Add Automatic LED Lights To Desk Drawers

4 responses to “Add Automatic LED Lights To Desk Drawers”

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   davethetech

   January 14, 2013

   Great idea. Slightly over-engineered. (Actually. VERY over engineered). Technically if you do this right you don’t need anything beyond LEDs, a switch and a 9V battery (And any boxes/ties/tapes/whatever to tidy it up)

   But then, there is nothing wrong with learning electronics through a simple project like this. So go for it.

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   kevlam3

   January 14, 2013

   man, this is just exactly what i wanted to do except permanently wire it to a 12V power plug.

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   bumblebee_tuna

   January 15, 2013

   Pretty much what I am going to build into my hallway cupboard, have the LED strips on every shelf, connected to a reed switch on the doors. As I have a power outlet in the cupboard area already, I’ll hopefully be able to just power them all from a single plug. Good project.

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   bumblebee_tuna

   January 15, 2013

   Also, it would be better if the strips encompassed the entire inside on the shelf, but that would add more cost and power to it. I guess mounting the lights to the top the shelf in the middle would also help illuminate more evenly.

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