In parallel the voltage stays the same but amp hour increases. So add more battery’s in parallel it adds the amount of time it will last. Capacity isn’t exactly how I’d describe a battery. The voltage and amp hour of a battery is what the battery is made up of ( material) and the surface area of the battery. Capacity to me would be a capacitor. A capacitor and a battery are 2 different things. Another thing, when stripping wires you don’t go 2 gauges on the strippers. You went to small and damaged the wire. On that note!!! This is a great video! Just has some wrong information. Keep to the basics yes but the proper basics. I know it is just some little leds for some miniatures But, why not at least do it correctly.
@stizelswik3694 you’re welcome. In reading what I wrote I said about a battery and a capacitor aren’t the same thing. They both store voltage but how they use it different. A capacitor releases the voltage right away. It is like a jump start, a jolt of voltage right away. A battery does it slowly in order to get power to run something for a period of time. Simplest way I can put it.
How many videos ive watched and just you drawing it and using a simple layman explanation made everything make sooooooooo much sense. Instant subscribe. Thank you so so so so so much.
Planning to add lights for the first time in my next but one diorama and I knew nothing about model lighting so this has proved immensely valuable thank you.
this is THE single best vid for an absolute beginner like me I have found...many thanks good sir. In the first 30 seconds you answered a question I have had for ages about parallel circuits and it just carried on from there...ty sir...subbed
Even though this video is a year old at the time of making this comment. It's helped me actually figure out what type of battery I need to light up my LEDs! I recently got 3 different LED packs(Red, Blue, and White) for a Starship Model Kit 1:1000 scale. At first I thought a 9V would be enough and ended up blowing 3 of my LEDs. Assumed I had to do some complicated thing with capacitor's or something. Now with the information of knowing all I need is a 3V battery. I was able to turn on my LEDs! Thank you so much for this little bit of information. I now plan to continue my model kit and hopefully get it to a good lighting that I like!
This is GOLD! found this explanation to be the most comprehensive I've encountered in my existance about simple electronics. It's incredibly fulfilling, very helpful information. You're admirable. Keep it up! and for that, You earn my sub man!!🎉
Thanks for the very coherent and noob-friendly explanation! Was overthinking it as well, with ugly wiring and unnecessary resistors. But the idea of two "feed" wires and a parallel circuit is so elegant, I love it! Works like a charm. Even added a "joule thief" to convert a single 1.5v AAAA battery to a 3v output (my model footprint is very limited...), and it still works :)
Man, you distilled this in such a clear and accessible way. Very charming and fun video to watch too. Never felt like you were wasting my time. I feel enlightened and I really want to start messing with arduino/electronics 🥴
Wondering if you could help me with something @Oilers. I'm wanting to hook up a 12v govee programmable strip similar to the last example you showed. I'd like a setup where I could change the colors/patterns from a control mounted onto the diorama, and hook up to both a battery setup and dedicated wall outlet. Like I could use battery if I take it to a show or something, but just leave it plugged in when I'm at home etc. This is one of those things where I 'don't know what I don't know', but I feel astronomically more informed after watching your video. Thanks again !
As long at the output voltage/amps on your power adapter/converter you’re plugging into the wall does not exceed the battery add up or voltage rate of your LEDs your good, like if you use all 12v LEDs just make sure you don’t hook up more than 8AA batteries and you use a wall plug(adapter/converter) that sends output max of 12volts, you should be ok as long as the amps are low(typically they will be especially if you order all the pieces from the same place)
You are, undoubtedly, the best at explaining this particular topic. I can say that because by now I have watched countless of these videos on TH-cam; and I have always wired in parallel. You take the award. Thank you!! Subscribed, of course!
I have watched so many videos on how to do this and this is by far the most clear explanation. I have so far watched 13 minutes without completely zoning out, which is a record for me. Thank you
Dude, this was *exactly* what I've been looking for. I was getting ready to resort to reddit for a way to plan this stuff out without having to do calculations. What a wonderful little tutorial, thanks a bunch!
This was easy to understand, detailed enough to get me going, and covered just the right amount of information that i needed! thank you so much, great video!
