DIY: Illuminated House Number Powered By Solar Panels

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7 жыл бұрын

In this video I made illuminated house number powered by solar panels. Used solar garden lights and 8mm acrylic plate.
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@gregorythomas333 6 жыл бұрын

You could enhance the light output of the LEDs with this addition: Place polished metal around the 3 (three) sides to reflect the light inward.

@wi_zeus6798 7 жыл бұрын

One possible way to improve this project quite a bit would be to add any kind of reflective material to all of the edges (or just the bottom and top edges). You could also use mirrors with the right size. This keeps more light inside the acrylic and improves the lighting of the numbers. You could also swap out the AAA battery for a much higher capacity AA 1.2 V rechargeable cell for longer on-time. Very nice video, I would like to hear from you what you think about my ideas and maybe see an upgrade video if you want! Keep up the good work. :)

@leonardvolvo66 7 жыл бұрын

Manuauto

@cryingwater 7 жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing

@SGantzer 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@linearburn8838 7 жыл бұрын

I would put multi batterys in a sled in parell to add capasity especialy with all them cells

@johnnywright1592 5 ай бұрын

You take 6 put and put 1 back in, but still use 6 leds more batteries brighter it will be

@bennylloyd-willner9667 7 жыл бұрын

I just watched another DIY video and would like to add a very important bit I just realized. You don´t use background music - THANK YOU SOO MUCH!

@1_HighDuke 6 жыл бұрын

I think a bit of background music is nice is DIY videos.

@gracechi4469 5 жыл бұрын

When talking. No need music.

@rednecksareeveryware 4 жыл бұрын

It's nice without background music. I can't stand KZfaq videos with background music. If I want to be listening to music I wouldn't be watching a how to video.

@pirateman1966 6 жыл бұрын

That solar panel looks like it would be strong enough to run the whole house for years to come!

@AJlion 6 жыл бұрын

This is how you make yourself look rich I like it

@nicksnicknet 7 жыл бұрын

Really liking your builds. They are all super simple and effective.

@AuShawster 4 жыл бұрын

Very good workmanship!

@bennylloyd-willner9667 7 жыл бұрын

Great video again, you have a perfect balance of talking about, and showing what you do. Some people talks to much or to less and some are trying too hard to make jokes but you keep it going at perfect pace and with positive attitude and are easy to understand. Also the sped up videoclips are just right. I'm rambling about your performance because I work partly with IT education and I am nerdly interested in presentation as much as the projects, Good on you mate!

@rmhutchins7 6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!

@MattleyIt 7 жыл бұрын

simple but great effect!! Great project!

@TheKfcBandit 6 жыл бұрын

I think you meant to say simple

@GateKommand 7 жыл бұрын

Very good - thanks for the video.

@rtmcify483 7 жыл бұрын

Form TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 🇹🇹 I LOVE YOUR VIDEO

@MineOfTheLegends 7 жыл бұрын

too cool Mr. Thank You

@gck86 7 жыл бұрын

I like and added this as my favorite .

@scottsmith2971 6 жыл бұрын

Very well done!

@cocorocko 7 жыл бұрын

great video and project!

@henrymonroy9533 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, excellent project

@Pacwind31 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! Love it!

@tayred81 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, really professional 👍🏻

@Themoigt 6 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome

@mahmoudkhalaf1445 6 жыл бұрын

wonderful work clever idea thanks 4 U

@hasmetozavci4179 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing....

@t.s.127 7 жыл бұрын

super, cool idea and very nice job 👍

@kaycox5555 6 жыл бұрын

Just great!

@CrazyCoupleDIY 6 жыл бұрын

Good work mate, very good work. I am going to make one

@johnnywright1592 5 ай бұрын

Make it brighter by adding extra batteries but this is an amazing idea

@Leandro_F_R 6 жыл бұрын

Nice project

@hawyercruz3618 7 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@BUZDRIFT 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome DIY... Subbed :)

@rithyplpl5031 7 жыл бұрын

If u drill the number more deep it will more bright

@elianleon7062 6 жыл бұрын

that is so nice 👍🏼

@JCesarMX 6 жыл бұрын

cool!!!! nice job

@darkbreed 6 жыл бұрын

If you add some reflective ducktape at the bottom of the acrylic glas you can nearly double the brightness and there is no light at the ground under the number.

@Bum5GHTKrew 5 жыл бұрын

the reflective part isn't on the sticky side though

@SuperXrunner 6 жыл бұрын

Really clever😁

@dkruitz 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! If you embed the LEDs in clear epoxy, I believe it will help to transmit more light into the sign.

