Canopy LED lighting

Today I installed the LED light strip on the glare shield. I bought a cheap red LED light strip from Amazon, so I’m not sure how well the strip will hold up in the long term. To make replacement easy I installed some d-sub pins and left a service loop held down by the Velcro.

Before I installed the light strip I tested the lights to make sure they worked with a 9V battery, then cut the light strip to size.

The glare shield has a great insert for the light strip, and I had this wrapped up in no time.

I struggled to get a neat-enough looking wiring installation. My service loop for the fans adds extra wiring that needs to be held in place. I used a decent amount of spiral wrap to prevent wires from chaffing on the shop heads of the rivets. the result was ok, but not as tidy as I had hoped.

Testing the light strip. The yellow lighting is an artifact of the camera, the light strip is red (note the reflected red light in the plastic case).
Led and fans being tested using a power supply after final install