building LED strips

[geoff]

I've never done much electrical work aside from some simple soldering
of positive and negative wires. I recently bought a flexible circuit
board which has tiny LED lights soldered to it. The circuit board is
designed in such a way that you can cut it at every inch and each end
has a positive and negative solder joint to reconnect them via wiring.
I then ran it to a switch from radio shack and from there to the 12
volt battery on my motorcycle. I would like to add more lights, but
they're very expensive and I'd like to figure out how to make my own.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn about how to make
them and where to get those types of parts? I've done a search for
LEDs online and have tons of manufacturers to choose from, but again,
I have no experience or knowledge of electronics, so I don't know what
to buy and how to put it together. Thanks!!!

 

[N. Thornton]

board which has tiny LED lights soldered to it. The circuit board is
designed in such a way that you can cut it at every inch and each end
has a positive and negative solder joint to reconnect them via wiring.
I then ran it to a switch from radio shack and from there to the 12
volt battery on my motorcycle. I would like to add more lights, but

LED light output is rated in mcd - you need ultrabright LEDs with
thousands of mcd each. Basic cheap LEDs are inadequate.

Regards, NT