Old Lamp Converted to LED
A while ago I bought a couple rolls of LED strips for my car and couldn't think of what to do with the leftover until I finally decided to stop paying $5.00 at a time for bulbs in my lamp that burn out every 2 weeks.
Its a fairly even conversion, and it turned out pretty well.
Its a fairly even conversion, and it turned out pretty well.
Planning
You'll Need:
A Lamp
LED's
Wire
Soldering Iron
I already had some LED strips, but if you don't have any LED's you can get a 16' strip on amazon for very cheap.
Check out your lamp and decide how and where you want to run the wiring for your LED Strips. I decided to use the original wiring and just tie a DC 12v adapter into it. (The reason for the 12v DC is because the strip I bought was set up to run in my car on 12v. Most LED's Run on 1.5V - 3V)
A Lamp
LED's
Wire
Soldering Iron
I already had some LED strips, but if you don't have any LED's you can get a 16' strip on amazon for very cheap.
Check out your lamp and decide how and where you want to run the wiring for your LED Strips. I decided to use the original wiring and just tie a DC 12v adapter into it. (The reason for the 12v DC is because the strip I bought was set up to run in my car on 12v. Most LED's Run on 1.5V - 3V)
Mounting the LED's
Decide how you want to mount the LED's, I had a nice plate in my lamp that made it pretty easy to mount.
On the LED strip that i have you can cut it about every 1.5", make sure that you cut it where it is supposed to be cut otherwise you can't tie two strips together.
On the LED strip that i have you can cut it about every 1.5", make sure that you cut it where it is supposed to be cut otherwise you can't tie two strips together.
Try It Out
Now you can power it on and make sure all your LED's work. Mine turned out pretty bright for the number of LED's I used.