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MEXICOWANDERER's avatar
Sep 24, 2017

Convert 120vac Drop Cord To 12 volt BATTERY LED Bulb

Some of the plastic (usually orange color) drop cords have nice long cords some of them 12 feet in length.

This link is to an eBay site that sells A26 LED light bulbs. A26 means screw threads just like old fashioned household light bulbs.

Both warm white and pure white bulbs are available.

Buy a couple of battery clips or cigarette lighter plug with pigtails and there you go.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ChiChinLighting-3-pack-12v-led-light-bulb-e27-light-bulb-led-bulbs-12v-Low-volt-/292267897415?epid=2123208256&hash=item440c863247:g:gg4AAOSwzSRZx3cq
  • Thanks...I've got a "duplex socket" wired with 12 volt (with a label that says 12 volt) Now with those lights I can run extension cord with light. When someone says I have a real quite generator or if asks if I have elec hook up. I can just smile and say YA, don't you?

    (I put in because I was having problems with power to awning, used it like jumper cables, bypassing elec command center or what ever you want call the thing where lots of switches are).

    Also I think at one time I did use a 12 volt light bulb that is used in RV ovens. Not sure many moons ago.
  • Hooking battery clips or a cigarette lighter plug into a duplex receptacle? Fascinating. People who are careless and not mark boxes (I write with marker right on the bulb 12) should not buy this product

    Or drive
    Or vote
    Or own a firearm
    Or be left alone after dark
    Or do much of anything except click-click-click-click a remote

    I guess I work slow :)

    Comes with age I guess.
  • There are many battery-powered led light options out there now and the batteries last so long that I rarely use my drop cords anymore, especially when working around the RV.
  • Poof goes the bulb when someone plugs it into 120VAC.

    LEDs with cigarette plugs and cigarette plug extension cords were my eBay choice.