So I have watched so many tutorials on wiring leds for many different purposes, I finally find the most informative and easy to understand video I have ever found and it's for dioramas, who would have guessed. Great content man I am already a huge fan of your style, subscribed.
Awesome, thank you! My Brain likes to absorb tons of information and then reorganize it into the most efficient and useful tidbits, hence this video, Im glad it worked
I've been doing hobbyist electronics for years and already understand the concepts laid forth in this vid, but this is a perfect example of why it's always a good idea to go back over concepts you "already know" from other knowledgeable creators. You never know what you may learn, and I learned some great tips from this video, all presented by an excellent teacher! So, thank you! I'll definitely recommend this video to others!
I agree with everyone here on the lesson you have taught and I have learned lol.... No more countlessly unneeded battery packs of lights lol , thank you thank you !!
Thank you so much for this, i know this is an older video, but since i've been following you and making Dios, i've learned soooo much from you and your techniques i have been so hesitant to add lighted signs to my dio
Exactly the tutorial I been looking for. I'm finally getting started with using lights on my dio projects now. Using the strip LED lights which was the easiest to get started but I wanna use those 3v ones next to get a little more control.
Great! I have made all the mistakes and this seems to be the simplest way to get a job done that can be versatile and also the most efficient, just takes time to run all the wires
This is the best video for newbies on how LED lighting works. I went through countless videos that were way too complicated and I almost gave up... until I found this gem!!
@@OilersWorkshop thank you SO much. Your instructions and explanations were detailed enough to provide an understandable logic flow at the same time simplifying the process so that it was manageable to a lay person. Appreciate your thoughtfulness.
This is fantastic, I think I already sort of knew a lot of this but I completely lacked the confidence to ever put that knowledge into practice - this feels like a solid grounding to develop
Thank you for explaining in comprehensive English. I've watched so many video's and only got more confused 😂 I now have more confidence to at least try, I would like to learn to make miniature lighting.
Thanks for this well-explained, well-illustrated video on wiring LEDs. Just what I was looking for to help me get started on some lighting projects I have in mind. I also appreciate your emphasis on the old KISS engineering principle. If more designers kept this in mind, for just about any sort of project really, they could avoid a lot of problems caused by making things over complicated!
THANK YOU!!! I am a complete noob when it comes to all of this and your straightforward explanation of wiring, voltage, etc is exactly what I needed! I tried someone else’s tutorial in the past, thought I had calculated the voltage, resistors, etc, bought stuff at radio shack and IMMEDIATELY fried the LED’s. It was so sad and completely ruined my confidence on doing anything like this. But thanks to you, I just may have the courage to try again! 😉But I must ask, why is hot glue the devil??!! 😆
Thanks for breaking this down for us non-technical artists. I've been building models for decades sometimes putting mini flashlights or pre-wired christmas light systems in with limited results. Now I've got some Evans Designs gear and some basic understanding because your explanation was so easy to follow [compared to several other wiring videos out there which were dismally bad]. Cheers.
Very cool video. I prefer christmas lights, they've been the cheapest source of both LEDs and battery packs. The battery packs are so simple to adapt, and often come with handy 6h/18h timers.
Okay sir this was a lot of verry useful information packed into this video thank you. I am looking for ways to light miniature models that i am making. I know zero about "lighting/wiring/powering" so i am looking for people like you for information. I am trying to figure out how to use wifi to turn lights on and off and how to power it all...
Thanks a lot Jordan! I gotta say I owe it to you to be able to start wiring (and lighting) my diorama finally. Before that I was at a loss on how to make use of the led circuits I have started hoarding 😅. Now my question is, is it possible for me to wire (from scratch) old LED strips with varying voltages (for the sake of example, say 5 volts), make it a USB type connection that then connects to the wall outlet of 250V? I have been doing research but am afraid it gets more complicated upon each video I watch. I love that you keep things simple enough for electronics noob like myself. Thanks man and I look forward to your advice.
That’s a LOT of steps, I don’t feel qualified to answer that in the comments for you, I would encourage you to keep researching and then in a future I can make a follow up video, but probably won’t be for quite some time though
@@OilersWorkshop hey man thanks again! You'd be glad to know I have gotten past the first scary step and finally managed to live-circuit my dioramas, using the principles that you taught 🙂 I now make my own LED circuits from scratch and power them with varying voltages (case by case) and amperage. Man this stuff is addictive! Made me wonder what was I doing during middle school when all this is being taught 😅 Anyhoo, please keep the cool vids and tutorials coming, at your soonest convenience I might add (hope you don'tget too swamped!). We need more like yours.
