# The Plan

Originally, I was just going to get some coin batteries, some LED's and try my hand at some BS soldering. Well... Fuck that.

My new idea is way better, and I think could work real nicely if done right.

The idea is simple. I don't want batteries. Honestly the damn LED's to be on all the time, and batteries don't really last.

SO what do I do? Wire them up fam. Sure there is going to be some wires coming from a couple of the models hooked up, but hell it will look dope!

## Simplicity until its complicated

5V power supplies are dirt cheap on Amazon, and I bet I can get a nice little inline switch too. The idea is to wire up some these fuckers:  
[![image.png](https://blog.glenncottam.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/ixDzOaM9EwpXuBVb-image.png)](https://blog.glenncottam.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/ixDzOaM9EwpXuBVb-image.png)

In parallel so the voltage can just be 5V. These little bastards are pre-made LED's with resistors already in them. Fantastic right?

Get something like this:  
[![image.png](https://blog.glenncottam.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/67RUeftkHOaKlky5-image.png)](https://blog.glenncottam.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/67RUeftkHOaKlky5-image.png)

for the power supply and just cut the end off. Its a 5V DC out, at 2 Amp so a total wattage of 10W. Each LED is around 20mA which is 0.1W each. That means I can have 100 LED's all connected in parallel at the same time. More than enough capacity.

So the only issue I have now is cable management. Its going to be a nightmare to cable manage them all in parallel.

## Resources:

- [https://www.digikey.ca/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-led-series-resistor](https://www.digikey.ca/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-led-series-resistor)
- [https://resistorcolorcodecalc.com/](https://resistorcolorcodecalc.com/)
- [https://www.circuitbread.com/ee-faq/the-forward-voltages-of-different-leds](https://www.circuitbread.com/ee-faq/the-forward-voltages-of-different-leds)
- [https://www.reddit.com/r/led/comments/jn7dh1/3v\_bulb\_3v\_batteries\_do\_i\_need\_a\_resistor/](https://www.reddit.com/r/led/comments/jn7dh1/3v_bulb_3v_batteries_do_i_need_a_resistor/)
- [https://www.circuitlab.com/editor](https://www.circuitlab.com/editor)
- [https://www.ledsupply.com/blog/wiring-leds-correctly-series-parallel-circuits-explained/](https://www.ledsupply.com/blog/wiring-leds-correctly-series-parallel-circuits-explained/)

## Product Links

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