bamarayne
July 31, 2016, 8:14pm
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I built some led night lights for my stairs. I thought about putting them on the system but then I figured out the cost to leave then on all of the time… About $2.25 per year! So, they stay on all if the time.
Here’s the project… Maybe this will work for you.
Hello All!!!
I’ve finally gotten around to working on my staircase lighting project. (with pictures!)
Parts -
LED Lighting Kit from Amazon - $12.00
LED Track kit from Amazon - $51.00
12 VDC Adapters - Amazon $12.00 for 4
Tube of RTV - Home Depot $3.00
Spool of Speaker Wire - Home Depot $9.00
Heat Shrink - Harbor Freight #2.00
Step one - Gathering of parts
This is everything except the wire
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Step Two - The Build
I cut the track and the LED strips to length. These are for accent lighting so I only needed 3 LED’s. Anything more and it would have been too bright. I soldered the speaker wire to the circuit, keeping in mind that the circuit does have a positive and negative side.
I cut 3 pieces of heat shrink for each light. This was to build up the wir…