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I'm looking for some small LEDs that run on AAA, or AA batteries that I can tape/clip onto the tips of my fishing poles. They don't need to be bright just probably slightly brighter than christmas lights. Any suggestions or ideas?
 





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I gave the why. I want to clip them to the tips of my fishing poles. I fish at night for catfish , and I need to be able to see when the fish are biting. I usually use glow sticks, but I want something that lasts longer. should be cheaper and easier in the long run.
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yes, but i'd rather have the LED run off a common battery (AA, AAA) and probly be a little brighter than that one. Also I have bells so I don't need those.
 
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Why don't you just make it your self if you're that fussy?

Get a LED and resistor from radioshack and ducktape it to your fishing rod... done!
 
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ha I'm not great with soldering and electronics and I learn by seeing. might give it a shot though. Is it really that simple?
 
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Yup, solder one end of the resistor to the + of the LED, then solder a wire from the - of the LED, and also a wire from the other end of the resistor. Connect the 2 wires up to a battery pack, add a switch, and hey presto! Your done
 
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There are some variations that are a bit more efficient, but this is as basic as it gets.


More efficient circuit.
 
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LED Throwies

parts list: tape, cr2032 3V cells, cheap-o 5mm LEDs

The important part is the 3V cr2032. These cells can be found inside of every PC, and also can be found relatively cheap in bulk, i.e. a couple of bucks for 5 pack.

Anything more complex and you could probably just find a premade product that would work better. I like those fingerlights someone above linked to :san:
 
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BShanahan14rulz said:
The important part is the 3V cr2032. These cells can be found inside of every PC, and also can be found relatively cheap in bulk, i.e. a couple of bucks for 5 pack.
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Nice. I can just imagine people taking apart all their PCs just for the CMOS batteries.

A better solution is to just buy some LED glowsticks and a bunch of AG13 batteries. They last 8hrs each anyway, the batteries are cheap and easy to replace, and they're lightweight.

You can get them on eBay, or in a larger order from somewhere like Extremeglow.
 
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I like this motherboard, but I need this battery....

;-) I dunno why I said that they're inside of PCs, perhaps just to convey my thinking that if they are this common, then they gotta be cheap. I work with computers every day and have a handful of these from old computers, but yeah, I wouldn't recommend taking one out of your computer that you use.

I've seen a 100 pack of LR44 for like, $2 lol. Main problem is that you would need a few of them in series to light most InGaN LEDs, but then again, that is what the tape's for ;-)
 
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BShanahan14rulz said:
;-) I dunno why I said that they're inside of PCs, perhaps just to convey my thinking that if they are this common, then they gotta be cheap. I work with computers every day and have a handful of these from old computers, but yeah, I wouldn't recommend taking one out of your computer that you use.
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Yeah, it's like taking apart watches for the batteries. Sure, watches are common, but I doubt that you'd want to use watches as a source of the batteries.

You can buy "prebuilt" throwies at that extreme glow as those Flatlights. Somewhat expensive at $0.84 each, but they they can blink and have different colors too. They use those CR2016s too. They're cool enough that I'll save them after they run out of juice and take them apart.
 
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when i was in middle school we used to take get a box of cheap button batteries from wally world, some tiny magnets for DIY fridge magnets at hobby store and some LEDS from radio shack .

then we'd stick the LED leads against opposite sides of the battery, and it would turn on of course. after than it was just taping it all together with electrical tape (actually scotch tape most of the time, or whatever we could scrounge. eve chewing gum works) along with a magnet. AA's might work - the point of these is they are cheap enough to not worry about loosing them.

these we would stick on crap with our slingshots, but i think you could use a bit of tape instead of a magnet and put them on your fishing rods.


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yeah like that.
*facepalm*
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also, phosphorescent paint could work.
 
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