Illuminated Cave Project – Part 5

After placing all the LEDs and feeding the wires for the holes are drilled in the back of the box and after plastering the inside of the box around the formations, I started to solder the switches and the battery to all of the wires to connect the circuit. I soldered all the positive wires[…]Read More

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Illuminated Cave Project – Part 6

At this point all of the structure in the cave is complete and all thats left is to paint it. The base paint is a dark brown and then I progressed through an asortment of lighter browns. Stay away from black because that means that the formation is dead and won’t grow at all. Materials[…]Read More

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Illuminated Cave Project – Part 4

Now it’s time to get the electronics integrated into the box. I first got the resistor soldered to the positive lead of the LED and then connected both positive and negative leads to two small diameter 3 foot wires. Then I finished it off with some heat-shrink to insulate everything. Finally I arranged the lights[…]Read More

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