LED Light Strip Powered By Dewalt Battery
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2017
- I’ve been doing a lot of camping lately and wanted a better way to light up my tent. Check this out if you want to see how to make rope lighting powered by Dewalt power tool batteries. Links to all the parts below.
Dewalt USB/12v Battery Adapter - go to: servicenet.dewalt.com
Then search for part number N288459
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Anyone still wanting to do this-Amazon has a off brand for about $20. After watching this video I used this to power my my fishing electronics, lights & a fan for an ice house. This might be the most useful DIY ever for me.
That's great Mike, I'm glad it was useful for you!
Can you post the link for the off brand?
12V DC Output Heated Jackets DCB091 Li-on Battery USB Charging Converter Adapter
I guess it’s that one
I've been watching your video's for a long time, I've just bought at cargo trailer to haul all my tools from jobsite to jobsite and I was wanting some additional lighting in it for if and when I may need some light, I remembered this video, searched it up and I went and bought all that stuff to run the lights in my trailer. Thanks so much man!
Solid! ive been trying to think of a way to route 12 volts to my LEDS so i can light up my camp site at the music festivals i attend. This looks pretty simple as well thanks
That's a great project! Thank's for the idea!
I just got one of those dewalt battery attachments, and then bought a USB plug LED 66' light strip, and it works fine by just plugging it into the adapter
superb idea...thanks for sharing with us
Ingenious. I hope your travels in the back country are going well.
It's been a fun season so far. Lots of close calls and some of my friends are having success. I haven't been in the right place at the right time yet.
Thank you - finally a smart guy who can communicate well.
Haha, thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Love your work bench!
You just solved one of my biggest issues with an rgb project thank you!
Great video. I have lots of Dewalt batteries including 6 amp hr. Definitely will try this.
Thanks for the tutorial. I was looking to power 12v water pump with dewalt. This answered my question. I already have one of the knock off adapters for my heated vest. Now looking to set up 12v led lights for the backyard.
Great little vid, thanks for the info and straightforward demo, much appreciated. Thanks
I'm glad you found it useful!
Awesome idea!!
Another tip; on the tubing i use a small ball and fished it at he other end, use a vacuumed TO Vacuumed out the led. works great as well i didn't have available the compressor .love your idea..
Good idea, just the reverse of what I did!
Tie the string to a finishing nail, and use a magnet to pull it through the tube.
when I go to your amz for the male adapter it comes up as a L E D light
love the hack !
great DIY, thank you
I really like the idea of using drill batteries as a rechargeable power source! Also, what a great trick using the air compressor to feed the LEDs through the tube! Air compressors are totally underrated. I find so many uses for mine in the garage. Very cool project, I think I'll try to make one too!
Thanks! Let me know how yours turns out!
Awesome, gonna make some for my boat 👍
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You are very welcome!
So helpful. I have 7 dewalt batteries and the USB converter, which we use to charge phones etc in the campervan, plus the USB powered tap.(Faucet) the interior LED lights are currently powered by the vehicles 12V system. I think this converter will be perfect. Thanks for your video.
Love this idea very useful information. Thanks 🙏
Nice. Perfect in the rear of a van.
Thanks for your video
I am an electrician and I have a lot of leftovers tape/strips/modules led lights of different voltages. 24v strip/tape/modules lights works well with any 20v batteries... the little adapter works well too but it is limited to 5amp. I also have used a low voltage dimmer to dim the light and battery saving.
Could I run a bilge pump off a dewalt battery?
@@adampeters4542 what's the wattage and voltage?
All the pump reads is 5amp/12v. My other is a 3amp/12v. As I type this I kind of feel stupid asking the question
Very cool indeed
Great idea. I'd go with shrink tube instead of the tape.
Good idea. I might have to go back and do that.
Cool idea and nice work . After looking around for ideas I decided to go with the Harbor freight outdoor LED light strip with is solar powered and in the tubing already . They're not as bright as yours but they do the trick and provide enough lighting to see around the outside of the tent or even the inside depending on what kind of lighting your wanting and where you want it to be .For the inside I ended up using a pair of solar powered motion sensor type LED flood lights that can be on constantly or shut off . They came with a really long cord to the 6X4 inch solar panel which is nice for being able to run the panel to a good location where you can get adequate sunlight to charge them up . They provide more than enough lighting for seeing around the tent at night and they're fairly light weight and compact ,plus I don't need to have an AC adapter to charge them up which is nice if you're backpacking in the brush and not able to have access to any kind of charger such as a car battery ,but I'm just going on personal experience and not saying that this idea isn't a good one . You get a thumbs up from me for being innovative for sure 👍👍😸✌
Harbor freight lol
I have Ryobi cordless tools, and they make a LED lantern that uses their batteries. It's come in very handy during power outages.
Cool project! Something to note is that LEDs, unlike filament bulbs, are polarity sensitive. if you cross over the positive and negative when wiring, the lights wont work. So, make sure that your positive and negative are correct before final soldering.