I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU!! At Last, found someone who has made it simple enough for me to understand a little about wiring. I am so techno-challenged about this it's sad as my ambition certainly does not match my knowledge!! I will be watching this many times so that I can learn how to do it!! Thank you. Just subscribed!!
Hi, I just want to say thank you very much for this great video tutorial. I've just started making Book Nooks and Dioramas, but I don't know anything about lighting them up. 😅 I bought a couple of miniature lamps from Temu, and they arrived with 2 wires coming out of them, one red and one black, but I had no idea what they did, or what I was supposed to do with them. 😅 I ended up contacting Evan Designs LEDS because I'd seen a couple of their videos which were really helpful and easy to understand, and I bought 2 of their tiny LEDS and a battery pack with a switch to go with them. I plan on using the LEDS to light up the Book Nook I'm making at the moment, but the box I bought to use as my Book Nook didn't come with any where to put lighting inside it. It's basically just a tall box that I have to glue together, but I don't know where to put the battery pack or how to get the LEDS inside it. I would really appreciate any advice you could give me. Cheers, from Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia
Bravo.I model in N scale with a module and need to light up buildings and street lamps and I think I can get it done now after watching your talk. I have these very tiny street lights in 160 scale and really do not want to burn them up.SO as long as I keep the voltage the same, I can run these in parallel with my 2, 1.5 v batteries. whoopy
Thank you for straighten out some ? in my head about led lights and wiring. Have look at many videos on TH-cam in this subject and the most of them is just bla bla bla im on TH-cam bla bla bla. But when I looked at your video it's more like aha this is how it works do now i will purchase some wires and leds and use in my dioramas. Promise not to burn down our house. Have a great weekend and see you soon on TH-cam.
Pardon my ignorance, but I have two questions: how do you know which color is positive regarding wire? Is it always the red? And second question, how do you set up lights so that they flicker, like for a miniature computer hard drive light? And I second the comment someone else said, I’ve learned more from you than from anyone else regarding electricity. You clearly have a gift for both light and teaching!
Regarding wire color It technically doesn’t matter all the wire is fundamentally made the same, it’s just best practice to use 2 colors of wire for the side you use for negative and the side you use for positive simply for your own safety, eyes, and organization. You could use purple wire for positive and yellow for negative if you wanted. But standards are usually black is negative and white or red is positive, for flickering you need a little pre setup board in the circuit. Go to evan designs website, they sell pre wired flickering LEDs
Thank you so much for this lesson. I've been wanting to know how to do this for so long. Can you make mini lights that plug in? Can you give us a lesson on that. Thanks again, that was great.
Thanks for putting out an easy to understand video. I decided to make a dollhouse of my childhood dream for my little girl and found blinking leds for the fireplace I planned to put in clear polymer clay fire in that flickers but no idea how I was gonna make it work now I do
Yeah I mean the more you add the faster the power will get drained from your source if it’s batteries. But if you have them plugged into a wall wort with matching voltage to the LEDs you should be ok
Best video to date. I am getting ready to light a 1/144 aircraft carrier. I like the 3v system. How many lights can you put on a 3v battery that is in parallel like you made in the video.
I don’t know the exact number but basically the more lights you have the faster the battery will drain so the higher capacity 3volt battery you go with the better. I don’t claim to be an electronics engineer, I’m just a miniaturist fan ho sorted some helpful information out
This is very concise information I find this really good, and the say you can’t teach stupid but you you you have succeeded in achieving that.(me being stupid!)
This has been the only video that has actually helped me. Thank you so much. I do have a question though. If I did want to use a larger battery and resistors would that make them last longer. Also, is there a way to wire a lighting system up that plugs into the wall while still using the 3v LEDs?
Larger capacity batteries at the same voltage will make it last longer, like instead of using a AAA battery use a D size battery, it’s bigger but they BOTH put out 1.5 volts. Yes you can get wall worts(power adapters) that are rated to decrease voltage coming out of a wall down to YOUR voltage. You want a power adapter that has an OUTPUT voltage that matches your Setup.
