Automatic Lighting Box With a Timer on Battery
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Automatic Lighting Box With a Timer on Battery

I propose a simple lighting scheme of the kitchen drawer to turn off the timer. The backlight is switched on for 15 seconds. (that's enough for me)
You See a Box With Light and Without
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![Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.31_[2016.07.03_01.00.57].jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FPY/UZ5Y/IQ5F7V8I/FPYUZ5YIQ5F7V8I.jpg&filename=Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.31_[2016.07.03_01.00.57].jpg)
Hi
I propose a simple lighting scheme of the kitchen drawer to turn off the timer. The backlight is switched on for 15 seconds. (that's enough for me)
We Need:
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- Magnetic contact 3 pins
- Magnet D15H4
- Transistor IRF840 (It can be any n-MOS transistor)
- Resistor 500 Ohm
- Resistor 300 Ohm (you can not put)
- Resistor 20 Ohm (to reduce current LED strip - you can not put)
- The capacitor 16c 22mkf
- 25cm LED strip
- 8pcs AA batteries (rechargeable batteries can not be used - high self-discharge)
- 1 m double wire.
The Scheme Is Very Simple


How Does the Magnetic Contact
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As I approached a magnet contact switches
Solder the Resistor to the Transistor
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Solder the Remaining Parts of the Scheme

Solder the Wires to the LED Strip and Connect to the Timer

![Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_00.58_[2016.07.03_00.47.16].jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FHU/89TG/IQ5F7T8W/FHU89TGIQ5F7T8W.jpg&filename=Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_00.58_[2016.07.03_00.47.16].jpg)
Assemble Battery Pack
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Test Duration and Current
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Set in Place and Glue LED Strip
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![Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.04_[2016.07.03_00.56.27].jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FQ5/ZHU1/IQ5F7U2X/FQ5ZHU1IQ5F7U2X.jpg&filename=Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.04_[2016.07.03_00.56.27].jpg)
And Put a Magnet in Front of the Magnetic Contacts
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You Can See the Result.
![Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.28_[2016.07.03_01.00.46].jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F3Y/ALVY/IQ5F7UDQ/F3YALVYIQ5F7UDQ.jpg&filename=Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.28_[2016.07.03_01.00.46].jpg)
![Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.31_[2016.07.03_01.00.57].jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FNT/1TJD/IQ5F7UE6/FNT1TJDIQ5F7UE6.jpg&filename=Automatic lighting box with a timer on battery.mp4_snapshot_02.31_[2016.07.03_01.00.57].jpg)
With and without illumination.
More details you can see on the video.
Thank you for attention.