Great video man. I just did this on the circular arc reactor light, since they're the same on the inside, and it worked great. This was the first time I have ever soldered anything, and I had no problems. It looks like you used some sort of resin to mold all of the lights together to even out the lighting, even thought you didn't mention it in the video. I used hot glue and it did the trick.
Really great idea, I'm going to make one very soon. My only suggestion would be to use a higher voltage battery, say a nine volt, in order to make proper use of the high intensity LED's. Although if you want the sounds to continue to work you'll need to stick with the three volts, to ensure the current draw is correct. So it's either sounds or brighter lights. Personally, I'd rather have the lights. I may even slim down the whole thing by removing the main board altogether. Decisions, decisions.
Read this before you post a question: The light stays on because the LED's are wired directly to the battery terminals. Also, I drilled out the ring with a hole saw kit from Harbor Frieght
Pretty much, the push down switch is override when you solder the wires to the batteries. As soon as you put the batteries in, it will be on and remain on until you take them out or they run out of charge. You can leave the speaker wires untouched and the sound will still work. I decided to cut them because I didn't like it. Instead of soldering, you could try to tape the wires down. Hot glue may work but it doesn’t conduct electricity. Hope this helps, Josh
So wait, to the maker of this video, do the lights stay on completely after putting everything back together or just like before you press it and it turns on?
light has a button on it that switches it on and off. i just soldered that whole board into the parts directly connecting tothe battery like in the vid at around 4:00. it doesn't fit in exactly, so i just snipped a little around the edges of the tap light's LED board and it fits well enough now. then to get rid of the sound i just removed those buttons from the surrounding circuit of the arc toy, those just pop in and out.
A tip with soldering, remove old solder before adding new things to the board like new LEDs or reconnecting wires. To remove old solder, get a "desolder pump" and use that on heated solder resin on the board, it will suck it into a tube and gets it out of the way for you to add new solder for a better connection.
When he reattached the wires from the LED mounting board to the circuit board, he attaches them to the battery tabs instead of where they came from originally. This keeps the lights on while the batteries are in, and the sounds are activated by pushing on the center. But you will need longer wires for this because the ones that are already in the toy will not reach the battery tabs.
If you do each step in the video, It will stay on as soon as you put the batteries in and you can cut the wires going to the speaker to remove the sound effects.
if you solder it back on to the tabs that connect to the battery, it should stay on. watch the video closely, don't solder it back onto the place where the LED assembly original was connected, solder it back on where you see he does it, it essentially should bypass the part of the circuit that makes it flash on and off, and just stay on. now turning back off i'm not sure. what i did was replace the whole LED board with that from a tap light. they're essentially the same shape but the tap light
It stays on because it's hooked up to the battery terminals. Therefore, there's no need to have to push anything to activate it because it's taking power directly from the batteries.
It stays on because the lights are directly attached to the batteries. You may add a switch if you like but I didn't because space was an issue. Hope this helps
actually forget the last comment i found some good ones. but i did have another question: how do you make the light stay on, because the arc reactor toy only stays on for a few seconds with each push i believe.
what did you do to the LED Small light bulbs?? i noticed they have a long end and after you soldered it, what did you do to the long end, the pin if that helps understand my question a little better.? i don't know if you are able to understand what I am asking?
When it comes to the middle light, which side is negative??? You said the outside is negative but what about the middle one. I'm trying to do this right now so please repost quickly
Actually, he did more than change the LEDs. By soldering it to the battery terminals, he also got rid of the electronics; allowing for a more realistic arc reactor.
how do you get the light to stay on? I have the Mark VII Arc Reactor toy that does the sounds when you press it and would love to do this tutorial but if I could make the light just stay on that'd be awesome.
@s28400 ok... but what if the green part on the circuit board where the LED bulbs are suppose to go, peel off.. will it still work??? that happened to me, and well it peeled and only two of the bulbs are working.. so can you suggest something, please... and thank you.
I believe I can help you out a little there. To my knowledge, the light no longer needs the switch to turn on since it's hooked up to the battery terminals. In addition, you MUST solder the wires on using solder. If you solder with a hot glue gun, you will burn the circuit board and ruin the toy.
@s28400 thanks for the reply. just wanted to clarify tho. does it matter if they are 3mm or 5 mm bulbs, and if you are using 5mm bulbs, how long do the batteries approximately last?
