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Not sure if anyone has already posted this or seen this, but if you are thinking of doing LED lighting, this is an incredibly easy how to!



The cost of each pin spot works out to a little under $1. I ordered the LEDs from the supplier that the tutorial mentions, and found some 12v adapters at good will for a couple of bucks each. Just finished testing my first five, with a 12v 100ma adapter and they work great!

Awesome, thanks for posting! Do you think the 5mm produce enough light for a graveyard scene? I'm trying to decide between 5mm or 10mm superbrights over my old flood lights.

I'm using 5mm Ultra Bright and they do throw off a lot of light, but I have not tested them in the dark yet. I have seen an adapter at Goodwill which was 12v 1500ma which if my math is right would allow 75 LEDs to be run off. BTW, The ones I bought from Niktronix were 48c each.

Great job HS! I'll be buying my LEDs from niktronix like you this year!

I just bought my LEDS and I can't wait to make these! I love the pre-wired LEDS and I've used those garden steaks before but I never thought of using them in this way! I just have one question. I was thinking of using a speaker terminal to distribute poser from an adapter to the LEDS (like by using a couple of these: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/produc...-INPUT-/50-020) Do you think this would work or is that a bad idea? Also, if this would work, has anyone seen a speaker terminal that has multiple terminals on them? Like 8 or so? Thanks so much!

I got my LEDS and made a spotlight - they're actually pretty bright - 1 will illuminate a tombstone. I'm gonna post a tutorial sometime next week because I have an easy way to supply power to them. BTW, the pre-wired LEDS are SOOOOOOO worth it for the price! Thanks for this tutorial Human Secret!!

Good info... You are funny... loved the sub-titles

Great Tutorial!! A couple questions. 1). I run a yard haunt so I would use these outside. Any ideas on how to mount them in the ground? 2). At the end when you are highlighting the skull, how many LED's are you using? Were you just using 1 or was it all 15 that you bundled together? Just trying to get an idea of how many I would have to make to lets say highlight a prop or scene outside. Thanks!!

Originally Posted by Kenpilot

Great Tutorial!! A couple questions. 1). I run a yard haunt so I would use these outside. Any ideas on how to mount them in the ground? 2). At the end when you are highlighting the skull, how many LED's are you using? Were you just using 1 or was it all 15 that you bundled together? Just trying to get an idea of how many I would have to make to lets say highlight a prop or scene outside. Thanks!!

Unfortunately, I did not make the video or the tutorial, so not able to answer your questions

However I am hoping to use these lights outside also, probably with either longer lengths of the wire used in the tut, or lengths of heavier gauge wire

Originally Posted by Herman Secret

Unfortunately, I did not make the video or the tutorial, so not able to answer your questions

However I am hoping to use these lights outside also, probably with either longer lengths of the wire used in the tut, or lengths of heavier gauge wire

Ahhh ok, thanks. Guess I'll try writing to the website in the video. Let ya know what I come up with.