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Need some advice: DIY rechargable battery/LED lighting

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Arkitech

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I'm in the process of remodeling my home and I'm trying to find a way to build a rechargeable battery kit for a series of LED lights and lamps. Basically I want to install LED lights under a kitchen cabinet, but instead of using conventional batteries I'd like to be able to have rechargeable batteries with a plug. I'm also looking to do some similar lighting in my office as well.

Anyone tackled a project like this before?
 
Mtbr.com forums has a subforum on diy lights. It's geared towards lights for mountain biking so they are concerned with small size and light weight but I imagine a lot of the principles are the same.


I am curious why you'd want batteries at all though instead of just wiring it up to the house power.
 
Dirigible said:
I am curious why you'd want batteries at all though instead of just wiring it up to the house power.
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I'm kind of a light freak, I like putting ambient lights all over the house. So I'm just looking for a easier way of adding lighting without ripping up drywall every time I want to install something.

Some of the projects I plan on doing:

LED or fiber optics lights along the baseboards in family room, living room and hallway
LED spheres and squares on the bathroom countertops
LED lights underneath the kitchen cabinets
LED rope lights under the platform bed

Still trying to come up with something cool for my office
 
http://www.theledlight.com/

I'm sure you can find transformers for low voltage lighting (led or conventional) rather than use batteries. The transformers could be wired to plug in to outlets or be hard-wired to the house, so no cutting drywall if you don't want to. The above site is the first one I found; I'm sure there are others.
 
Do you have an over the range microwave? You could probably feed it from the same plug, and it should be at the proper height.
 
i ran 300' (2 x 150') of rope light underneath the lip of my back fence - looked great

also, a cool thing I did was to install a motion sensing light in our laundry room. since our hands are usually full when we enter, it was a pain to flip the switch each time. it only costs about $17 and took 15 mins to install
 
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