I experienced doing the small Led's on my Sailboat electrical panel using the resistors along with a green and red Led which showed on and off positions for a host of switches. Looked great....I might do my storage with a few red Led's . White light has a tendency to somewhat blind you at night.

You can control the intensity of the lights with the LED resistor. As shown in the schematics, they are not too bright...just right. ;)

Hi paticlewave,

nice idea, but all your interior lights have the wrong color. :D It has to be orange. :D ;)

Now for to be a little more construtive. ;) How about adding a motion sensor, so the light is only on if you put something or your hand into the little compartment.

You can such things pretty cheap and completely setup - for example:
https://www.banggood.com/HC-SR505-Mini-Infrared-PIR-Motion-Sensor-Precise-Infrared-Detector-Module-p-1011714.html?rmmds=search&stayold=1&cur_warehouse= CN
Or:
https://www.banggood.com/search/motion-sensor.html

Regards, Markus

What? :confused:

That is exactly what this circuit does, Markus. ;)


I actually tried a unit similar to the one you posted, but it does not work well in such a small space or in a moving vehicle. The circuit I designed is built for a small space, accuracy and ease of construction (anyone can put the original circuit together with only a few components, regardless of electronics experience).


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PW, your mod looks nice. Since my VW Sportswagon has all it's courtesy lights in red which I really like. All of your courtesy lighting is Blue which also looks good. I might could do the OEM courtesy lighting with that color Led's. It most likely would take several since they are not to bright. Yes!

OK, i should read threads from the beginning. :D
OK, i should read threads from the beginning. :D
OK, i should read threads from the beginning. :D
And still don't have the time to do it, sorry.

Do you have a stabilized power supply for your circuit? Something like a switching power supply that generates a constant power and current?

Also do you have a potentiometer to regulate the IR circuit sensivity? I thing that's important.

Regards, Markus

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