Thanks for the heads up!
Awesome video! Thank you so much! I want to put waterproof strips on my pontoon boat and did t want to wire it in! When I order in the spring I will definitely use your link! Thank you again!
Fantastic!
Great job, I just finished making mine. I did however change the gender of light strip instead of the switch. Reason being. Lets say something stupid happens, the switch breaks. Well the light roll will plug directly in to the battery still. Or if you lose the switch in your gear, leave it at home, etc. I also have a ton of the dewal batteries and when I go out, I take a few for use with the impact gun just incase I break something its easier to get off suspension parts, etc.
When rewiring the lights, its super easy, just a little pad for the positive and negative. They are marked, just don't melt the assy too much. Worse case, just cut back on segment of light where the cut marks are and there will be additional pads.
Thanks again for the great video and walk thru. Keep up the good work.
That is send sound logic! I might have to switch the design around if I build more. Thanks!
that is exactly what i was looking for, I wanted to use it for my tool trailer. They should just make a product like this available. people would buy it.
very ingenius!
Dude that is a fantastic idea man
They look awesome that would be amazing
It was sure a handy setup to have camping last fall!
Wow thank you.
I just got these same lights, great idea with the tubing, (its basically electronic masking tape). Also' my wife got me the soft shell heated jacket, so worth it, there's no such thing as a cold day wearing this in New England.
brilliant
Genius level . . .
Find an oem one in amazon now. Great idea!!
Nice project and very good idea. You made it look easy but I think you had to do your research.
Sweet! You sir are going to to go far
I like the way you think😎
I'm looking at a DeWalt battery powered project. Time and price, shipped to Canada deters me from the adapter so I'll likely improvise. Nice build and great presentation. Trust me, I know what it takes.
Thanks! Let me know what you come up with for an improvisation!
+Gunflint Designs - I just completed and uploaded it. I won't post a link as it's sometimes frowned on but simply check out the most recent video in my Gadgets playlist titled DeWalt automotive memory saver.
Your a generous my friend ! 😜 that would be killer for my Jon boat
Love it - the dewalt part is discontinued but you can put an affiliate link to an amazon product: LANMU Battery Adapter for Dewalt 18V/20V Lithium Ion Battery that will work with LEDs :)
Way Cool!
I just bought a few USB adapters for my 18v batteries the other day. They have an on/off button to awaken the battery, and it also has a led light in the front of the adapter. I have seen that some led lights don't have the feature to awaken a powerbank (like a 13200 mAh one). I have bought the Harte USB led lamp from Ikea, which awakens my powerbanks. And I have also bought their USB Ledfyr fairlylights which doesn't awaken the powerbanks. Some of the powerbanks I have have an on/off button, but not all of them. I could get the Ledfyr lights to work if I connected the Harte lamp first, then disconnected it and connected the Ledfyr lights. A small hassle, but I got them to work. At first I thought there were something wrong with all of them, but I figured it out eventually.
I'd be cool to see how bright they were in your trailer at night.
I would suggest that using black or grey rtv silicon instead of black tape on the ends of the tubing.
Very cool video
Really clever thanks, the dewalt site note says contact service department for availability lol
Try checking out a 5v to 12v step up converter. You can get them on eBay for a couple bucks and then you can power and 12v accessories off a USB port
Nice idea. I was hoping you would show what the tent looks like with these lights running. I have a wall tent also and I'm trying to figure out some lights. Also, how much did all of this cost?
Do you think you could connect to trailer lighting with a similar setup?
There are so many really good and cheap usb chargeable lanterns out there that stay lit for a long time which are easy to hang up and are ideal for camping. They are really inexpensive and contain a decent 18650 battery. They can also output usb in an emergency to power a phone if needed so they are both a light and a power bank. They can also switch to red light as an emergency light on the road. You probably spent as much or more on the materials for this than a fully built unit. Worth exploring.
I understood him to say he has multiple dewalt batteries and one last a night and half -- so he can take all of his batteries that last him a week then charge them all at once
Hey cool idea! I was wondering if you could do a diy using the DeWalt power source as a portable inverter to plug a standard plug in?
Спасибо тебе за твоё творчество!
Thank you for you're creation!
You're welcome!
Looks like a possible business adventure there m8
Hey Gunflint. Could I use this power system on some standard 12v downlighters ? I have a cabin which I’m wiring the lights 12v
I would love to see the inside of the DCB090 (USB only charger) compared to the inside of the DCB091 (USB +12v charger) and see if there is an easy way to add the female jack to the DCB090.
I've been wanting to make one of those stick man halloween costumes for years and use a Dewalt battery to power the LED's. This seems like the perfect solution at best, or an excellent starting point at worst.