Hey, this video was amazing and I really want to do this now, but I have a few questions. Do you still activate the light by pressing the button and how do you turn it off? Do the sounds work still? And instead of soldering, (since i'm not aloud to solder things) Will a hot glue gun work for the soldering parts? Sorry for all the questions but I just think the arc reactor you made looks amazing and just like in the movie. Great job!
@oaklandstudios Yes I am working on getting some more videos up. I will look into that Tron Disk more and hopefully get a tutorial up. Thanks for the comment, s28400
So do you just push the button to keep it on? it looks very cool and I want to try it but i'm just wondering how to activate it. And what about the sounds? And sorry, i'm asking so many questions, what do you use for soldering?
@rocketrambo20 I am aware, I was rushed due to demands for holloween. I am planning to make a different more original version. And I am Sub'd to Indymogul
@9Teesix It can if you want I disabled the speaker but you don't have to. I actually made a video on how to make it play music but my computer has 8megabytes left on the hard drive so it's going to have to wait till after chrismass when I get my Aleinware. Hope that helps, s28400
@seanyboy650 Not sure what you are asking. I have a different tutorial on my channal on an iReactor build of this that plays music throught it but not in this video. Hope this answers your question s28400
for everyone who is asking how it stays turned on ... did no one catch where they attach the LED Wiring harness directly to the Battery connections whene they were in a different location originally?
j james i would recomned that you do a compression test or use a mechanic stethoscope and put that stethoscope along spots of the engine block and listen for a cylinder that does constant banking or clanking noises, which can indicate a broken rod or other possible problems, if a cylinder is low compression its the one causing problems. if no noise is present check to ensure that the injectors are clean. FYI my specialty isn't diesel but i may be able to find more information.
... Anyone wonder why all the suits that Tony uses after creating New Element in Iron Man 2 has a Triangular Chest Piece ... but the arch reactor is still circular?
So if you solder the lights to the batteries, do you still get sound? No sound would be great. Also would it be a continuous light or would I have to keep pushing the button? Nice vid.
This is a very well executed diy! Consider posting it in instructables if you haven't already done so. Great job.
Great video man. I just did this on the circular arc reactor light, since they're the same on the inside, and it worked great. This was the first time I have ever soldered anything, and I had no problems. It looks like you used some sort of resin to mold all of the lights together to even out the lighting, even thought you didn't mention it in the video. I used hot glue and it did the trick.
Love the way you made everything sound evil specially that last part!
Really great idea, I'm going to make one very soon. My only suggestion would be to use a higher voltage battery, say a nine volt, in order to make proper use of the high intensity LED's. Although if you want the sounds to continue to work you'll need to stick with the three volts, to ensure the current draw is correct. So it's either sounds or brighter lights. Personally, I'd rather have the lights. I may even slim down the whole thing by removing the main board altogether. Decisions, decisions.
Read this before you post a question:
The light stays on because the LED's are wired directly to the battery terminals.
Also, I drilled out the ring with a hole saw kit from Harbor Frieght
The speaker wires are the two blue wires. You can double check it by following them to the little round speaker at the bottom of the housing.
After all of these years, I finally found the video again!
Pretty much, the push down switch is override when you solder the wires to the batteries. As soon as you put the batteries in, it will be on and remain on until you take them out or they run out of charge. You can leave the speaker wires untouched and the sound will still work. I decided to cut them because I didn't like it. Instead of soldering, you could try to tape the wires down. Hot glue may work but it doesn’t conduct electricity.
Hope this helps,
Josh
So wait, to the maker of this video, do the lights stay on completely after putting everything back together or just like before you press it and it turns on?
Gran tutorial viejo, y haber puesto el tema inicial de iron man 2 fue muy ingenioso 😁👍
This is amazing! I'll make my own as soon as I have the cash. Subscribed!
light has a button on it that switches it on and off. i just soldered that whole board into the parts directly connecting tothe battery like in the vid at around 4:00. it doesn't fit in exactly, so i just snipped a little around the edges of the tap light's LED board and it fits well enough now. then to get rid of the sound i just removed those buttons from the surrounding circuit of the arc toy, those just pop in and out.
A tip with soldering, remove old solder before adding new things to the board like new LEDs or reconnecting wires. To remove old solder, get a "desolder pump" and use that on heated solder resin on the board, it will suck it into a tube and gets it out of the way for you to add new solder for a better connection.
