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Tytus Gerrish
05-02-2004, 22:54
i know the new lights come apart they have a screw hole that you need to put a screw in by taking the lens off i was going to take it off but my team was making the Tytus Touch joke and said dont try

Whoos done it?
Random Dude
06-02-2004, 01:12
i know the new lights come apart they have a screw hole that you need to put a screw in by taking the lens off i was going to take it off but my team was making the Tytus Touch joke and said dont try

Whoos done it?


Ya, nothing fancy in there. Im actually rather dissapointed with the lights. They could have put more than 1 LED of each color in there....
Nick R.
06-02-2004, 07:15
same here... i was looking for way to put them on the robot and noticed the hole on the back.. so i opened it.. and it still works so dont worry... the lights seem to flash brightly enough but we rather thought they'll flash more often...
o well, FIRST always has their reasons
Al Skierkiewicz
06-02-2004, 07:59
same here... i was looking for way to put them on the robot and noticed the hole on the back.. so i opened it.. and it still works so dont worry... the lights seem to flash brightly enough but we rather thought they'll flash more often...
o well, FIRST always has their reasons
If you take a close look at the lens you will see four places where there are indents in the plastic. That should give you a hint as to how they come apart and go back together. They are designed to have the lens removed.
Adam Y.
06-02-2004, 18:19
Ya, nothing fancy in there. Im actually rather dissapointed with the lights. They could have put more than 1 LED of each color in there....
Actually, if First used the right LED then they would have no need for more than one LED. Those things can actually be very bright.
Venkatesh
06-02-2004, 20:21
We have had to take apart our lights because two of them were broken on arrival. One had no functional blue LED and the other was very dim. We have determined that there were internal shorts in the latter one, but the former is in an unknown state.

Does anyone know where we can get more?
Rob Colatutto
06-02-2004, 20:29
You can purchase more LED's at the innovation FIRST site.

http://www.innovationfirst.com/FIRSTRobotics/accessories.htm