Running Mini LED Lights: What is the Best Battery to Use?

LED lights draw very little power, so you have a lot of options when it comes to lighting them. If you only want to light a few, there are tiny batteries, such as coin cell. If you want to light a lot of LEDs, there are battery choices such as AA or 9 volt.

Another consideration is what types of LEDs you want to use. Mixing flashing or flickering lights will need more power than solid lights by themselves.

[lutsurugi]

they can light MULTIPLE LEDs at the same time!? you have absolute NO idea how much that video helped me right now!!!

[syxxpoppin]

Good video I love to see ladies messing around with electronics 🎉

[enginepy]

These videos are so helpful when planning the lights. Your site has so many options available that I get a little overwhelmed, so these are tremendously helpful

[ckbrickcollection]

Love it! I was looking into soldering and buying the components and doing it myself. But just stumbled onto this video! Your pricing and product is perfect for what I'm looking for. Thanks for having this on the market.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm so happy I finally stumbled across this video. I was trying to figure out how to take an existing led light and wire a switch into it. This helps me skip a few steps, plus the prices seem really decent.

[MichelleBrownAU]

Thanks for this overview! It is so confusing when getting started and your explanation was great!

[scenicswhilemoving]

Love the 9 volt options! How do i find that light in your website?

[Morgan-ylou]

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[na]

I have connected all LEDs in parallel and connected to one port of just plug in A/C and they all work fine. Do i rea)ly need to calculate out what resistor i may need?

[juniorkublax]

Do You Guys Have Any Good small LEDs for 1/28 RC Cars like the little ones and do you guys have one for the same size 1/28 but when you turn left it will blink for left and right brake lights and reverse plzzz let me kno

[lovelyyluciddreams]

Hi, I’m so glad I found this channel!! I was wondering. I purchased these pre wired lights on Amazon for a model I’m building…. They have resistors on them already but I am confused as to how many I can put on one battery pack now because it says they are “12v” surely that doesn’t mean I can only put one light on right? Does that just mean I can use up to a 12v power source?
Here’s the info on the listing:
Light Color: Warm White
Voltage: 12V
Current: 20mA
Resistance: 500Ω
Brightness: 12000-14000 mcd
Wave Length: 2800-3200K

I wish I would have found your site first! I’ll definitely be purchasing from you in the future!!

[CarlosGutierrez-oubb]

yo there, what gauge wire do you use, and what is best

[Bluespade]

I absolutely LOVE the first one, can it be made with 2 white/2 red?

[meefthepotatoe]

Can I run one single led using a tiny hearing aid battery? I want to use it on 1:64 scale hotwheels …..thank you 🙂

[gemm]

Sorry if the video already answered this question but I’m not experienced and I’m scared to mess up or set something on fire.


I have a red 5mm led that breaths/ fades in and out, the website I bought them from says they are 2.1v what power set up/ resistor do I need?

[jackobacko]

I’m new to this stuff but if your LEDs are 3v each how are you powering so many with the AA battery pack? AA batteries are 1.5v each. Wouldn’t this be insufficient voltage?

[benmack]

If you extend the wire that’s connected to the LED a few feet, will it dim the light at all

[na]

What are the advantages of using cell vs A/C.

[flightofapaullo]

What kind of on/ off switches you using?
Like to order some.
Great video btw.

[wamsly]

I'm confused how is 3V powering white leds? I thought the forward voltage for white was higher than 3V. Is there something I'm missing?