You are so cool. The authoritive battery push, the epic outro, and you even make it play music on your ipod. you little badass, you.
When he reattached the wires from the LED mounting board to the circuit board, he attaches them to the battery tabs instead of where they came from originally. This keeps the lights on while the batteries are in, and the sounds are activated by pushing on the center. But you will need longer wires for this because the ones that are already in the toy will not reach the battery tabs.
I like the dramatic ending:)
@KenjoTong It stays on as soon as you put batteries in. You could solder a small switch if you like but I didn't.
dude that was awesome, great job
thats freaking awesome...good job!!!
If you do each step in the video, It will stay on as soon as you put the batteries in and you can cut the wires going to the speaker to remove the sound effects.
if you solder it back on to the tabs that connect to the battery, it should stay on. watch the video closely, don't solder it back onto the place where the LED assembly original was connected, solder it back on where you see he does it, it essentially should bypass the part of the circuit that makes it flash on and off, and just stay on. now turning back off i'm not sure. what i did was replace the whole LED board with that from a tap light. they're essentially the same shape but the tap light
It stays on because it's hooked up to the battery terminals. Therefore, there's no need to have to push anything to activate it because it's taking power directly from the batteries.
It stays on because the lights are directly attached to the batteries. You may add a switch if you like but I didn't because space was an issue.
Hope this helps
@9Kitsune Yes. You actually don't push it you rust put the batteries in and go.
Hope this helps,
s28400
what was the part number for the LED that you used? was it NTE30045?
does it still turn off with the new LEDs, or it stays on completely? when u hit the button
actually forget the last comment i found some good ones. but i did have another question: how do you make the light stay on, because the arc reactor toy only stays on for a few seconds with each push i believe.
@MegaBurter I plan on mking a new tutorial. To add a switch, just put one between the battery and the lights.
This is so awesome. Excellent work!!! Can you tell us what specific LEDs you used? I wanna mod mine too.
Me gusto la forma en como lo presentaste, el procedimiento fue muy bueno, Felicidades por tu vídeo.
@oaklandstudios Thank you. lol Glad you enjoyed it.
Is there other LED's we can use to really get the light bright?
what did you do to the LED Small light bulbs?? i noticed they have a long end and after you soldered it, what did you do to the long end, the pin if that helps understand my question a little better.? i don't know if you are able to understand what I am asking?
I`m talking about the toy. If you press the button did it make a sound"I am iron man"How do you get that to stop and just the light to show?
When it comes to the middle light, which side is negative??? You said the outside is negative but what about the middle one. I'm trying to do this right now so please repost quickly
Would the Mark V or the Mark III be brighter out of the ones you made if you were to wear a shirt over it?
@kaze0 They were small high intensity white ones from radioshack. Any will do.
Actually, he did more than change the LEDs. By soldering it to the battery terminals, he also got rid of the electronics; allowing for a more realistic arc reactor.
hey men you got a Nice Dramatic finisher out there huh nice 1 good job btw where can you buy that arc reactor toy and the solder and the stuff
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how do you get the light to stay on? I have the Mark VII Arc Reactor toy that does the sounds when you press it and would love to do this tutorial but if I could make the light just stay on that'd be awesome.
@s28400 ok... but what if the green part on the circuit board where the LED bulbs are suppose to go, peel off.. will it still work??? that happened to me, and well it peeled and only two of the bulbs are working.. so can you suggest something, please... and thank you.
@Makivoi I hard wired them to the battery terminals.
s28400
I believe I can help you out a little there.
To my knowledge, the light no longer needs the switch to turn on since it's hooked up to the battery terminals.
In addition, you MUST solder the wires on using solder. If you solder with a hot glue gun, you will burn the circuit board and ruin the toy.
@s28400 thanks for the reply. just wanted to clarify tho. does it matter if they are 3mm or 5 mm bulbs, and if you are using 5mm bulbs, how long do the batteries approximately last?
@MegaTyler007 I just cut off the extra so it wouldn't short out.
What is the thing that cutes the wire and replaces it
Hey, this video was amazing and I really want to do this now, but I have a few questions. Do you still activate the light by pressing the button and how do you turn it off? Do the sounds work still? And instead of soldering, (since i'm not aloud to solder things) Will a hot glue gun work for the soldering parts? Sorry for all the questions but I just think the arc reactor you made looks amazing and just like in the movie. Great job!
