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Old 06-09-2022, 10:28 AM   #11
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Good idea! I think I even have some LED tape in the garage, though not sure what voltage they run at, and since they have a coating on them, I might need to get some connectors.

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Good idea! I think I even have some LED tape in the garage, though not sure what voltage they run at, and since they have a coating on them, I might need to get some connectors.

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Let me know what you need. I have a ton of that stuff. I can mail it to you.

I think that the LED strips that I get work on 5V-36V. I use them all over the place. Under counters, inside cabinets etc. They work great for your porch light. Just stick them under your awning cover and cover them with clear packing tape (you can't even see the tape). Because they are under the awning cover, they are protected from the Sun and the tape will never yellow (well...... never is a long time ) Wire it into your porch light switch.

These LEDs claim to draw 20W for a 65' string. Supposedly, they draw about .3W per foot. If you use 3' of LEDs in your lamp that would draw about 1 watt per hour.
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Thanks, Wayne, I appreciate that! The stuff I have is left over from a kit that had a small solar panel and light sensor attached to the lights, and I think I have 16-feet left on that roll. By your measure that would be good enough for 5 lights, which I think I have, so now I'm definitely curious to investigate it. I think they're cool white though (4000K), so if that's the case, I probably will want something warmer.

Three feet of LED at 0.3W per foot = 1 watt total, or 0.08 amps at 12v? That doesn't seem right. Could it be 3W per foot, so roughly 10 watts in total (0.8 amps)? Those retrofit bulbs I linked to earlier are 4 watts each, so 2 of them per fixture would be 8 watts in total.

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Thanks, Wayne, I appreciate that! The stuff I have is left over from a kit that had a small solar panel and light sensor attached to the lights, and I think I have 16-feet left on that roll. By your measure that would be good enough for 5 lights, which I think I have, so now I'm definitely curious to investigate it. I think they're cool white though (4000K), so if that's the case, I probably will want something warmer.

Three feet of LED at 0.3W per foot = 1 watt total, or 0.08 amps at 12v? That doesn't seem right. Could it be 3W per foot, so roughly 10 watts in total (0.8 amps)? Those retrofit bulbs I linked to earlier are 4 watts each, so 2 of them per fixture would be 8 watts in total.

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That's why I said "Supposedly".....
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