Lights to illuminate your Figurals

There are a few options for illuminating your globes, however, one seems far more suited to this application than any of the others

I chose to use a 5mm 5 volt RGB full color LEDS from https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32650249968.html

5mm because that fits well with the 9mm ‘housing’ and the original size of the figurals

5 volts because it assists with a simple power supply arrangement.

Before you immediately go and order these you will probably want to customise them beyond what is shown on the web page.

The first thing to change is the length, 3cm between LEDs is quite short for what we want. I used 10cm for my ‘table runner’ and 30cm for my Christmas tree.

Since I didn’t know how long my table runner needed to be I ordered the ‘standard’ ‘100 pcs’, but I suggest you might want to order a different quantity. For my table runner I used 28 LEDS.

‘Top end’ of lights

Another change to make is to request no Red/Black power leads, as it makes the rear of first led ‘too big’ to be connected to the figurals properly.

‘Bottom end of Lights’

Something else you might want to consider is not having a 3 pin plug at the end, unless there’s a chance that you might want to sometimes ‘extend’ your string of lights.

Once you have worked out exactly what you want, click on the ‘Message’ and tell the supplier exactly what you want and they will draw up a quote. The message button is to the right of Shenzhen Rita’s logo and name, about half way down.

I have spoken with Shenzhen Rita and they are happy to quote for any or all of these modifications.

Whilst you are waiting for your lights to arrive you can 3D print the base which goes over the globe to support the figurals themselves. Click here.