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Well had a bunch of white LEDs sitting around, and you know me. Can't just leave them sitting in a bag.

So here is my latest little project.

It's my patio table umbrella, I wired up 4 LEDs per strand (8 strands total). Right now I'm running them off a battery charger, but I'm hoping I can run them off of 8 D size batteries. But figures, all my D batteries were dead, so can't test that yet.

I did learn something with this, white LEDs require about 3 volts each to turn on! Most of the other colors only require 2 or less! Originally I wanted like 8 LEDs per strand.

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looks cool... i need to stop by your house so you can teach me how to do stuff with LEDs. (of course, i could always figure it out myself! :P)

oh lordy!! You might as well come out with an LED condom :) ......it looks, it looks like, well, like an umberlla with lots of lights lol. Good job. Very creative :P

Darthness wrote:looks cool... i need to stop by your house so you can teach me how to do stuff with LEDs. (of course, i could always figure it out myself! :P)

best way to figure out your LED circuits

http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

I actually saw something similar to this for sale on the net, but the company that makes it, only has amber LEDs. I dont like amber, so that is what made me want to do it myself.

I think it will be relaxing this summer sitting out there, with the waterfall going in the background.

looking forward to BBQs now

Cool, I bet that looks great in person when its dark out.

How bright is that? And were is a good place to buy LEDs?
I think I might try some around the edge of my pool.

Definately creative. Maybe it'll strike a chord with the ladies

Oznium.com for LEDs