@PAIDinBLOOD118 6 жыл бұрын

I'm making this. Going to use frost spray instead of etching and see how that works. It seems like less hassle for what I assume will be similar enough result.

@thecrism1 6 жыл бұрын

nice job it looks good! 😉except it will need more than one battery

@Bobster986 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice job, especially with the LED wiring, but you might need a stronger power supply.

@charleshoward9983 7 жыл бұрын

very good .Not much time or money . Thanks for the information.

@REYLEON-yq3vn 5 жыл бұрын

just a question, what gauge of wire are you using and type of soldering wirer , please let me know thank you

@muhammadismail3098 6 жыл бұрын

very good video

@dataphool 6 жыл бұрын

Could you remove the strip of light around the edges, by applying mirror tape to reflect the light escaping from the sign back into the sign. Real Nice Effect.

@SGantzer 7 жыл бұрын

How does the acrylic stand up to typical weather (rain, sun, wind)? Does anyone know? I'd love to do this with our street number but I've never worked with acrylic sheets and I want to be sure it will survive longer than a year. :)

@serkandemirhanofficial 7 жыл бұрын

heeeyyy thats my house number.... I've never seen you around here :D

@MasterMindmars 6 жыл бұрын

Very good

@mr.liquor4302 6 жыл бұрын

can you please tell me which software do you use to make your videos?

@androansyah5633 6 жыл бұрын

nice video

@meso06 7 жыл бұрын

Shouts out to everyone who has a lazer cutter/engraver just laying around. I really want to do it but the engraving is long i have a plunge router but i dont think it will come out as nice.

@kgerakopoulos 6 жыл бұрын

Great job but in a heavy rain, I do not know maybe you will have problems with the panels

@mati211p 4 жыл бұрын

Standard YX8018 and 220 uH inductor gives about 18mA of current no matter what (that will be also 18mA for all 6 diodes). Just do 2 (39mA) or 3 (60mA) of inductors (220 uH) in parallel and you will get more light, but the time of working will decrease 2 or 3 times then. You can also use 0,5 or 1W solar panel - 5,5V for one eneloop AAA and it will work fine (more current with lower voltage - about 80mA in full sun). I tested it. Thoose lights are working with 60mA of current for 10 hours (eneloop is 800mAh), so it will be ok for 13 hours.

@Electrologia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. This is actually what I was searching for. Can YX8018 handle 5.5V solar panel?

@mati211p 2 жыл бұрын

@@Electrologia I am using YX8018 with 5,5V solar panel 60 mA, 750 mAh battery (1,2V) for about 5 years. Still working. I am thinking that maybe YX8018 is not able to take 5,5V in - ok can work day or 2 if battery contact fail, but battery resistance decrease the voltage during charge from 5,5V solar to Ni-MH battery current voltage (during charge changing) + diode decrese voltage (so about 1,8V during almost full charge). I noticed YX8018 is able to break - solar panel input pin failure resulting no light up LED. It took place in 2V solar panels and 5,5V solar panels. I am using QX5252F because of a lot lower number of failures, good work with 5,5 V solar panels ( up to 1W or 220 mA), but also with high current output - from 1 mA to 250 mA (average). More eficcient is using 2,4-2,7V solar panels because in same area you can get higher current. Also MPP is closer to working point. But 5,5V solar panels can do great work during cloudy days too.

@Electrologia 2 жыл бұрын

@@mati211p Thank you very much for explanation. May I ask for the second solution for my problem? I have some LEDs in series connection. and I do not know which Amp should be okay for them. If 1 LED needs 20mA then how should I calculate for 2 or more LEDs?

@mati211p 2 жыл бұрын

@@Electrologia Depending on connection. In series connection current is same for all LEDs and flow trough all LEDS, only voltage increases. In solar lights (1,2V or 3,6-3,7V applications) LEDs are in parallel connection, so double/tripple current but same voltage. In parallel connection you increasing current, in series - not because it will result damaging LEDs. If you connect in parallel connection two or more LEDs with different characteristic, you can also get damage of LEDs. Solar ICs like YX8018 will not work if you connect 2 LEDs in series as output.

@Electrologia 2 жыл бұрын

@@mati211p thank you for your help. everything is clear now :) Gonna try to make a small project. have a nice weekend.

@mike_x48954 7 жыл бұрын

Instead of using six solar garden lights you could use a string of solar fairy lights.

@cryingwater 7 жыл бұрын

Imagine the efficiency if he put mirrors instead of letting the light leak at the bottom

@onetargetru 7 жыл бұрын

Day mode?

