My koinobori windsocks,
They are a swarm of small fishes, together they form a nice school.
By day or by night, there is always something to see. By day you can spot the beautiful colors, by night they are illuminated. Perfect for everyone.
On Page 2, you find the shopping list
On Page 3 , you find the technical drawing
Op Page 4 , you find the step by step explanation
Page 2 - The shopping list.
You can find the fisches very easily en cheap on websites like Aliexpress,
I bought the 0,5m one in a lot of 100, only the 1,5m ones i bought separetly
The list is as like this:
Fishes
1, 1m50 green
1, 1m50 bleu
1, 1m50 Orange
1, 1m50 Pink
1, 1m50 black
20, 0,5m Green
20, 0,5m Bleu
20, 0,5m Orange
20, 0,5m Pink
20, 0,5m Black
Line
120m Dacron 200kg line for the fishes
and minimum 100m line Dacron 250kg for the kite line
Nightkite parts
Arround 120m speakercable of 0,75mm2 or 18 - 19 AWG
Some electrical tape roles
10 M-CINCH connectors
10 F-CINCH connectors
210 scotchlok ub2a (Connectors that make a branch )
10 LED garlands on batteries, 3m long
--> I use 8 warm white and 2 colored ones
Price
This depends a lot on what kind of materials u are using, mine is between 200 and 300 euro
Pag" 3 - Technical drawing
I've chosen for the combination of 5 times 10 fishes and 5 times 11 fishes
Its always the same color code, but they start every time with an other color or a different size fish.
The first string (lower one) is as follows:
1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1*
*1: Green
2: Black
3: Pink
4: Orange
5: Bleu
Page 4 - Build plans
Step 1 - Preparation of the line
To create the line , i chose for 200kg Dacron line,
depending on the string i make 10 or 11 knots with loopholes on the line,
I'm using speaker cable of 0,75mm2 or 18-19 AWG.
I attached the cable with some electrical tape.
This i do every 20 a 30 cm. if you come across a loop, i did some tape on both sides of the loop.
Step 3 - LED's preparation
I bought 10 pieces of battery po LEDs at the local DIY store.
These i cut in to groups of 3 LEDS for the small fishes and 10 a 11 for the big fishes
On one side, i cut the wire just next to the LED, on the second side i keep 10 cm of wire
On the lang side, you can remove some of the insulation so the wire itself is visible.
With the soldering iron, i added some tin, to stick everything together.
TIP: Fold the ends od the wire in 3 to thingen the wire a bit
if i speed up the proces, is looks like this:
Stap 4 - Koinobori's onthe line
Before we can do the LEDs, you need to attach the fishes back on the line
Step 5 - Battery connection
I separated the battery pack from the line so i can attach them to the kite main line. thats wy i soldered a connector to it.
I
First tin the wire, than attach it to the connector
I've chosen for CINCH connectors, one M connector on the Line side, one F connector on the Battery pack side
Stap 6 - LED's in the fishes
To attach the LEDs onto the speaker cable i use special skotchlok connectors, these cut into the cable and make a connection with the electrical current.
First you need to split the cable a bit where you want to have your LED.
Then, i click the connector on the wire.
I add the LEDs, beware for + and -
with some universal pliers, you cab close the connector. If everything went well, you can see the LEDs burning (if there is a battery attached to the line)
As last, slide the fish back over the LEDs
Step 7 - Testing
In the dark, it should look like this
1, 1m50 green
1, 1m50 bleu
1, 1m50 Orange
1, 1m50 Pink
1, 1m50 black
20, 0,5m Green
20, 0,5m Bleu
20, 0,5m Orange
20, 0,5m Pink
20, 0,5m Black
Line
120m Dacron 200kg line for the fishes
and minimum 100m line Dacron 250kg for the kite line
Nightkite parts
Arround 120m speakercable of 0,75mm2 or 18 - 19 AWG
Some electrical tape roles
10 M-CINCH connectors
10 F-CINCH connectors
210 scotchlok ub2a (Connectors that make a branch )
10 LED garlands on batteries, 3m long
--> I use 8 warm white and 2 colored ones
Price
This depends a lot on what kind of materials u are using, mine is between 200 and 300 euro
Pag" 3 - Technical drawing
Koi schema
To create the line , i chose for 200kg Dacron line,
depending on the string i make 10 or 11 knots with loopholes on the line,
- Line with small fishes = 10-11m
- Line with smal and big fishes = 11-12m
- 1m for the small fishes
- 2m for the big fish
I'm using speaker cable of 0,75mm2 or 18-19 AWG.
I attached the cable with some electrical tape.
This i do every 20 a 30 cm. if you come across a loop, i did some tape on both sides of the loop.
Step 3 - LED's preparation
I bought 10 pieces of battery po LEDs at the local DIY store.
These i cut in to groups of 3 LEDS for the small fishes and 10 a 11 for the big fishes
On one side, i cut the wire just next to the LED, on the second side i keep 10 cm of wire
On the lang side, you can remove some of the insulation so the wire itself is visible.
With the soldering iron, i added some tin, to stick everything together.
TIP: Fold the ends od the wire in 3 to thingen the wire a bit
if i speed up the proces, is looks like this:
Stap 4 - Koinobori's onthe line
Before we can do the LEDs, you need to attach the fishes back on the line
Step 5 - Battery connection
I separated the battery pack from the line so i can attach them to the kite main line. thats wy i soldered a connector to it.
I
First tin the wire, than attach it to the connector
I've chosen for CINCH connectors, one M connector on the Line side, one F connector on the Battery pack side
Stap 6 - LED's in the fishes
To attach the LEDs onto the speaker cable i use special skotchlok connectors, these cut into the cable and make a connection with the electrical current.
First you need to split the cable a bit where you want to have your LED.
Then, i click the connector on the wire.
I add the LEDs, beware for + and -
with some universal pliers, you cab close the connector. If everything went well, you can see the LEDs burning (if there is a battery attached to the line)
As last, slide the fish back over the LEDs
Step 7 - Testing
In the dark, it should look like this
