Re: Battery Operated Christmas Lights
- From: "Neil" <neilwrites2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 27 Nov 2006 18:34:02 -0800
Rich Grise wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:22:12 -0800, Liz wrote:
I did decorations on our balcony (new at this apartment) only to find
out the balcony light is not working, thus no electrical connection. I
need to know how to hook up battery power to a string of mini christmas
lights. Know very little about electrical terms...so I guess I need
"how to make battery operated christmas lights for dummies".
The "right" way to do this, of course, is get your apartment electrical
wiring repaired before it burns the place down.
Or, you could shop for "battery powered xmas lights" and use what you
can find - whoever sells them will tell you how to hook up the battery.
Good Luck!
Rich
Crossposted to s.e.basics, with followups to there.
You could use a 12V to 120AC converter, lot of hardware and other
consumer electronics stores sell them.Then just plug in your standard
christmas lights to the converter. The only caution is the wattage, you
don't want exceed the power(watts) of the converter. Most christmas
light manufactures provide this information, so you can hookup one or
two strings at the most. I would use the new LED type lights over old
Incandescent type. Average wattage per string for the Noma Outdoor
lights is 75 watts, not a good choice. Next you will need a battery,
there are many types on the market. Lead Acid is probalby the best,
Your still going have a problem with charging it up all the time. It
may keep the lights lit for 6 to 8 hours.
OK
Neil
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