Revolving Light Question

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27-11-2002, 09:48

dlavery

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Originally posted by MattK
Is there a way to make your light turn into a roating stobe light!?

Sometimes we spend a whole lot of time developing overly complex answers when the simplest ones are perfectly acceptable...

Put vertical stripes of electrical tape on the inside of the light cover (the colored lens). As the light rotates, the beam will alternate between showing through the light cover between the tape stripes, and being occluded by the tape, simulating a strobe effect.

This method is dirt cheap, requires no additional electronics, and is easy to reverse if necessary.

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