[jimbo_jones]

I have some 12v led lights for sale all made by myself
they have been made with a alloy backing and have velcro straps eather end to atach to your tent poles all lights will have inline switchs and come with a cig plug on the end and a socket for you to mount where you please or it can come with a Merit plug and socket if you choose at no extra cost.
all light will have a 2m lead if you would like longer let me know.

Lights will be $70 posted to anywhere in Australia

I can also make 1/2 size ones for $50 posted

I have some pics of a proto type I made:







please note the ones sold will have a black lead not a clear one

[stockman]

jimbo_jones wrote:

I have some 12v led lights for sale all made by myself
they have been made with a alloy backing and have velcro straps eather end to atach to your tent poles all lights will have inline switchs and come with a cig plug on the end and a socket for you to mount where you please or it can come with a Merit plug and socket if you choose at no extra cost.
all light will have a 2m lead if you would like longer let me know.

Lights will be $80 posted to anywhere in Australia

I can also make 1/2 size ones for $60 posted

I have some pics of a proto type I made:







please note the ones sold will have a black lead not a clear one

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... ic&t=12499

[jimbo_jones]

I have spoke to royce and he has cleared it with me to sell some and see how they go

[stockman]

Good onya mate.
You should put up an action shot. If it's the same led's as I have there bloody bright and would make a great camp light.

[monley]

I'd be keen for one in a few weeks time

[weaves]

They look awesome Jimbo.

For a electrical retard like me, what type of time frame could i run this off my battery before killing it?

i won't understand technical jargon. Just something like 20 minutes is the answer I'm after

[whincup]

being LED, all night and still able to start the car tomorrow

[SSSIERA]

are these the same ones Atari decorated his madi grah float "the silver princess" with?

[jimbo_jones]

weaves wrote:

They look awesome Jimbo.

For a electrical retard like me, what type of time frame could i run this off my battery before killing it?

i won't understand technical jargon. Just something like 20 minutes is the answer I'm after

not a 100% sure but yeah a bloody long time they use fuck all power Working Current: ~0.5A/meter

[jimbo_jones]

SSSIERA wrote:

are these the same ones Atari decorated his madi grah float "the silver princess" with?

dont know new looked that close at atari's vitara

[orangeshannon]

if its simular to the one i got there very bright and make a great interior light

[royce]

jimbo_jones wrote:

I have spoke to royce and he has cleared it with me to sell some and see how they go

Weaves, at 0.5 amp per meter its pretty easy to work out

lets assume they are 1m long so 0.5 amp
next how long do we want to run before a recharge, lets say 5 hours
0.5 x 5 = 2.5, so this figure is our amp hours, almost like how many litres of water we might use from a tank

Now we might have 4 of them we want to run so we multiply that by 4 to get 10 amp hours

almost every battery will have an amp hour rating on it, lets say 50 amp hours so we can see we are sweet here

When working this stuff out I like to only use half the battery capacity so you have some room and arent running the battery dead and hurting it

Because of the small current draw little sealed batteries from jaycar are great for these because you can sit the battery on the ground under the light and not have to worry about leads running everywhere

[orangeshannon]

i'll take a pic of mine in my car at night to show you how bright they roughly are

[jimbo_jones]

Ill likght one up tonight and get a pic

[weaves]

royce wrote:

jimbo_jones wrote:

I have spoke to royce and he has cleared it with me to sell some and see how they go

Weaves, at 0.5 amp per meter its pretty easy to work out

lets assume they are 1m long so 0.5 amp
next how long do we want to run before a recharge, lets say 5 hours
0.5 x 5 = 2.5, so this figure is our amp hours, almost like how many litres of water we might use from a tank

Now we might have 4 of them we want to run so we multiply that by 4 to get 10 amp hours

almost every battery will have an amp hour rating on it, lets say 50 amp hours so we can see we are sweet here

When working this stuff out I like to only use half the battery capacity so you have some room and arent running the battery dead and hurting it

Because of the small current draw little sealed batteries from jaycar are great for these because you can sit the battery on the ground under the light and not have to worry about leads running everywhere

I have honestly always stayed well clear electrical (except car stereo's), after having an uneducated attempt at wiring when i was 17 and made my car like sheps orange one.

The way you have explained that makes perfect sense. Cheers Royce.

[jimbo_jones]

[atari4x4]

same stuff i've used for rock lights etc.... they are mega bright.

[jimbo_jones]

Price adjustment see top post ^^^

[trite]

atari4x4 wrote:

same stuff i've used for rock lights etc.... they are mega bright.

Same stuff i used aswell fo rock lights

[jimbo_jones]

Is anyone interested in one I've seen the same thing in camping shops (but not as long) for $100 I will even give 12 months warranty

[jimbo_jones]

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[atari4x4]

personally i think they're overpriced considering you can get 5m of the either SMD 3528 LED or the SMD 5050 LED strip for about $35.

[Bucket]

atari4x4 wrote:

personally i think they're overpriced considering you can get 5m of the either SMD 3528 LED or the SMD 5050 LED strip for about $35.

Except you can't just purchase the roll and plug it straight into your cig lighter and off ya go.

[atari4x4]

Bucket wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

personally i think they're overpriced considering you can get 5m of the either SMD 3528 LED or the SMD 5050 LED strip for about $35.

Except you can't just purchase the roll and plug it straight into your cig lighter and off ya go.

yes you can, hook it straight up to your battery.

but you can cut a $35 5m roll into 5 sections, which makes it $7 per metre... so you're trying to tell me there is $67 worth of wire, plug, alloy & postage.

[5ierra]

atari4x4 wrote:

Bucket wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

personally i think they're overpriced considering you can get 5m of the either SMD 3528 LED or the SMD 5050 LED strip for about $35.

Except you can't just purchase the roll and plug it straight into your cig lighter and off ya go.

but you can cut a $35 5m roll into 5 sections, which makes it $7 per metre... so you're trying to tell me there is $67 worth of wire, plug, alloy & postage.

No, but if you take into account that he's obviously trying to make some money out of this, so he needs to cover overheads like materials, labour, postage... Seems like a responsible price to me. $20 - $30 in materials, $10 postage & $30 for say an hours work. Seems fine.

[Bucket]

atari4x4 wrote:

Bucket wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

personally i think they're overpriced considering you can get 5m of the either SMD 3528 LED or the SMD 5050 LED strip for about $35.

Except you can't just purchase the roll and plug it straight into your cig lighter and off ya go.

but you can cut a $35 5m roll into 5 sections, which makes it $7 per metre... so you're trying to tell me there is $67 worth of wire, plug, alloy & postage.

You forgot labor time.

It's all about the easy-ness of plug and play.
Isn't mark up how companies make there $$$??


Goodluck with the sale Jimbo, they look the goods.

[atari4x4]

that's why i said "personally i think they're overpriced"

[5ierra]

atari4x4 wrote:

that's why i said "personally i think they're overpriced"

Fair enough, not everyone can solder etc though. Yes if you can do the work/are prepared to fuck around with it then it may be abit dear... Other than that its fair.

[jimbo_jones]

atari4x4 they take me about 45 min to make + all the other costs the merit plugs arnt cheap either the female and male plug cost like $18 alone

[SLYjoel]

Good on you for making these up.

I agree with Atari here. I bought 5m of the LED's for $23 and more than happy to try myself, but for those who don't want to make it themselves you have a perfect product.

Good luck with moving some