LED Mood Jar!

Hi,
In this simple instructable I am going to teach you how to make an LED mood jar that looks great and only takes minutes to make.

Step 1 Materials and Tools

Materials

10mm 15Kmcd Slow Flashing MultiColor RGB LED-I got mine from ebay. They cost around 50 cents US Dollars depending on the quantity. I bought a couple hundred and got a discount (about 15 cents) from this ebay store.. You can either get slow flashing or fast flashing. They don't actually flash, they just change color.
Proper resistor(s) for your LED
9volt battery and snap
Jar- I found one that is diffused a little
Toggle Switch- I bought a one a radioshack

Tools
Screw Driver-
Electrical Tape
Drill and bit that matches the size of the toggle switch.

Comments

[equeluck]

thanks for info dude !:D

[cosgrove]

LMAO Your switch has no "Off" just two Ons

[joejoerowley]

No, actually is has to different lights to turn on. The center position is off.

[bandler6]

Great Instructable. I would love to see this as a Joule Thief with a color dial.

[COMMODORE64]

Can we have the schematic please?

[joejoerowley]

Yeah, I have been looking into getting a program for it. Also I gave the light away to girl who was very very sick and I don't remember the exact resistors I used. This weekend I will hopefully get it done. Sorry for the delay.

[COMMODORE64]

I'm still waiting for the syschematic. Can you please give us? :)

[joejoerowley]

oh yeah. sorry. I just made a new one. Let me know how it looks. Thanks and sorry for the delay. Joe

[COMMODORE64]

That's it? No resistors?

[joejoerowley]

If you use a 3volt battery yeah, but if use a 9 volt I think you need but don't quote me one this a 10 ohm resistor. Idk. sorry.

[Thundertydus]

6 + you need a resister for 5mm leds

[imarzouka]

ya you need a resistor

Use this calculator to get the resistor value based on your LED specs

http://ledcalculator.net

[COMMODORE64]

Thanks for sharing. I'll find something else. This led is too expensive to be made into hobby, especially if you want to makes severals for the cottage uses. Thanks for passing us the useful information.

[COMMODORE64]

WHOOPS, I didn't take a look. 100PCS for colored LED at 34 bucks, not bad. I'll take it. Thanks!

[Tommyhzy]

This one's cheaper, if you don't care about size of LEDs, it's 100 slow-flashing LEDs for about $15, FREE SHIPPING!!! The only bad thing is that it's only 5mm leds...

:(

Oh well, I'm gonna buy this as soon as paypal transfers...

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-5mm-Colorful-Slow-Flash-RGB-LED-FREE-RESISTOR-SCF5_W0QQitemZ290271440816QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Electronic_Components?hash=item290271440816&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

[joejoerowley]

Yeah they pretty cheap.

[rhinosuit]

Is the link to ebay that's posted below the link to the right or the wrong LED's?

[COMMODORE64]

Can we have the syschematic please, since you didn't mention on how many,and what you did do with resistors Thanks :)

[JZweige]

i love working with LEDs and this is a nice idea!

[joejoerowley]

Thanks

[ilovetea]

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[joejoerowley]

Here is the proper link.

[ghostrider1999]

$50.00 for a flashing RGB light? Thats crazy!!!

[joejoerowley]

You get 100 of them :)

[ghostrider1999]

Well now, thats more like it!!!

[joejoerowley]

Yeah.

[ilovetea]

Thanks for getting back, I also deleted my link as to not direct someone to the wrong link.

[joejoerowley]

Sure. Thats very nice of you. Thanks If you have any questions feel free to comment. Thanks again.

[joejoerowley]

Actually these are the wrong LEDs. These LEDs have 4 pins. 2 for power and 2 for controlling the color so you can change to what ever you want when ever you want. The LEDs I have only 2 pins for power and they chose the color. They always start as Red and then go to green and blue and then combo colors. Ok about the anode and Cathode The Anode is the longer positive leg of the LED and Cathode is the shorter negative side of the LED. LEDs can only function this way and will not light the other way, so if you hook it up wrong it will not light. The good thing is that if you hook them up the wrong way they won't be destroyed. So there is a 50% chance of putting it in the wrong way. Here is a chart off of wikipedia I jacked :) sign: + − terminal: anode (A) cathode (K) leads: long short exterior: round flat interior: small large wiring: red black

[wilsonpv]

Muito interessante.

[joejoerowley]

Muito Obrigado! :)

[Elycian]

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[Geoffrito]

If you wanted, I think you can buy frosting agents that would make the plastic more translucent. Or, lining the jar's inside with some sort of thinnish paper might work... not sure, just ideas here.

[joejoerowley]

I just found the jar like that. I think you can buy them like that. In you can't I would try to frost it some how. Maybe wax paper would work as a defuser. Just stick it in the inside. I don't good luck.

[redskinsjbs]

spray the inside with spray adhesive and pour powdered chalk into it. That aught to frost it!

[joejoerowley]

Interesting Idea. I dont know if the adhease wound stay on the inside very well. Let me know if you try it. OK?

[redskinsjbs]

ok, definitely

[Elycian]

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[joejoerowley]

Please, please post pictures when you have finished it. If you have any problems please feel free to ask.

[Pyrowuzzup]

This is good. I've only started to hear about these RGB leds recently. I'll need to experiment with them