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Convert table lamp to battery power.
Wrap electrical tape around any exposed wire.
Purchase a 6 volt rechargeable lantern battery see resources with an ac dc wire attached.
When plugged in to house power everything works but the converter has a shrill whine when any switch is turned on.
There s also a workbench power supply so i can check the lamp is also happy running at the stated voltage.
I ve bought a male and female dc connector.
This doesn t need to be a problem.
I want to convert a table lamp to a low voltage lamp so i can wire it into my existing landscape lighting.
See if the lamp lights up.
For that reason there s a multi meter on the table.
Have a favorite lamp but don t have an outlet to put it in.
Connect the wires labelled with a minus sign to each other as well.
Battery operated lamps battery lamp battery lights remove water stains make a lampshade a table table lamp cordless lamps touch lamp.
Connect the wires labeled with a minus sign to each other as well.
They are available at rv and camping supply stores.
They re at the bottom right.
All the instructions are the same you ll just use an 8 aa battery packinstead of a 9 volt battery pack and put aa batteries in it instead of a 9 volt clip the battery pack onto a 9 volt battery and hold the wires up to the lamp wires.
Make sure the switch is on.
Connect the wire in the lamp labeled with a plus sign to the battery wire labeled with a plus sign by twisting the two wires together.
Use a wire cutter to strip about a half inch of rubber off of the tips of the battery s two wires.
How to convert a lamp to battery power hunker.
Connect the wire in the lamp labelled with a plus sign to the battery wire labelled with a plus sign by twisting the two wires together.
Some table lamps have the 6 volt battery right in the base not bad looking either.
I want to be able to swap the battery and the original power supply easily in the future.