Jut love how simple you make it. Great master. Please i want to make a lighting on a landing deck for a boat kit ( tamiya CVN-65) keep playing like the real landinf floor in airport. How i can do that?
Great tutorial! I have just one doubt.. Can I connect how many LEDs I want to a 3V battery? Of course I think the more LEDs, the quickest the battery will drain out
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In parallel the voltage stays the same but amp hour increases. So add more battery’s in parallel it adds the amount of time it will last. Capacity isn’t exactly how I’d describe a battery. The voltage and amp hour of a battery is what the battery is made up of ( material) and the surface area of the battery. Capacity to me would be a capacitor. A capacitor and a battery are 2 different things. Another thing, when stripping wires you don’t go 2 gauges on the strippers. You went to small and damaged the wire. On that note!!! This is a great video! Just has some wrong information. Keep to the basics yes but the proper basics. I know it is just some little leds for some miniatures But, why not at least do it correctly.
Thanks for the pointers
@stizelswik3694 you’re welcome. In reading what I wrote I said about a battery and a capacitor aren’t the same thing. They both store voltage but how they use it different. A capacitor releases the voltage right away. It is like a jump start, a jolt of voltage right away. A battery does it slowly in order to get power to run something for a period of time. Simplest way I can put it.
Professor, I learned more about wiring in this 30 minute video than my whole life. I'm ready to finally add lights to my shelf layout. Thanks.
Well thanks!
Ditto lol
Thank you, electricity Wizard. I can't say how much this was EXACTLY what I needed as a complete electricity newb.
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omg same thank you so much
This is by far the most straight forward guide for simple lighting
I love you too....😆
How many videos ive watched and just you drawing it and using a simple layman explanation made everything make sooooooooo much sense. Instant subscribe. Thank you so so so so so much.
You're very welcome!
Planning to add lights for the first time in my next but one diorama and I knew nothing about model lighting so this has proved immensely valuable thank you.
Hey you’re welcome! Should be a good starting point
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THANK YOU for creating and posting this!
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this is THE single best vid for an absolute beginner like me I have found...many thanks good sir. In the first 30 seconds you answered a question I have had for ages about parallel circuits and it just carried on from there...ty sir...subbed
Glad it helped!
Even though this video is a year old at the time of making this comment. It's helped me actually figure out what type of battery I need to light up my LEDs! I recently got 3 different LED packs(Red, Blue, and White) for a Starship Model Kit 1:1000 scale. At first I thought a 9V would be enough and ended up blowing 3 of my LEDs. Assumed I had to do some complicated thing with capacitor's or something. Now with the information of knowing all I need is a 3V battery. I was able to turn on my LEDs! Thank you so much for this little bit of information. I now plan to continue my model kit and hopefully get it to a good lighting that I like!
Awesome!
Thank you ! That was the best easiest video I've watched so far on how to wire these little lights.
This is GOLD!
found this explanation to be the most comprehensive I've encountered in my existance about simple electronics. It's incredibly fulfilling, very helpful information. You're admirable. Keep it up! and for that, You earn my sub man!!🎉
Wow, thanks!
Thanks for the very coherent and noob-friendly explanation! Was overthinking it as well, with ugly wiring and unnecessary resistors. But the idea of two "feed" wires and a parallel circuit is so elegant, I love it! Works like a charm. Even added a "joule thief" to convert a single 1.5v AAAA battery to a 3v output (my model footprint is very limited...), and it still works :)
Cool!
Man, you distilled this in such a clear and accessible way. Very charming and fun video to watch too. Never felt like you were wasting my time. I feel enlightened and I really want to start messing with arduino/electronics 🥴
Wondering if you could help me with something @Oilers. I'm wanting to hook up a 12v govee programmable strip similar to the last example you showed. I'd like a setup where I could change the colors/patterns from a control mounted onto the diorama, and hook up to both a battery setup and dedicated wall outlet. Like I could use battery if I take it to a show or something, but just leave it plugged in when I'm at home etc.
This is one of those things where I 'don't know what I don't know', but I feel astronomically more informed after watching your video. Thanks again !
