Waste Batteries Night Light

by Mark Boulton in Living > Kids

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Waste Batteries Night Light

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My son wanted a night light and I had loads of used batteries just waiting to be recycled but I knew I could still squeeze some juice out of them so I build this with an old broken mini fan I also had lying around.

Materials:

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One broken mini fan (burned motor removed)

Three RGB Led's

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Open the mini fan case and remove the motor and fan blade.

Solder the three Led's in parallel (all + together and all - together)

When I soldered them I used the vent holes on the fan cover to match the led's

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Solder the old motor cables to the Led's (make sure to get the + and - cables right as Led's are polarity sensitive)

Rebuild cover and insert some used batteries in it.

Old used batteries always have some juice left in them and can last a few nights.