Homemade UV LED lure dip glow cup for a vex.

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, papadarv said:

Sorry @leech~~, haven't looked at doing uv for glo but you tweaked my interest. 

 

I just thought may be you had a few spare parts laying around and could through one together in a hour? 

[papadarv]

9 hours ago, leech~~ said:

 

I just thought may be you had a few spare parts laying around and could through one together in a hour? 

Slept on it last night, can get material from one of my most favorite suppliers. Using an egg shape container will bombard the jig from all directions with wavelength +- 400Nm UV using bright white LED's. Plan to add a Dual-Element Pyroelectric Detector AKA photo sensor that will turn lights on/off automatic when jig inserted saving battery power on flasher. Destroying the function of the Ozark Trail wine cup by cutting the bottom off won't be a great loss as I quit drinking 40 years ago. With Christmas, New Years and trip to Red won't be done till late Jan.

[jbird68]

I just thought the cup idea was cool.  Just dip your lure in the cup and go. But a LED flashlight is a cheap option that works. 

[papadarv]

OK @leech got the UV Led strip & Ozark Trail insulated wine glass. Cut the top off the top of the wine glass (its steel not glass) removing the inside cup. Put UV LEDs inside. As I am still waiting for my 3 cell 18650 charge board I put together my Pre-Prototype using a 2023 12volt battery in holder with push button switch from my scrap bin and mounted on a 1x4. Going out go a local lake today & will post working results and how long the $1 battery last.

[leech~~]

4 hours ago, papadarv said:

OK @leech got the UV Led strip & Ozark Trail insulated wine glass. Cut the top off the top of the wine glass (its steel not glass)

 

 

If you have a steel wine glass (you might be a Red neck) 

Looks good hope it works out. 

[papadarv]

8 hours ago, leech~~ said:

 

If you have a steel wine glass (you might be a Red neck) 

Looks good hope it works out. 

Wine glass is steel, chromium I think very thin & strong. Out today small lake. Small 12v battery only dropped .2 volts with 30+ jig lights. Think I'll use 2 batteries in parallel should last a long time.

 

 

[jbird68]

Are all LED UV lights purple?

[papadarv]

40 minutes ago, jbird68 said:

Are all LED UV lights purple?

UV light is not visible to human eye. They add color lens usually blue/purple

[Papa Bear]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3277568

 

If any of you have access to a 3D printer this is a link to the files for a printable version I drew. Same basic idea, using the silicone encased UV strip lights that can be bought many places for pretty cheap.