Load up your flashlight with batteries, and hook the wires together. |
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Be careful not to look at it for too long. It's REALLY BRIGHT. |
(if you have a Luxeon Star, that is. If you have a bare emitter, you can skip this part) If you forget which lead is positive and which is negative, you can check this diagram that I made. |
I can't stress enough how careful you need to be when you're using a soldering iron near or on your LED. if you slip and touch the plastic bubble, you'll melt it and it'll be ruined. Also, if you get the leads too hot, you could damage it that way. One last thing, the leads are pretty flimsy. Don't bend them too far or too much, as they could break off, and you wouldn't want that. So, now that you're nervous and shaking, take a toothpick and slide it under the bend in one of the leads. |
Pushing down on the end of the toothpick will cause the other end to press up against the lead, forcing it away from the pcb. (That's called a lever). When the solder melts, the lead will spring up and that side will be free. Now do the other side the same way. |
You want two opposite notches in the pcb to be between the pliars like in the picture. Now, pry downward, bending the pcb. |
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I think I just scratched it off with a knife on my second magmod. |
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