Luckily no one was hurt, however we did learn quite a few things about being careful in the attic. In this Instructable, will show you how to carefully install a projector in your home for movies and entertainment. The first thing you will need get started is to figure out the distance your projector will be from your wall, so you will know how big to make your screen. Our projector ended up being about feet away from our wall giving us about a inch 4x3 screen we went with 4x3 because our projector's aspect ratio was 4x3.
Not every projector out there has the same throw ratio, so either look your's up or measure it yourself. You first need to decide what cables you will be phishing.
If your are running hdmi to the projector you should definitely consider buying an hdmi switcher so that you only need to run one cable. An hdmi switcher takes 3 inputs and can switch between devices to the output. This one also has priority switching so if you turn on a device, it automatically switches to that input.
We used a cable like this:. The best thing you can do when installing a projector is to build a screen. Nothing looks worse than a properly installed projector projecting on a painted wall.
I know it might be more than you want to spend, but it looks a million times better with a non-reflective fabric screen. To build the frame for the screen, we used some scrap wood and an air nailer to build a rectangle to wrap the screen around. Then we picked up some trim to put around the side from Home Depot. Because our attic was above our projector, we added an outlet in the attic for us to hook up to. If your curious on how to do this, check out this instructable:.
Carefully measure out where you want your projector to be. Ideally you want the screws for the mount to go through a stud, or a joist in this case to support the projector's weight. We found the closest joist that would give us the ideal screen size and center the mount with the back wall. If your mounting kit was nice enough, they should have a paper template for you to draw where your center hole will go.
Get a drill bit big enough to fit the heads of the cables you will be phishing and drill the hole in the center of your marked spot. Once your cables are phished, you can put the mount hole cover on to give it a seamless look. If we sell it, then you bet we've put it to the test on our own cars, trucks, and bikes.
Need a recommendation on parts for your project? Got a tech question? Wholesale inquiry? Contact us! Warranty: Lifetime Limited Click for Details. Place template on housing back making sure it is centered, use a sharpie to outline the template. Using appropriate hole saw cut a hole directly in the center of the back projector to give yourself a head start.
Using a Dremel tool with cut-off wheel and barrel grinder remove the material inside the outline made with the sharpie being careful not to remove any more plastic than necessary to fit the projector.
Back of housing 3. Left side ballast location Right side ballast location. Projector fitted to housing Testing projectors. Level cutoff Projector sealed with foil tape. Note: Do not remove the protective film from the Lexan yet. Begin by using the inside of the stock headlight ring to make a template.
Use sharpie to transfer template onto Lexan then using Jig saw cut each lens and test fit into headlight ring. Use barrel grinder on Dremel to shave off excess until Lexan covers fit snug into headlight retaining rings.
Before attaching your Headlight Lenses use a Q-tip and IPA to clean the channel of the housing being careful not to get any alcohol on the chrome of the housing. This is an important feature because it means if you do decide to open the headlights you wont have to worry about removing and replacing a permanent adhesive.
Measure enough EPDM to fill the channel of the housing see picture remove the backing, start at top of housing and press seal into channel firmly until uniform and the two ends meet. Make a nice even cut allowing the ends to meet cleanly without overlap. With another piece of EPDM of the same length you will want to apply in the same manner to the Lexan inside of the headlight retainer ring. For this you need to remove the protective film.
I recommend having as much of a dust free work area as possible and do not touch the Lexan at any time. You want to keep the environment as static free as possible until the lens is on the housing. In the same manner, press the seal into place keeping it close to the retaining ring. Consider it optional.
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