Knight Raider Review and fixes!!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:31 pm
I bought one of these when they first came out and it looked ok but I wanted a diffuser so you didn't have "hot spots" that are notorious with LED's. I found some textured acrylic and cut 1 inch strips of it. Which was kinda tricky. I really liked the look and was pretty satisfied with what I had accomplished. But then I washed my car. Wooops!! This thing completely filled with water and died. I took it apart and was shocked to see how easily it disassembled and not even sealed. So I got another one and took it apart and coated the circuit board with 3 coats of dielectric coating then filled the whole shell with hot glue and sealed it up with hot glue. It has worked great and I have tried to short it out with the hose with no avail 
. It really upsets me when these companies sell these things for $90+ and it isn't even waterproof!!! I made a few more and have put them on Ebay so if you want a "durable cheap scanner" that isn't going to die the first shower/car wash you drive through, here you go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is some pics of the revisions.
. It really upsets me when these companies sell these things for $90+ and it isn't even waterproof!!! I made a few more and have put them on Ebay so if you want a "durable cheap scanner" that isn't going to die the first shower/car wash you drive through, here you go http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is some pics of the revisions.