@vikaspramanick528 7 жыл бұрын

Vary good

@ParishRaut 6 жыл бұрын

Bring more solar panel based projects

@ciprianusurelu5519 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, Nice video, but please tell me if I want to put a SMD LED (for stronger light) instead of the simple LED you have used, what changes should I make to the circuit. I mean will the QX5252 chip work with one (or several in paralel) 5730 SMD led powered by a 3.7v 4000mAh 18650 Li-Ion battery? (with more solar cells to recharge) I am waiting for your answer. Thanks

@Electrologia 2 жыл бұрын

Let me know if you have got answer. interesting for me also

@MohdRadhwan 7 жыл бұрын

One problem, if your house have white wall, the number is hard to see during daylight and can really become troublesome for delivery guy.

@VuLe-vb3vk 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. But I dont have YX8018.

@BobSteege 6 жыл бұрын

Also use clear fingernail polish inside the drilled hole to help get more light "into" the plexiglass (to cut down on diffusion before you want it)

@petardoberbenero 6 жыл бұрын

Andddd, nobody said though, LEDs are NOT devices to be connected in parallel. They MUST be current controlled, hence they need to be connected in series setup. If you connect several leds in parallel, the one with lower forward voltage will get most of the current, that leads to overheat that leads to lower drop voltage that leads to more current... towards destruction, led by led...

@The0507221 5 жыл бұрын

LEDs may be controlled by a constant voltage source or a constant current source. As for series connected, you must know that if you lose one, you lose them all.

@Gintceee 7 жыл бұрын

Viskas paprasta ir aišku, o lazerinis CNC- iš vis gėris! :) Klausimas: kokios galios pats lazeriukas?

@Reprogram4595 7 жыл бұрын

This is great! What if we use a Joule Thief here ?

@diablo09090909 7 жыл бұрын

For driving these little LEDs, I think it would be more of an overkill to use any kind of voltage amplification.

@sheet-son 7 жыл бұрын

Could also use a chemical etching to do the numbers on glass

@STACHUrka 6 жыл бұрын

Bottom add mirror, Then make more light on sign. And need laser cut deper sign, wel be better visible.

@sidsexist1003 4 жыл бұрын

Count dracula makes house sign

@frankcabello9897 6 жыл бұрын

chingon

@nightmareinaction629 6 жыл бұрын

a way to improve is to use higher brighness led and uss different solar panel

@MOHAMEDALJAWAHAR 6 жыл бұрын

hi what is the printer name n model... tq

@benji376 6 жыл бұрын

You should have put some aluminium foil or reflective tape on the sides for more brightness.

@darren0405 6 жыл бұрын

Would this set up work powering 5m of LED strip?

@andrewk8636 6 жыл бұрын

darren shelly you'd need a lot more solar panels

@darren0405 6 жыл бұрын

andrew kb hi any idea how many cant find any info anywhere?

@JimmyJimmy-zg3hn 6 жыл бұрын

Paint the bottom of that plate and thats will give you much more visibility to your number....;-)

@michaelparker2449 6 жыл бұрын

You should have waterproofed the one with the battery and circuitry with something like nail varnish.

@shawngabriel7397 10 ай бұрын

My solar light isn’t a aaa battery. It is some special 2.1vdc odd ball rechargeable battery in socket.

@kestasn 7 жыл бұрын

Linkėjimai ;)

@wi_zeus6798 7 жыл бұрын

kestasn Are you from Latvia or Lithuania?

@kestasn 7 жыл бұрын

I am from Lithuania

@wi_zeus6798 7 жыл бұрын

kestasn I knew that I've seen this coat of arms before... I'm from Estonia / Germany and speak both languages and visit Estonia quite often since I live in Germany.

@kestasn 7 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Baltic Brother :)

@wi_zeus6798 7 жыл бұрын

kestasn We might be few, but we will hold together and if necessary fight together to defend our freedom! :D

@Mucho-Taco 6 жыл бұрын

if paint thebottom with mirror paint the light reflects better

@NeamulKhan2022 3 жыл бұрын

Can u make one solar number plate for me?

@user-wx6gz1jp4y 6 жыл бұрын

Торцы заклеить полированной алюминиевой фольгой - цифры станут гораздо ярче.

@romanamerlene8554 3 жыл бұрын

I did something similar with Avasva solutions.

@gempilugalagil1722 6 жыл бұрын

the number need more bright, how if more deep on scratch it

@sasnetro 6 жыл бұрын

the plexi glass and strip led band is more simple and better...

@marouaneladjel1907 6 жыл бұрын

nice job but lumière un peut faible

@atzefatze 6 жыл бұрын

4:24 i shut that DIY vid.... Ofc everyone has this laser thingi....

