Need suggestions - DIY led moonlights

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SCGeordie

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So, I have an idea for led moonlights using blue led license plate 'bulbs' (see pic) but my brain has just stopped working. I need ideas/suggestions for some sort of holder - needs to be something cheap, need to be able to cut to various lengths to accomodate different numbers of bulbs, needs to sit on a flat surface without rolling around and would preferably look 'clean and tidy' (no cut up tin cans please).
The bulbs worked out at $1.40 each (including shipping) so if I can get the holder sorted without spending too much it should make for a very affordable set of moonlights.

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You can buy a very good expandable moon light set from Tru-Lumen for about 40 bucks for two sets of (3) lights and a transformer. You can get a splitter (mine was free) and add 7 more sets if you have a 12 foot tank!
 
Yeah, but I'm thinking along the lines of 1/4 the price using these license plate bulbs, and I like building stuff myself every now and then, keeps the brain working (sometimes).
 
SCGeordie;4840051;4840051 said:
Yeah, but most pics I've seen of those being used, the results are not that good.
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If you want cheap then think PVC Pipe, solder and iron, and a twelve volt power source. But I would recommend lots of silicone just in case any water would try to get on the contacts. Silicone is great for many applications. And if you want to get a little more fancy paint the PVC piping with chrome or a reflective paint and just adhere some suction cups to the pipe and place them on the back of your tank. I'd put a bar high pointed down and in towards the front bottom of the tank. Hope this helps or gives you more ideas.
 
Cheap you say?

Scrap lumber from home depot @ 51 cents each. Hot glue gun. Power source stripped from an old cordless phone, router, other random device. And some heat shrink to tidy it up a bit.
 
Actually, what I would do is go by your local autoparts store. Ask for a 'Dome Light' for any late 90s or up GM or Ford vehicle. The typr bulb you show in that picture looks as though it would fit that type socket.
 
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