Awesome
As long at the output voltage/amps on your power adapter/converter you’re plugging into the wall does not exceed the battery add up or voltage rate of your LEDs your good, like if you use all 12v LEDs just make sure you don’t hook up more than 8AA batteries and you use a wall plug(adapter/converter) that sends output max of 12volts, you should be ok as long as the amps are low(typically they will be especially if you order all the pieces from the same place)
You are, undoubtedly, the best at explaining this particular topic. I can say that because by now I have watched countless of these videos on TH-cam; and I have always wired in parallel. You take the award. Thank you!! Subscribed, of course!
You rock thank you!
@@OilersWorkshop yeah man that was pretty entertaining as well!
I have watched so many videos on how to do this and this is by far the most clear explanation. I have so far watched 13 minutes without completely zoning out, which is a record for me. Thank you
Lol you’re welcome! I feel ya
Dude, this was *exactly* what I've been looking for. I was getting ready to resort to reddit for a way to plan this stuff out without having to do calculations. What a wonderful little tutorial, thanks a bunch!
Yes! Make something amazing!
definitely one of the clearest no-nonsense explanations i've seen on this topic. excellent stuff.
Thank you
With this video I think I may succeed lighting my street lights in my Xmas village!
Neat!
This was easy to understand, detailed enough to get me going, and covered just the right amount of information that i needed! thank you so much, great video!
You are welcome!
So I have watched so many tutorials on wiring leds for many different purposes, I finally find the most informative and easy to understand video I have ever found and it's for dioramas, who would have guessed. Great content man I am already a huge fan of your style, subscribed.
Awesome, thank you! My Brain likes to absorb tons of information and then reorganize it into the most efficient and useful tidbits, hence this video, Im glad it worked
I've been doing hobbyist electronics for years and already understand the concepts laid forth in this vid, but this is a perfect example of why it's always a good idea to go back over concepts you "already know" from other knowledgeable creators. You never know what you may learn, and I learned some great tips from this video, all presented by an excellent teacher! So, thank you! I'll definitely recommend this video to others!
YOU ARE AWESOME thank you for this comment
I agree with everyone here on the lesson you have taught and I have learned lol.... No more countlessly unneeded battery packs of lights lol , thank you thank you !!
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Can't wait to try this on a diorama! This is one of the best and easy to understand tutorial i have watched ,thank you 🙏
You’re welcome
@@OilersWorkshop absolutely perfect. Thank you kindly.
Thank you so much for this, i know this is an older video, but since i've been following you and making Dios, i've learned soooo much from you and your techniques i have been so hesitant to add lighted signs to my dio
You are so welcome!
Exactly the tutorial I been looking for. I'm finally getting started with using lights on my dio projects now. Using the strip LED lights which was the easiest to get started but I wanna use those 3v ones next to get a little more control.
Great! I have made all the mistakes and this seems to be the simplest way to get a job done that can be versatile and also the most efficient, just takes time to run all the wires
This is all I asked for. For someone to talk to me stupid so I can feel confident and understand. Thank you.
😆 mee too my friend
Easily one of the most helpful and informative videos I’ve watched on this subject.
Thank you! I’m so glad!!!!!!!! 😄
This is the best video for newbies on how LED lighting works. I went through countless videos that were way too complicated and I almost gave up... until I found this gem!!
That’s why I made it!
@@OilersWorkshop thank you SO much. Your instructions and explanations were detailed enough to provide an understandable logic flow at the same time simplifying the process so that it was manageable to a lay person. Appreciate your thoughtfulness.
My first time here and the introduction is AWESOME ...Im a hoarder !!
Welcome aboard!
You are amazing! Every question that has ever confused me about electricity, in this 30 minute video you have made it make sense. You are a god.
Great to hear!
Thank you I’m not an electrician at all, can say I’m a gardener but you explained it well and understood well. I leaned from you today.👍
Cool
I have searched for explainations for a while now. This is by far the simplest and easiest to follow and understand. Thank you
You’re welcome
Thank you! This tutorial was incredibly easy to follow, informative and has encouraged me to add lights to my dioramas.
Awesome! I’m so glad it helped you!