@ohno783 6 жыл бұрын

Atze Fatze same here 😂😂

@Hellsong89 6 жыл бұрын

You can do this with simple rotary tool or sand paper and cardboard form. Use your head and utilize tools you have to achieve same result. If people would have laser engravers, then they would bitch how they dont have file to do the numbers... yes humans are fucking idiots i know..

@antonshkabara3090 5 жыл бұрын

With plans from Avasva you can make it really easy.

@tedleer9296 6 жыл бұрын

Just use a u profile and put a led stip in is more simple and works better

@TaiViinikka 6 жыл бұрын

LED strip would have required more voltage; I think he wanted the whole thing to run from 1.2 V.

@frostbite1991 6 жыл бұрын

1.2v per LED, and there are 6 of them so he really was using 7.2v. In reality white LED's need about 3 volts to achieve optimal brightness. a 5v led strip would have been more effective in this situation, along with a standalone solar panel and 4 rechargeable AA batteries.

@gnuthad 6 жыл бұрын

Zac, If you actually watched the video, the panels and the LEDs were both connected in parallel. This increases the current (source/draw) without changing the voltage. The YX8018 chip in the controller is a voltage boost chip so that it produces roughly 3V from the battery 1.25V.

@HennessyLane1 6 жыл бұрын

I know led don't use that much power but 5-6 LEDs only one battery! how is that???

@alexandert5960 6 жыл бұрын

HennessyLane1 there are different ways of connceting them so they draw different voltages and they only use a tiny amount of current

@HennessyLane1 6 жыл бұрын

alexander troyak thanks I'll look into it a little more

@johnhoyle6390 3 жыл бұрын

DIY Illuminate House Numbers Solar LED

@gabrielgalaxygh 6 жыл бұрын

Can i borriw someone's lazer engraving machine

@_jb_ 7 жыл бұрын

You should have used more batteries if you added that many solar panels...

@ToxicTubee 7 жыл бұрын

Barca - PSG confirmed.

@Hellsong89 6 жыл бұрын

Umm wtf? 6 cells, 6 leds, one board and one battery? Its not the energy production, but the energy storage that sucks in those lamps.. i replaced 600mAh battery with proper quality 800mAh and that alone did big difference on the burn time. In this build you can charge roughly hundred time over that one batterys capacity, even in bad day. Put 6 batteries on one cell and you would charge that fully in good day, as it wont use all energy until sun comes up..

@richlaue 6 жыл бұрын

Hellsong89 i put two 600 in parallel to get a 1200mah source

@MrEricgram 6 жыл бұрын

why not use a 18650 or 3 AAA

@danielkraemer1697 4 жыл бұрын

How should he have used three batteries? Series or parallel connections?

@shantellamend8986 5 жыл бұрын

I made it with Avasva solutions.

@RifaiAL 6 жыл бұрын

Light is too dim. Not enough LEDs.

@kilnprabu 4 жыл бұрын

all 4 sides edge should be illuminated

@hmakky 7 жыл бұрын

another way to improve this project quite a bit would be to cover the solar panels with tape and spray with plasti dip to waterproof it.

@nightmareinaction629 6 жыл бұрын

Sam no need bc this cant get dameged

@flippy9133 6 жыл бұрын

looks cool, but who needs to read your house number at night?

@ricardopinho7175 6 жыл бұрын

my part-time job is to deliver pizza and i work at night a lot and its a pain in the ass to find the house number at night... this would be great if everybody had it

@TaiViinikka 6 жыл бұрын

Hardly anyone, just firefighters and ambulance drivers.

@AnthonyGoodley 6 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Pinho You get it. The average house is hard, if not impossible to see the house number at night. It is either obscured or not lit up well enough to see from the road easily.

@MrSaid197 6 жыл бұрын

I have a 5 kg jar full of different screws, if you need that let me know, 5$ and its yours, by the way i have 5 tv motherboards, if you need those motherboards for component let me know, 5$ and its yours

@carmelinarosinski8953 6 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy it. Let's check Avasva plans also

@Crustyto3z 6 жыл бұрын

You have one solar roof panel, few hundred more and, get out the way Elon musk

@wingspan9842 6 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. However, I know of some corrupted contractors & their equally corrupted raised kids and their buddies, that have homes they live in that doesn't have a house number on it. Someone, doesn't want anyone to trace their corrupted tails back to their home, You Think? I wonder if the mailman even delivers mail to them? Moral of the story, some criminals remove their house address numbers from their house for a reason. Especially, not putting a glowing bright LED one on the home.