvoltagelabs.com/products/flashligh-kit/]]
-**Step 1** - Check that all the parts were included with the kit
+**Step 1** - Check that all the parts were included with the kit.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845527233/" title="Step 1 - Check that all the parts were included with the kit by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/10845527233_9d730c765e_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 1 - Check that all the parts were included with the kit"></a>
+<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
+**Step 2** - Install the battery holder with the opening to the left.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845255266/" title="Step 2 - Install the battery holder with the opening to the left by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/10845255266_3c2817b1a3_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 2 - Install the battery holder with the opening to the left"></a>
+<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** - Check battery holder orientation
+**Step 3** - Install push button S1 into the PCB.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845334744/" title="Step 3 - Check battery holder orientation by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/10845334744_0818918c36_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 3 - Check battery holder orientation"></a>
+<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** - Install LEDs D1, D2 and D3 with the longer lead to the positive (+) side
+**Step 4**  - Fold the leads of the resistor over before installing into the PCB.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845520463/" title="Step 4 - Install LEDs D1, D2 and D3 with the longer lead to the positive (+) side by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/10845520463_e42658c9dc_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 4 - Install LEDs D1, D2 and D3 with the longer lead to the positive (+) side"></a>
+<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**  - Fold the leads of the parts over as you install them to hold them in place
+**Step 5** - Install resistor R1. Fold the leads over on the back.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845176325/" title="Step 5 - Fold the leads of the parts over as you install them to hold them in place by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7339/10845176325_5a2d8ccda6_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Step 5 - Fold the leads of the parts over as you install them to hold them in place"></a>
+<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** - Install the resistors R1, R2 and R3
+**Step 6** - Assemble the LED and right angle LED holder together before installing into the PCB.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845324814/" title="Step 6 - Install the resistors R1, R2 and R3 by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/10845324814_22e6efea41_c.jpg" width="800" height="599" alt="Step 6 - Install the resistors R1, R2 and R3"></a>
+<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** - Install the swtich S1
+**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="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845172715/" title="Step 7 - Install the switch S1 by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/10845172715_fb13221aa6_c.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Step 7 - Install the switch S1"></a>
+<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** - Flip over the PCB and solder the parts
+**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="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845171335/" title="Step 8 - Flip over the PCB and solder the parts by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/10845171335_b8f81ff08b_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 8 - Flip over the PCB and solder the parts"></a>
+<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 9** - Install a 2032 battery with the positive side up
+**Step 11** - All parts are now soldered and installed.
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-<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845507473/" title="Step 9 - Install a 2032 battery with the positive side up by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2807/10845507473_5e10cdf7d2_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Step 9 - Install a 2032 battery with the positive side up"></a>
+<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 10** - Turn on the switch and watch the LEDs flash
+**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="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/10845297786/" title="Step 10 - Turn on the switch and watch the LEDs flash by Low Voltage Labs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/10845297786_52001b82dd_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Step 10 - Turn on the switch and watch the LEDs flash"></a>
+<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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