This is fantastic, I think I already sort of knew a lot of this but I completely lacked the confidence to ever put that knowledge into practice - this feels like a solid grounding to develop
Rock on!
This video is so simple yet explains so much. Thank you for the information, you helped me out a lot.
You're very welcome!
Thank you for explaining in comprehensive English. I've watched so many video's and only got more confused 😂 I now have more confidence to at least try, I would like to learn to make miniature lighting.
I’m with you 100%, that’s why I made this video
Thanks man!
U teach me what i want to learn!
This was the most easiest understanding of diorama led lighting and so helpful.
Thank you for this great video..
You’re welcome
Incredibly helpful video! I've recently gotten into creating resin art, and I'm figuring out ways to light them, and this video was great!
I’m so happy it helped you! I would love to see what you do with lights in resin!
I'm just getting into adding LEDs to my projects. I've been researching components and your tutorial has answered a surprising number of my questions.
Soo glad! It’s the result of literally 10+years of floundering around on my own
Thanks for this well-explained, well-illustrated video on wiring LEDs. Just what I was looking for to help me get started on some lighting projects I have in mind. I also appreciate your emphasis on the old KISS engineering principle. If more designers kept this in mind, for just about any sort of project really, they could avoid a lot of problems caused by making things over complicated!
Hey! You’re welcome thanks
Fantastic job explaining!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome tutorial! I'm now an LED genius because of you. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
THANK YOU!!! I am a complete noob when it comes to all of this and your straightforward explanation of wiring, voltage, etc is exactly what I needed! I tried someone else’s tutorial in the past, thought I had calculated the voltage, resistors, etc, bought stuff at radio shack and IMMEDIATELY fried the LED’s. It was so sad and completely ruined my confidence on doing anything like this. But thanks to you, I just may have the courage to try again! 😉But I must ask, why is hot glue the devil??!! 😆
It isn’t really glue, it doesn’t always STAY put and it burns you. It’s awful
I had no idea how to start wiring my new project - now I do! So useful! Thanks heaps for making this!
You are welcome
This was AMAZINGLY helpful. Thanking you kindly
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for breaking this down for us non-technical artists. I've been building models for decades sometimes putting mini flashlights or pre-wired christmas light systems in with limited results. Now I've got some Evans Designs gear and some basic understanding because your explanation was so easy to follow [compared to several other wiring videos out there which were dismally bad]. Cheers.
You’re welcome and you’re awesome
This was very educational! Thanks for showing us this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool video.
I prefer christmas lights, they've been the cheapest source of both LEDs and battery packs. The battery packs are so simple to adapt, and often come with handy 6h/18h timers.
Great point! Thanks for sharing
Okay sir this was a lot of verry useful information packed into this video thank you. I am looking for ways to light miniature models that i am making. I know zero about "lighting/wiring/powering" so i am looking for people like you for information. I am trying to figure out how to use wifi to turn lights on and off and how to power it all...
Thank you, the WiFi part may be above my pay grade
Thanks this helped me fix the lights on the Falcon couch
Awesome
You are a fantastic teacher!!!! I learned so much in just 30 minutes
Wow thanks, and great!
Probably the best lesson in simple lighting I've ever seen!! Brilliant my friend! Love the humour too, keeps it fun. Spectacular dioramas here I come!
Awesome! Thank you you’re welcome
I watched other videos but didnt understand anything :') now I feel like big brain, thank you so much
You’re welcome welcome big brain
thank you, very clear your explanation
You’re welcome
THATS EASY! I've been planning on wiring up LEDs for my next diorama but have been totally overthinking all of it. Didn't realize it was so simple.
Haha! Glad you enjoyed the video, of all the levels of wiring from 1-100 this is like level 4 😆 but it will get you started
Thanks a lot Jordan! I gotta say I owe it to you to be able to start wiring (and lighting) my diorama finally. Before that I was at a loss on how to make use of the led circuits I have started hoarding 😅. Now my question is, is it possible for me to wire (from scratch) old LED strips with varying voltages (for the sake of example, say 5 volts), make it a USB type connection that then connects to the wall outlet of 250V? I have been doing research but am afraid it gets more complicated upon each video I watch. I love that you keep things simple enough for electronics noob like myself. Thanks man and I look forward to your advice.
