Easy HEQ5 Syntrek Polar Scope Dimmer

[Macavity]

With much inspiration from the (oft-missed) "Star Baby" - Cheers, Mel!

Firstly, I found, I couldn't "remove" either HEQ5 Syntrek motor, 'cos the leads were held tight - They had been wound / knotted behind the circuit board! But, on removing the curved HEQ5 "bonnet" (remove side panel to access remaining screws), I found that the PCB edge connector (leads!) to the LED rather easily accessible. So, I untwisted and split the red lead, soldered in a couple of fly lead extensions - To a Maplin miniature 470K linear potentiometer (adding heat shrink as appropriate) et voila:

Not shown, the beautiful, mount-enhancing, silver-spun knob.

As Eccles once said: "You just turn the knob on your side"?

(Or, in this case, my front!)

But seriously, a job I had long put off, in some trepidation...

[Psychobilly]

Hmmm.. nice way of doing it...I think i'll use the same method..

[Space Bat]

Seems you are more of an engineer than you thought

Solving, adapting and doing....good job

[RogerTheDodger]

I did the same except I split the lead and soldered a 330k resistor in.