Storage compartment lights
I found some 12V LED light strips that I want to replace my front storage compartment lights with. I plan on wiring them to a switch for on/off, but is there anything that I need to be concerned wi...
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DrewE wrote:chartle wrote:
My plan is to avoid tapping into the 12v and use 5v strips with small phone chargers. Though I might in the one where the radio is since I have 12 volts already there.
How do you plan on powering your 5V phone chargers? Or do you mean those external battery pack thingies that need recharging from time to time?
If you don't want to run new wires, there are any number of battery powered stick-on LED lamps available from all sorts of places. For instance, American Science and Surplus sells these and these others, Ikea has these and the others, and so on.
Yes ones that need to be recharged. I have parts coming to run a 6 foot 5v light strip in my pass through storage. It will be tucked up and under the front bed so difficult to get to to turn on a switch. The strip had a cord and a switch. I've tested even the small ones and they last for a few hours.
My main problem is finding ones that stay on. The lights pull so few amps that the pack thinks the phone stopped taking a charge.