How many mm so do they led lights have to br
Which one would u saybis more difficult: this one or the mark 3
@oaklandstudios Yes I am working on getting some more videos up. I will look into that Tron Disk more and hopefully get a tutorial up.
Thanks for the comment,
s28400
do you clip the excess wire coming off of the led after they are soldered in?
this is cool man thanks!!
Thanks dude all i need to do is to walk to target then walk right next door to lowes witch are both right across the street from me
will it be like the toy or will it be like a normal lamp?
how do I get it to stay on as long as its on?
@seanyboy650 Oh that I just cut the wires going to the speaker. You don't have to if you dont want to and your will still have sound.
How many volts are the LEDs? I don't want to burn out the bulbs upon turning it on. :P
In addition, what size are the LEDs? Are they 5mm, 3mm, etc?
Can you please tell me what size LED bulbs you have used. And why did you choose white and not blue?
would you be able to make it skinner
@EnordAreven Yeah I wa in a rush to get it up before holoween. I will have a full build up soon. "like the first arc reactor tutorial"
s28400
@MegaBurter Which one?
Can u send me instrutions on how to build it with a lot of detail
The light stays on because I disabled the switch. As soon as batteries are put inside it, it is on and remains on untill you take them out.
The link you have up for how it stays on doesn't work. How did you make it stay on?
is there any chance u could show that ? great video by the way !
So do you just push the button to keep it on? it looks very cool and I want to try it but i'm just wondering how to activate it. And what about the sounds? And sorry, i'm asking so many questions, what do you use for soldering?
Have 1 question, How can you made the light stay on?
how did you make the light stay on
hi, is it possible to put inside a mini usb device?
amigo no hace envios a colombia???????????? y si si cuanto?
Where did you buy the reactor before you modified it?
can you turn the lights on and off
@mazter310 Yeah lol glad you enjoyed it.
I will do a new tutorial this summer with an under the shirt version. It won't be as detailed, but will be thinner and much much brighter.
Thanks this was REALLY helpfull mine turend out great
Can you send me the plans to make that
Thanks
@s28400 how did you get the lights to stay on??
Isn't the triangle only added on Mark VI?
It turned out fucking awsome :D
@rocketrambo20 I am aware, I was rushed due to demands for holloween. I am planning to make a different more original version. And I am Sub'd to Indymogul
@9Teesix It can if you want I disabled the speaker but you don't have to. I actually made a video on how to make it play music but my computer has 8megabytes left on the hard drive so it's going to have to wait till after chrismass when I get my Aleinware.
Hope that helps,
s28400
where did you get the arc toy?
@seanyboy650 Not sure what you are asking. I have a different tutorial on my channal on an iReactor build of this that plays music throught it but not in this video. Hope this answers your question
s28400
wat about the sound? like when it says "I am iron man"
Woah that is awsome
for everyone who is asking how it stays turned on ... did no one catch where they attach the LED Wiring harness directly to the Battery connections whene they were in a different location originally?
did you ever figure out what was wrong with your truck.. My truck is doing the same
j james
i would recomned that you do a compression test or use a mechanic stethoscope and put that stethoscope along spots of the engine block and listen for a cylinder that does constant banking or clanking noises, which can indicate a broken rod or other possible problems, if a cylinder is low compression its the one causing problems. if no noise is present check to ensure that the injectors are clean. FYI my specialty isn't diesel but i may be able to find more information.
thanks. truck is still down. nobody seem to know.
and how did u disable the switch>?
... Anyone wonder why all the suits that Tony uses after creating New Element in Iron Man 2 has a Triangular Chest Piece ... but the arch reactor is still circular?
how does it stay on all the time
very good
and also what LED u used ?
what size are the leds
does it stay lighted when you push it?
hello i,m from morocco wi dont have theis toy does it for sell
What soldering iron did you use?
@s28400 what the name of the starting theme title?0.38
isn't it a mark 5 reactor for the mark 6 suit? I think he used the same arc in the mark 2 and 3 suits.
So if you solder the lights to the batteries, do you still get sound? No sound would be great. Also would it be a continuous light or would I have to keep pushing the button?
Nice vid.
@koolkidkyle0123 Yeah I should have it up by new years. I just got my new computer so it should be a lot smoother editing.