This is a DIY wiring/electrical question, but since it’s to enable me to put LEDs on my reloading presses, I’m posting it here, so as to ask those who know what I’m trying do to chime in, and maybe help out others also interested in doing this. Feel free to relocate if I’m out of order.
I have a left over 12VDC power supply (aka wall wart) that I kept for some reason when I threw the phone out. It will output 200mA and has a male connector on it. The OD of the connector is 5mm—ish near as I can tell--Probably 5.5mm. I want to make sure I get the right female connectors for it. Are these
connectors what I’m looking for? I figure I’ll need at three for now. But for the price, a 10 pack isn’t bad.
I came across some strips of
LEDs in the automotive section at Wal-mart (as per somebody’s advice here—thank you!) and I’m going to mount them on my RCBS pro2000 and maybe my 4X4 auto as well. They are designed so that they can be cut to allow as little as 3 LEDs in series to be used to provide light. The whole strip is too long to put on any of my presses, so I’ll be cutting them down anyways. They’re also adhesive backed, which is a plus. All I have to do is solder some leads on the LED strip—the manufacturer left areas to do just that at the places where they can be cut (you can see it in the item I linked to), hook up the connector and I should be in business.
So that’s my plan, any insight is appreciated,
Thanks!
Edit: As pointed out below. The LEDs linked to are red. Do not buy these!