This particular dewalt part is no longer available. So I'll have to find a way to wire them to a battery. Awesome vid. Good job.
www.amazon.com/Battery-Adapter-Lithium-Charger-Compatible/dp/B08NPMC6LH/ref=sr_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=20v+dewalt+usb+battery+adapter&qid=1621916798&sr=8-20
What a brilliant idea using the batteries and the led's. By the way did you go with my idea of the foam for your lathe tools as mentioned in an earlier video? Well Done again on this idea, Simplicity at it's best.
Barry (ENG)
Thanks Barry! I'm still just using the small elastic cord to hold the lathe tools in. It seems to be working well so far.
Do a quick video ,side by side on both lit up in the dark, so we can see brightness
Awesome
Nice !!!!
this could ba a great solution for lighting in the back of a van instead of wiring in
definitely , because a car's overall power IS 12 volt so you should be really good.
which one did you end up liking the most? I have the same situation as you with a wall tent, also tired of carrying fuel and fragile lanterns :) so clear? or opaque?
when you said you were camping I expected a normal tent not a mobile home, that looked huge.
If I'm out for a week at a time, I always take the big wall tent and live in luxury. If its a shorter trip, or too far away from the truck, then I'll take a more traditional smaller tent.
How much of your woodworking equipment do you take along?
i like the tent do you have a link for that?
Whats the link the hard tubing your using, i want to make led hoops, the soft wont work. Can you please share?
Great Video! How long do you think that battery will last powering up one strip?
You must be my long lost love child . We obsess the same way on similar things. You just have better toys
Use a 12v UBEC (eBay) and you can use pretty much any 12+ volt power source to work.
I use a 9v UBEC and a rechargeable battery to run my camcorder for 10+ hours.
There are plenty of 3rd party versions on Amazon.com, www.amazon.com/dp/B07HLW5FYG
New subscriber here, the woodstove you have seems to be worthy of a video. Is it diyed? How's the performance?
Awesome Video -- I was thinking about purchasing 12 volt lithium batteries and some type of solar charger -- has anyone looked into that ? I would like it to run 5 meters led strip . charge enough during the day to run all night
Take some sand paper to the clear tubing
Where did you bought those male and female adapters?
Great hack //
GREAT find. I do have one question regarding the discharge of the battery? Do these Dewalt batteries have a cutoff voltage so the pack is not damaged? these are lithium ion batteries that need a bms to keep them from being discharged to low to avoid damage to the cells. all these different battery adapters are popping up and seem very convenient to use for more than just power tools which makes great sense however if there is nothing keeping these batteries from getting damaged, then you will be very upset to find that your awesome DIY project is killing your expensive battery pack.
I did something similar but I have made a connector that now connects to any battery brand as we all have batteries from different companies. My lighting strip is one that has different colours as bright white light attracts all the insects, so I turn it to the yellow light setting which keeps the bugs away.
I wanna install this on my vacuum cleaner
What about using this connected to my car's 2nd battery?
I would be curious how that compares to the dewalt stick light. I've got it and it works great for power outages. Model #DCL050. It's light spread is surprisingly even, I tend to let it sit on a battery, tilt it back (aiming it up) and it lights up rooms quite well.
every sight I went to said no longer available for dewalt adaptor. do you have a source for this n288459
think you have is for clear tubing but the tubing your holding is not clear. where did you get the white tubing
which was the best tube? transparent or matte?
Nice I wanna put led rgb strip lights in man cave where I don't have outlets. I was going to buy a amazon 5v to 12v converter to power them with a usb power bank, what do you think??
I already have 2 power banks laying around so I was thinking of using them to run two 15 ft rgb led strip lights?,
Hi, can you please let me know where you got the white vinyl tubing? I'd like to do something similar but I like the idea of the light being more evenly dispersed. Also, did you find the clear tubing emitted much brighter light or was it negligible?
After a little camping this spring and using them both, I like the smoky/white color better. It helps defuse and spread out the light.
I just got that stuff from my local hardware store.
Could you modify a rope light that is already made to work like this without making one ?
I looked for this Dewalt N288459. It is hard to find. What is the difference between using the auxiliary port vs. using a USB port?
Very good frend
If youd had bought the brown jacket from dewalt in the winter time you could have used the jacket summer used the lights and then ordered a replacement usb block and had two and a jacket
Where can I get adapter when I try to get into site says it's not secure
Cool idea... question tho... why didnt you you just use pre-made led rope lights? We have them and are very bright
How long do batteries last running a led step
Which one did you end up liking more....clear or opaque tubing for light?
Light lasted 12hrs?
Can you reduce the voltage to increase battery life and trade off brightness? Also adds dimming settings? Or does the strand require the full 12v?
I don't honestly know, that is more experimenting that I'll save for another day. I actually bought some in-line dimmer switches that would replace that clicker switch. On full brightness it was fine, but when dimming and limiting the power reaching the light strip, it actually made the battery start to scream.
Are you up the gunflint trail I’m in grand Marais. Would like to meet up and have a chat about some other battery related off grid stuff if you’re around.
2 thumbs up !! TY !