Homemade Green LED Fishing Light: How Long Will a 9 Volt Battery Last?

Question from a Reader on how long the 9 volt battery will last in the light.  So far, this one has been on for over 54 hours.... and still counting!  This one uses the same circuit as designed in our article - Making a Simple Green LED Fishing Light - Part 1 LED Circuit.  The difference is a Sealed Glass Container is used instead of a PVC Body!

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Homemade Green LED Fishing Light - Sealed Glass Container Workaround!

Was out this afternoon doing errands with the significant other.  While at the Container Store saw a sealed glass container on sale for a $1.99.  Thought it would make an easy workaround to the PVC Body which takes a little more work and money to complete.  Bought the container, made another LED Circuit Assembly, and sure enough it worked!  For more on making your own Green LED Fishing Light, check out our articles - see links below.

Making a Simple Green LED Fishing Light - Part 1 LED Circuit
Making a Simple Green LED Fishing Light - Part 2 PVC Body

A Sunfish, a Little Catfish, and a Green LED Fishing Light Field Test

Fished Murphy City Hall Pond for Trout.  Ended up breaking off the last Size 12 COAF Guadalupana in the fly box.  Had been a consistent producer for Trout.  Gonna have to tie more and refill the fly box.

Switched to a Prince Nymph and struck out, then switched to Bread and started getting some strikes but no hook ups. Had brought a Bread Fly in hopes of hooking a fish with it.  Ended up catching a Sunfish and a little Catfish on Bread.

Did get a chance to test out the 6v Green LED Fishing Light.  Worked great; still working on the 9v version of it.  Circuit board is done; just need to get the PVC body completed.

Cold evening but still a lot of fun!

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New HubPages Article - "Making a Green LED Fishing Light - Part 1 LED Circuit"

New HubPages Article - "Making a Simple Green LED Fishing Light - Part 1 LED Circuit"  Part 1 of a four part series of articles that describe how to make a simple Green LED Fishing Light that is portable and powered by a 9V battery. Part 1 provides details for making the LED Circuit!

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Green LED Fishing Light - Bread Board Testing of the Circuit....

The LED diodes arrived in the mail; still short a few part but decided to test the circuit on a bread board.  Things look promising!  It works... this one uses a 9 volt battery and the diodes have a different rating than our original light.

They are considerably cheaper than the diodes we used at first, and they are still pretty bright. Like paying .89 cents each instead of $5.00 for one LED!  Ended up getting 15 diodes for less than the price paid for three.

More to come, in the near future, we hope!

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Green LED Fishing Light - Round 2

Been tinkering with the Green LED Fishing Light we made last year.  Made a modification to the battery pack; went from four AA batteries to one 6V battery.  Much easier to work with one battery!

Going to make another one; plan to use a 9V battery; just waiting for components to come in. Stay tuned... and as always Good Luck and Good Fishing!

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Homemade Green LED Fishing Light

Been out of pocket lately; not able to fish as much as we normally do.  Rain has also moved in today, so it will be hit or miss if we get to our favorite pond today.

That said, have been tinkering around with a homemade Green LED Fishing Light we made. Really liked the fish attracting ability of the fishing lights we saw while on the Coast.  Decided to make one that was portable and could be set under a float.

Here is our prototype.  Waiting for the glue to dry.  Once dry, gonna have to "test" it!

Fun stuff!