Thread: Help me build LED flood lights

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Hello,

I am currently running almost 15 flood lights at 75 watts each and would like to change them over to LED flood lights. I don't want to spend the $60 per LED bulb and was wondering are you able to make them yourself and how well do they work? 10 of these flood lights will be on all the time to light up my grave yard but about five of them will need to be able to pulse with the music that I play outside while hooked up to my lightening machine. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks Rick

Check out these guys, they are on the forum. Not cheap, but great stuff.

http://www.darklightsystem.com/

Ya pretty expensive.

Wouldn't work for your pulsing music, but for changing out the spots lighting your graveyard, you might consider going to a PAR38 CFL spots. Only use 23 watts, come in the basic colors, and you can get them for around $13 each. If nothing else, it would cut way back on your electrical useage.

I understand that Darklight is not cheap. But look at what it is:

Modular, so all you do is plug and use. This is great for modifying the work as you go.
Instead of having numerous power cords you run wires, which is cheaper and to me, easier. With one power pack you can run a ton of lights.

They also sell accessories. I bought two that make the lights flash on and off at irregular beats.

I really love the quality and the flexibility. To me, that more than makes up for the price.

I bought the X and Z models. I love them. I will buy them as I need them but I will convert over to them.

I'm not sure if these are bright enough for your needs, but rockymountainhaunters has a tutorial for small individual headstone sized lights that you hook up to your malibu lighting transformer. I used their plans and im going to do a lot more, they work fantastic, way cheap 2.00 each to build, and you could plug the transformer into your system. The only thing i did dfferent than them was to use an aluminum arrow shaft for the body of the light. They used copper pipe, but i wanted them to be really discrete. When they're on you can't even see where the light is coming from. I love them, check it out.

yes you could but, you would need an AC to DC converter for each bulb the 38 leds and resistors and a light bulb base, and the time to wire them and test them it could be done.

great lab , Led lights are the way to go I used mini spot light they have good prices

It will take some time to build them, I'm certainly no electrical wizard, but you only need to solder 5 connections , one takes me about 3 minutes. The bulbs are 2.00 per two, and the resistors are under 2 for a pack of 5. You can buy the cord that attatch to the malibu cord at home depot, they are 5.00 for two. Should have mentioned that I had an old set to cannibalize from. You may be able to find an old used set on craigslist for cheap? If you bought it all that's still under 4.00 per light. Good luck.

I posted some pics in an album on my profile if you want to see what they look like, tried to put them in my reply but it wanted a url, I think my computer is trying to kill me. Anyway a couple pics for you to consider?