That’s a LOT of steps, I don’t feel qualified to answer that in the comments for you, I would encourage you to keep researching and then in a future I can make a follow up video, but probably won’t be for quite some time though
@@OilersWorkshop hey man thanks again! You'd be glad to know I have gotten past the first scary step and finally managed to live-circuit my dioramas, using the principles that you taught 🙂
I now make my own LED circuits from scratch and power them with varying voltages (case by case) and amperage. Man this stuff is addictive! Made me wonder what was I doing during middle school when all this is being taught 😅
Anyhoo, please keep the cool vids and tutorials coming, at your soonest convenience I might add (hope you don'tget too swamped!). We need more like yours.
I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU!! At Last, found someone who has made it simple enough for me to understand a little about wiring. I am so techno-challenged about this it's sad as my ambition certainly does not match my knowledge!! I will be watching this many times so that I can learn how to do it!! Thank you. Just subscribed!!
Hey! You’re awesome!
This is so cool! I have been so educated after watching this video! I'll be using this tutorial for my diorama wiring when I get to them!!
Amazing! So glad it helped
Great vid...very informative...and I especially liked the little Star Trek tension "homage" at the end.
😆🤝
Best explanation ive ever seen. Thankyou!
You’re welcome
Thanks, now I get it!! An easy and simple explanation for beginners … Awesome! 👍🏼
Glad it was helpful!
THANK YOU this tutorial was the most helpful and easy one to follow that i've come across and exactly what I was looking for!
You're very welcome! I have done my job...I must go NOW! lol
Many thanks , this video has helped me a lot especialy with the understanding of the + & - on the bulb leg
Awesome, I’m glad it helped
Very educational I think that's going to help a lot of people out in the future I'm working on items
Happy it helps, I tried not to make it too complicated, there is ALOT more to learn but this is a good place to start for anyone
I've been looking for this information for so long. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, I just want to say thank you very much for this great video tutorial. I've just started making Book Nooks and Dioramas, but I don't know anything about lighting them up. 😅 I bought a couple of miniature lamps from Temu, and they arrived with 2 wires coming out of them, one red and one black, but I had no idea what they did, or what I was supposed to do with them. 😅 I ended up contacting Evan Designs LEDS because I'd seen a couple of their videos which were really helpful and easy to understand, and I bought 2 of their tiny LEDS and a battery pack with a switch to go with them. I plan on using the LEDS to light up the Book Nook I'm making at the moment, but the box I bought to use as my Book Nook didn't come with any where to put lighting inside it. It's basically just a tall box that I have to glue together, but I don't know where to put the battery pack or how to get the LEDS inside it. I would really appreciate any advice you could give me. Cheers, from Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia
Gonna have to get creative, hide it in a mini trunk or under a table or something
Bravo.I model in N scale with a module and need to light up buildings and street lamps and I think I can get it done now after watching your talk. I have these very tiny street lights in 160 scale and really do not want to burn them up.SO as long as I keep the voltage the same, I can run these in parallel with my 2, 1.5 v batteries. whoopy
Don’t up the amps either
Thank you, this video was exactly what I needed to know. Very helpful.
You’re welcome
Thank you for explaining things soooooo well! Amazing video!
Thank you
Great Video! The “there are four lights” joke made me laugh out loud.
Lol
Thanks for the video. This was very helpful, especially the part on switches.
You’re welcome I’ll eventually do a follow up video with soldering and more detail down the road, so stick around 😄
Thank you for straighten out some ? in my head about led lights and wiring. Have look at many videos on TH-cam in this subject and the most of them is just bla bla bla im on TH-cam bla bla bla. But when I looked at your video it's more like aha this is how it works do now i will purchase some wires and leds and use in my dioramas. Promise not to burn down our house. Have a great weekend and see you soon on TH-cam.
Yes be careful but I agree many of the videos don’t present info to people who don’t know anything about electronics
Pardon my ignorance, but I have two questions: how do you know which color is positive regarding wire? Is it always the red?
And second question, how do you set up lights so that they flicker, like for a miniature computer hard drive light?
And I second the comment someone else said, I’ve learned more from you than from anyone else regarding electricity. You clearly have a gift for both light and teaching!
