Using Car Battery To Power Christmas Lights

When you turn the car on the led lights should turn on as well.

Using car battery to power christmas lights.

An old car battery is a perfect solution to power 12 volt led lights as it produces 12 volts. This page was the original hook up on the web for battery christmas lights. That s no good for car use because your vehicle can typically only power 12v dc direct current. The inverter allows you to use normal christmas lights by changing the dc current to a useable ac.

Over the holidays i was looking at some led christmas lights and noticed how little power they draw. Plug christmas lights into an ac to dc inverter. Unscrew the positive terminal on the car battery and attach the positive side of the led light wire. Attach the negative side of the led light to the negative side and then bring the negative battery wire back to its original position.

Product title star string lights christmas lights battery powered. 99 13 99 13. Even if your car battery won t start your car give it a charge for about 12 hours and it will power your leds for days if not weeks. This is like using an outlet when there is not an outlet available.

They do a very good job of illuminated a large area. Way back in the 1990s this page showed readers how to re wire christmas lights to run off batteries since battery powered xmas lights were extremely rare the article also turned readers on to led xmas lights which were new and extremely rare at the time. You simply plug your christmas lights into the inverter which is then powered by a 12 volt battery. 0 out of 5 stars based on 0 reviews current price 11 99 11.

This will reconnect your car battery as well as connect your christmas lights. Brizlabs christmas lights white wire 2 pack 17 94ft 50 led battery christmas lights soft white christmas light indoor outdoor 8 modes mini decorative lights for xmas tree wreath room wedding 4 5 out of 5 stars 288. Using the wire strippers take off the plastic or rubber covering at the end of the wires so you can easily attach the wires to the battery. Because they draw such a low amount of power and throw off a lot of.

So i bought a 40 led rope lights white and i believe the power draw is like 14 watts. Tighten the screw after making sure both the car wire and the light wire are attached well.