5V LED strips, powered by a normal USB power bank

Materials used

• 2m white LED strip (5V), cut in 4 pieces to match the profiles
• 4x LED Aluminium Profile 50cm, v-shape, v-shaped ones will allow to insert a flat pole in the free space to connect them
• Monopod (with Bag)
• Parasol holder for balcony and terrace to mount the mono pod onto the table
• Connector camera pod can be mounted on camera pod with a 1/4" wing nut
• Connector for LED profiles which can be inserted in the free space on the side of the v-shaped profiles
• 3x 2-Pin Connector Plug Male & Female to connect them
• 2m USB extension
• optional: Bag, also yoga-mat bags should work

Total of materials was about 50€ and weights about 2kg (both excluding power bank). Soldering iron required.

Details of connectors

Different LEDs

We actually build 2 different versions:

• cold white LEDs with 30 LEDs/meter (~5 hours with a 20.000Ah power bank)
• warm white LEDs with 60 LEDs/meter (~2.5 hours with a 20.000Ah power bank)

The version with more LEDs is obviously more bright, but will also require twice the amount of power, resulting in shorter usage time. When only using one light on one side of the table the brighter one is preferred, although the other version also allows playing at roughly 80% of normal speed.

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