Regarding wire color It technically doesn’t matter all the wire is fundamentally made the same, it’s just best practice to use 2 colors of wire for the side you use for negative and the side you use for positive simply for your own safety, eyes, and organization. You could use purple wire for positive and yellow for negative if you wanted. But standards are usually black is negative and white or red is positive, for flickering you need a little pre setup board in the circuit. Go to evan designs website, they sell pre wired flickering LEDs
Such a cool tutorial, it's gonna make my life easier.
Wonderful! that was my goal! I've watched thousands of hours of video and made dozens of mistakes so YOU don't have to! LOL
I agree with Lois. I love you. Just subscribed. The lightbulb just went on. It finally makes sense!!
Hey hey! That’s the goal! Light those bulbs!
Thanks 😊 for your help
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Excellent video! You got a subscriber!
Thank you
New subscriber here. This video was incredibly helpful because it’s so “basic”. Oh and “there are 4 lights”…I got that…🖖🥰
ALRIGHT!!!!! You’re awesome
I have look at led for my diorama for same time your video bang on may be now i can get them in 1/24 truck thank you
Awesome
Thank you so much for this lesson. I've been wanting to know how to do this for so long. Can you make mini lights that plug in? Can you give us a lesson on that. Thanks again, that was great.
Great suggestion!
Thank you ❤
You make me want to build more!!!
Thanks you 👍
Rock on!
Thanks for putting out an easy to understand video. I decided to make a dollhouse of my childhood dream for my little girl and found blinking leds for the fireplace I planned to put in clear polymer clay fire in that flickers but no idea how I was gonna make it work now I do
Rock on
Your explanation was amazing. I Love it and I understand everything. Can I add more Leds on this parallel set? Thank you.
Yeah I mean the more you add the faster the power will get drained from your source if it’s batteries. But if you have them plugged into a wall wort with matching voltage to the LEDs you should be ok
Thank you very much!
You’re welcome very much
I did not realize hot glue was the devil...but thanks for these tutorials!
You are welcome and hot glue is the devil incarnate
Thank you! I have aspirations of building cool stuff too😊
You can do it!
I need more of this.
So do I
Best video to date. I am getting ready to light a 1/144 aircraft carrier. I like the 3v system. How many lights can you put on a 3v battery that is in parallel like you made in the video.
I don’t know the exact number but basically the more lights you have the faster the battery will drain so the higher capacity 3volt battery you go with the better. I don’t claim to be an electronics engineer, I’m just a miniaturist fan ho sorted some helpful information out
Ok I can help but you need more information like the type of led the voltage their rated for also the current they draw it will all depend on that
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This is very concise information I find this really good, and the say you can’t teach stupid but you you you have succeeded in achieving that.(me being stupid!)
We can be stupid together
you should do every tutorial for what I'm interested in.. great video! I'll send you a list :D
Feel free! Lists are welcome thank you
That was fantastic! Thankyou so much xxxx
Hey! You’re welcome
Amazing explanation. Subbed just for this vid 😅 Thanks buddy
You rock thanks
This has been the only video that has actually helped me. Thank you so much. I do have a question though. If I did want to use a larger battery and resistors would that make them last longer. Also, is there a way to wire a lighting system up that plugs into the wall while still using the 3v LEDs?
Larger capacity batteries at the same voltage will make it last longer, like instead of using a AAA battery use a D size battery, it’s bigger but they BOTH put out 1.5 volts.
Yes you can get wall worts(power adapters) that are rated to decrease voltage coming out of a wall down to YOUR voltage. You want a power adapter that has an OUTPUT voltage that matches your Setup.
@@OilersWorkshop Ok Cool. Thank you so much
Also what a great video. I subscribed!
Awesome thank you
This was killer, thanks!
You’re welcome
Jut love how simple you make it. Great master.
Please i want to make a lighting on a landing deck for a boat kit ( tamiya CVN-65) keep playing like the real landinf floor in airport. How i can do that?
Look into FIBER OPTIC LIGHTING
Great tutorial! I have just one doubt.. Can I connect how many LEDs I want to a 3V battery? Of course I think the more LEDs, the quickest the battery will drain out
Yea you are correct so you need to use larger batteries, c size or d size, same voltage but more capacity