# help me find cheap 12v LED lighting for deck.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469
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**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469 "2008-06-03T11:26:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/1 "2008-06-03T11:26:39Z")
so my house came with deck that’s fully pre-wired for 12v lighting but has no lights. I want to load it up with LEDs but just about everything intended for home decks/gardens costs an absolute fortune (probably because they need to be certified all weather etc)…
so help me find some lights! they can be automotive / boat / etc… as long as they can work outside.
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/2 "2008-06-03T11:34:11Z")
Just wire up any of the 12V LEDs for cars; or any 2V LED (most generic 5mm) in series with a 470ohm resistor (or parallel strings, etc; there are plenty of DIYs online), and just RTV all the connections; that should weatherproof most everything.
Hell if RTV can survive and seal up electronics for the DO-160 Salt-fog test, it’ll survive anything you can throw at it. (Test for any aircraft or ship-board electronics for corrosion due to water, salt, and sulfer; one of the toughest tests for electronics to pass)
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/3 "2008-06-03T11:36:55Z")
yup, now help me find some nice 12v ones that don’t break the bank. I’ll probably need 20 or so (2-5 leds per one) I’m thinking I’ll downlight under the rail in a nice warm white.
I want something in a simple housing, not just a raw LED
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/4 "2008-06-03T11:46:46Z")
this is the best I’ve found so far…
[http://www.theledlight.com/MicroStar.html](http://www.theledlight.com/MicroStar.html)
[http://www.theledlight.com/LEDTriCluster.html](http://www.theledlight.com/LEDTriCluster.html)
maybe something from:
[http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.702](http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.702)
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/5 "2008-06-03T12:56:41Z")
Who mods their house? hehehe
Very cool…
I have a LED invention I’d like to see put into production some day.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/6 "2008-06-03T12:59:41Z")
I just figure if I’m going to have deck / landscaping lights on a timer I might as well do something cool and energy efficient.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/7 "2008-06-03T13:01:49Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> I just figure if I’m going to have deck / landscaping lights on a timer I might as well do something cool and energy efficient.
LED’s are VERY spotty in their lighting… so they wont light up a whole yard or anything, jus tiny spots
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/8 "2008-06-03T13:06:21Z")
the microstars put a 23 inch circle at 3 feet which is plenty for how far apart I’m putting them… (hung under the top rail gives me 4 feet down or so) as long as you understand the nature of using LEDs then you can avoid the focused spotty lighting.
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### Author:  [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/9 "2008-06-03T13:17:18Z")
[http://www.autolumination.com/](http://www.autolumination.com/)
Have fun. I have dropped a couple hundred on my car within the last month or two.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-cheap-12v-led-lighting-for-deck/49469/10 "2008-06-03T13:28:34Z")
I’ve looked at them, nothing special and their prices are high.