Powering Rope Light With Batteries?

[jstea...@gmail.com]

So I've got two 20 ft lengths of rope light:

Specs: AC 120V, 60Hz, 0.5A

And I'd like to use one or both via battery power. Can anyone offer any
help on how I'd go about doing this?

Thanks,
Justin

[to...@fullnet.com]

You didn't say what battery voltage you have available. But they sell
small standalone "Power Inverter" DC-to-AC converter units, for doing
just that type of thing, typically from a 12V car battery.

For up to 100 Watts or so, they are pretty cheap. They are a very
common consumer-level item. Check some retailers (e.g. RadioShack, or
maybe even WalMart), or eBay.com.

Or did you mean that you want to design and/or build your own DC-to-AC
converter?

- Tom Gootee

http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg

[Eeyore]

jstea...@gmail.com wrote:

From what kind of battery - esp what voltage.

Graham

[j.r...@gmail.com]

Well, I was hoping to use anywhere from AA's to D's if possible, and
work a switch in there as well. Radioshack sells boxes that can hold
the batteries and contain a switch, I'm just not sure if this would
even be feasible. Is it?

On Nov 18, 2:27 pm, t...@fullnet.com wrote:

> jstealt...@gmail.com wrote:
> > So I've got two 20 ft lengths of rope light:
>
> > Specs: AC 120V, 60Hz, 0.5A
>
> > And I'd like to use one or both via battery power. Can anyone offer any
> > help on how I'd go about doing this?
>
> > Thanks,

> > JustinYou didn't say what battery voltage you have available. But they sell

[Eeyore]

j.r...@gmail.com wrote:

> Well, I was hoping to use anywhere from AA's to D's if possible, and
> work a switch in there as well. Radioshack sells boxes that can hold
> the batteries and contain a switch, I'm just not sure if this would
> even be feasible. Is it?

Not even remotely sensible.

That rope light takes 60 watts. That's a fairly high power drain. A couple of D
cells won't do it !

You *could* try about 90 NiMH rechargeable cells in series. Are you up for that ?

Graham

[Homer J Simpson]

<j.r...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163880802....@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> Well, I was hoping to use anywhere from AA's to D's if possible, and
> work a switch in there as well. Radioshack sells boxes that can hold
> the batteries and contain a switch, I'm just not sure if this would
> even be feasible. Is it?

You'd need a couple of thousand D cells. Why do you want to do this?

[j.r...@gmail.com]

Haha I'll take that as a no. I was planning on hanging some rope light
from the ceiling to avoid draping any kind of wiring on the walls, but
apparently that's the logical thing to do.

Thanks anyway.

On Nov 18, 3:22 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> j.ru...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Well, I was hoping to use anywhere from AA's to D's if possible, and
> > work a switch in there as well. Radioshack sells boxes that can hold
> > the batteries and contain a switch, I'm just not sure if this would

> > even be feasible. Is it?Not even remotely sensible.

[Michael Black]

And how is this different from the recent thread where someone wanted
to decorate his daughter, and wanted to know how to supply the needed
AC voltage for the Christmas lights?

MIchael