DIY Dimmable LED Light Panel

We've built a DIY LED light panel for under $25!

Here is everything you would need...

White LEDs - http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__8944__Turnigy_High_Density_R_C_LED...

Servo Adjuster -http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__14774__HobbyKing_Servo_Tester.html

BRUSHED ESC - http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9090

Long Runtime Li-Po Battery - http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__7343__Rhino_1250mAh_31P_20C_Lipoly...

Light Weight Li-Po Battery - http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__7304__Rhino_460mAh_3S_11_1v_20C_Li...

Thanks for watching!

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[tajpibrallan]

Hi! Great video, love the idea!

Im thinking about doing a Bi-color changing 1200 LED. The problem I've run into is that it's going to require aprrox. 100 Watts. 100 W in 12 volts equals 8.3 Amps. I cant seem to find any batteries that outputs more than 1A due to the inner resitance of the battery. Have you had any thoughts on that planning your coming, bigger LED panel?

[DTapeProductions]

@tajpibrallan Thanks! I have not really given any thought to it since we are using the same Li-Po batteries we use in our planes which pull about 30 amps. I would recommend looking into RC Car Ni-Cd or Ni-Mh batteries which are cheaper then Li-Pos.

[tizzleforrizzle]

those shirts are so gay!

[DTapeProductions]

@tizzleforrizzle I'm sorry! We'll be sure to wear matching sweaters next time instead.

[digitalcyclopscom]

Good to know thanks. You could also try your manual white balance controls on your camera and eyeball it in a pinch to "see" what seems white with a white card or so. It'll at least give you a rough idea if they're daylight balanced, or tungsten like, etc. Just take it off AWB. =>

[DTapeProductions]

@digitalcyclopscom Well as we said in the video they have a slight blue tent, so they are a lot closer to daylight color then tungsten, but even on daylight it slightly blue. We have just been setting up a custom white balance on it, and it works perfectly. Haha! AWB is for local news stations!

[mkl687]

SO Sweet! Could you also do a video of how to wire the Servo, battery, and speed controller? Maybe thats a stupid question? :)

Great idea guys.

[AlexVangelion]

It would be better to drive the LEDs using PWM rather than varying the voltage with a brushed controller. You would get a wider and smoother range of intensity, and also better efficiency.

[sbusumacinta]

This is great info thank you. I am a new subscriber! If I buy 20 one meter strip of this LED to create a 1200 light panel. DO you think the same battery configuration you have here will work?

[DrgDrg]

Great DIY idea, thanks for sharing. How good is the CRI on these? Is it over 75?

[dcoplan1]

Need more details. 2 different batts in the parts list. Why? How to wire it all? How do you charge the batteries and is this designed so you can pop the dead battery off and replace it with a fresh one? Another viewer suggested a voltage checker. Where does this fit into the design and how is it connected? Possible to fold over the strips and avoid soldering? Love what you guys have posted - just need more info for those of us who have never done this?

[peterwXXX]

This is one of the most useful tutorial I've seen in a long time! Thanks. This give me some ideas to work from.

[akaloith]

I found 2 meter strips that are mutticolor and dimamble

Do i need to do your stuff to dim them or a dimable strip is the easy way to do?

What about the connecting? any harder?

[akaloith]

How can i know what battery is needed?

Ok lets say i want to make a

30led x 17 led = 510 led

The horizontal length would be 0,5 m and the total length 8,5m

thats all i can count taking care of the 16:9 aspect ratio i want

But what about the battery? Watt? Ampere? What about the other stuff?

[MeleeTV]

where is the wiring diagram? can you post?

[Terrk23]

@lightads @lightads You can use a voltage checker

hit up amazon and search for "Integy Digital LiPo Voltage Checker"

They are only 8 bucks! And they work wonders to make sure you battery doesn't drop below 10! You can drop lower, but I wouldn't recommend it!