dave-canada-slr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Hello 7 community! We’d like to introduce CaterLED: a high level, integrated brake, indicator, and running light system designed for Caterhams and 7s, and now available to order! As part of my 13 year old son’s entrepreneur class we decided to help improve the visibility of our cars. As you all know we are quite exposed so anything to enhance visibility and safety is a bonus. Unlike most other solutions, our CaterLED lights are completely plug and play into your existing Caterham wiring system. Installation takes only 10-15 minutes. The kit comes with everything you need to install and fasten the lights and cables. The only tool you should need is a screwdriver. Even if you have no technical or electrical skills you can install these yourself. We went through a dozen or so different prototypes and designs until we found the perfect design and we are thrilled with the result. This has been a great project for my son to learn lots of new skills such as business plan writing, sourcing parts, assembling, soldering, testing, packing, shipping, costing, logo design, payments and more. If the community responds well and this is a longer term project then he’ll look at building a website for ordering with direct payment, Instagram and Facebook pages, and more. A fantastic learning experience! Pricing, including worldwide shipping from our home in Canada, is: £99/pair €119/pair US$129/pair CA$139/pair (for domestic orders) CA$175/pair for other international orders The kit includes everything you need to install the lights. Since we are not a business we don't anticipate any duties as we'll mark the package low value. If you need a LED Flasher Relay, we will provide those at £10ea, €12ea, US$13ea, CA$15ea or you can source your own relay: CF14 JL02. Lights can be mounted in 3 different locations. Based on our research these should fit nearly all Caterham models in the S3 and SV range. (We have not verified S2 and S4 due to lower number of cars, but if you have an S2 or S4 contact us directly). These may also fit other 7’s such as Westfield, Birkin, Locost etc. Please contact us for help before ordering if you have one. If you have an older Caterham with bullet connectors we can also work with those by giving you bare wires in the short term, or in the medium term we'll look at sourcing the bullets. Please read our FAQs to learn more about the different models we are offering based on the connectors you have on your car to ensure proper fitment. https://t.ly/GR51D You can customize the lighting if you do not want the indicators activated. You can specify your lights to have either: Brake, running, and indicators (recommended) Brake and running only You can specify your lights to omit the running/main light functionality and only act as a 3rd brake light + indicators. Installation instructions are here: https://t.ly/r64n6 He is now taking preorders so he can order all the components and start making them for you over the coming months. To facilitate this please complete this Order Form: https://forms.gle/32i2SQ9oMJ6WQBpS9 Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, Dave and Nic Victoria, BC, Canada caterled7@gmail.com 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastererPete Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I’m very intrigued by these and very tempted . Are the side lights and brake lights different intensities on the strips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 @PlastererPete Thank you for the questions. Yes I realized that I didn't post any pictures of the light under normal running condition at night and will add some tomorrow. - I'm sorry about that You are correct: each LED element has 2 intensities. One as a regular running light, one as a brake light. The 8 LEDs at the top and bottom of the strip also flash red-orange-red-orange when the indicator is turned on. Regarding the "plug and play". Think of them like you would an extension cord. Simply unplug the current connector and plug in our harness in between. The total length of the harness from end to end of each connector is ~8-9 inches. For newer cars it acts in the same way but with the twist lock style vs the econoseal style. (photos coming soon of twist lock install) Here is a picture of it installed in my car. I have taken mine in and out dozens of times as we went through many iterations of our design and testing over the past 3 months. The full installation instructions are here, so you can see the whole process: https://t.ly/r64n6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Stamp Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Dave-Canada-Sir - What an excellent project for young people to learn about business planning, design, sourcing, and manufacture ... ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 First orders have shipped! We enlisted some brotherly help to fold up the boxes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 How have you gone about attaching them to the roll bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 16 hours ago, TomB said: How have you gone about attaching them to the roll bar? @TomB with a high adhesive strip. It works like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reindeer Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Order form submitted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blandin Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Form submitted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrp Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersport_140 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I have a set on order, due to ship next week. They must be inundated with orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 (edited) On 07/07/2024 at 10:33, Reindeer said: Order form submitted! On 07/07/2024 at 11:10, Nigel Blandin said: Form submitted 15 hours ago, Mrp said: Me too 1 hour ago, supersport_140 said: I have a set on order, due to ship next week. They must be inundated with orders. Thank you for the orders! (We should have put a question in the order form of what your forum username was - haha!!) When we first launched we had components for ~8 kits. We really didn't know how well or how poorly they would be received. Once we realized it, we ordered more parts. In hindsight we were a bit too conservative at the start but that's part of the process of launching something new. We got caught in the perfect storm of components arriving the day we left for a few days of vacation last week, but we've been blasting through the orders now and are shipping kits today, tomorrow and Thursday and that will clear the backlog including the orders placed in the last couple of days! Please reach out once you receive, if you have any questions etc. Cheers, Dave & Nic Edited July 9 by dave-canada-slr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersport_140 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 No worries Dave & Nic. We appreciate this is not a full commercial venture and there maybe delays due to vacation and sudden demand. For me at least it's more important that quality is maintained over delivery timescales. Keep up the great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 6 minutes ago, supersport_140 said: No worries Dave & Nic. We appreciate this is not a full commercial venture and there maybe delays due to vacation and sudden demand. For me at least it's more important that quality is maintained over delivery timescales. Keep up the great work. Thanks. Yes quality is key. Every CaterLED gets tested on our own car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted July 9 Member Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, dave-canada-slr said: We should have put a question in the order form of what your forum username was - haha!! Ah yes, I remember it well. From the Tool Tube Bulk Buy. Thanks for all the work Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted Thursday at 17:49 Author Share Posted Thursday at 17:49 @PlastererPete I neglected to post the photos of the lights in different stages for you - sorry about that! So here they are. Let me know if you have any questions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrp Posted Friday at 23:12 Share Posted Friday at 23:12 Got my confirmation of shipping just waiting to pay you via PayPal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted Saturday at 00:19 Author Share Posted Saturday at 00:19 1 hour ago, Mrp said: Got my confirmation of shipping just waiting to pay you via PayPal Good timing, we were just doing all the invoices as you wrote this. Thank you all !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrp Posted Saturday at 18:37 Share Posted Saturday at 18:37 Thanks David, just paid looking forward to your parcel MrP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrp Posted Sunday at 21:38 Share Posted Sunday at 21:38 Parcel is with me now will try and fit them later this week, very impressed with the packaging and the whole way it was presented on delivery, full marks to you and your boys. I have had things from professional organisations delivered in much worse presentation than your lights. Mrp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reindeer Posted yesterday at 02:08 Share Posted yesterday at 02:08 I've also paid and awaiting delivery. Can I just confirm, do you think they'd be ok in a bit of light rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-canada-slr Posted yesterday at 02:44 Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:44 33 minutes ago, Reindeer said: I've also paid and awaiting delivery. Can I just confirm, do you think they'd be ok in a bit of light rain? Yes, they should be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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