[Robotgroup] How to turn on 12V rope light using 9V or less

[Don Colbath]

If nothing else a pair of 6V lantern batteries doesn't weigh too much 
and they aren't all that expensive.   Would depend though on what kind 
of rope light is used LED or incandescent.

Don

Pui Yee Hung wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am with the Austin Outrigger canoe club.  We practice at night and
>need to light up the boat for safety purpose.  I was thinking about
>using rope light. However, rope light run at 12V and a 12V battery add
>too much load to the boat. Is there any circuit that I can use to
>reduce the running voltage down to 9 V or 6V. We don't need to have
>the light on all the time, Blinking rope light will work for us as
>well.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>PY
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