RV Head light mod

[Mike]

For a while I've been looking for some side-emitting LED tape to stick on the inside of the head cover to help see thinsg when settingt up feeders.
Recently found this stuff, sold for car light modding : Search ebay for "side emitting LED tape".
Obviously needs turning off during placement to avoid confusing cameras - I just put a small toggle switch on the top of the head cover. There is a convenient 12V supply on the arm PCB.

The sticky backing on the LED tape doesn't feel very strong so I used some thin VHB tape to help hold it down.

[lurowl]

I have done this, works really good. Thanks for posting.

I have also put a LED strip along the metal bar over the middle of the machine, this works really good for inspecting the PCB once built

[spiyda]

If you pull the silicone waterproofing layer off, the strips will last much longer.
The silicone causes the LEDs to run hot and they fail prematurely.

Lesson learned the hard way