A Quick LED light question

[Bonnie]

Hi,

Can LED Christmas Light strings be adapted to use as lighting in an egg? Sam's has some nice 3-light sets that could be made into fixtures, but I wondered about hard wiring them into the system. Good idea, or no?

Happy Turkey Day. I will be away from the computer for awhile. ...

Bonnie

[Darwin Maring]

I have used them for over a year as accent lighting in our basement however, you need to know the white light is not white, it has a blue tint to it and of course they run on house current (120VAC).

I tested themon 12VDC a power supply and they would not work.

[Byron Kinnaman]

Hi,

Can LED Christmas Light strings be adapted to use as lighting in an egg? Sam's has some nice 3-light sets that could be made into fixtures, but I wondered about hard wiring them into the system. Good idea, or no?

Happy Turkey Day. I will be away from the computer for awhile. ...

Bonnie

Good idea NO!

The circuitry associated with LED Christmas lights prevents them from working on 12 Volt DC systems, as Darwin indicated. With a small inverter you could make them work, but the gains vs inverter losses would be small if any.

That said, if look around the internet I bet you could find some 12 Volt Christmas lights.

[Bonnie]

Thank you for the input. Yes, I have seen 12v versions, but they were $$$ in comparision. I guess, I'll shelve this idea. Thanks again for the thoughts.