$5 Home Depot headlight revisited

[Sgt. Howard]

… now you plug the gap...

 

[Sgt. Howard]

… and add the visor...

 

[Herman Klutz]

Thanks for a great tutorial.

The gap, I made a similar bezel years ago, but instead of the gap I left each end about 1/2" longer so that I had the 2 ends over lapping 1/2", then bent at 90 so the ends could be clamped with 2 small nuts and bolts.

 

[Frogslayer]

Yes this is so cool thank you very much for sharing with us!

 

[electronerd122]

Great work Sgt.,

Might work for me since I am electronics illiterate and don't know my way around a circuit. Since you are making a tutorial for those of us that are electrically challenged, I would recommend that you let others know that capacitors hold electrical charges and they maybe shocked if handled improperly. I know that you'd need a large capacitor from a computer or television to due serious harm. Just my 2 cents.

Here's a Wikipedia on a Diode Bridge for those who'd like to know more about the circuit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_bridge

Keep up the good work,

Chris
AKA: BigBlue

Here's another useful resource (article with an insightful relevant video) for those wanting to learn about bridge rectifiers https://www.derf.com/how-a-bridge-rectifier-works-step-by-step-tutorial/ Hope it helps.