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Using car battery charger with LED lights

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Posted by richg1998 on Monday, April 26, 2010 12:59 PM

 I would be careful using a battery charger. Measure the actual voltage with a multimeter. With 12 volts DC you would want 1,000 ohm resistors. The voltage no doubt will be higher with a battery charger.

My inexpensive batter charger measures 12.8 volts DC AND 27.5 volts AC. I did not have a current draw, load, on the charger. Battery chargers are usually unfiltered DC.

Rich

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Using car battery charger with LED lights
Posted by Eric97123 on Monday, April 26, 2010 12:48 PM

I have an unused 1 amp 6/12 volt trickle charger for car batteries  and will that work in  powering LED lights for use in my buildings on my layout.  My thinking would be to run a power bus line under the layout, then connect the lights and resistors to the power line and the power bus line is hooked up to the charger.  From what I have seen is people using chargers for cordless drills or similar type chargers but could not find using a car charger

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