Flickering LED Lantern How To

[@MrDavidriese]

I guessed wrong at the end, nice project

[@aserta]

Oh, this looks way better than most stuff you see commercially available. Nice!

[@rumbletweed]

I've always wanted to convert an old lantern to led. Thanks for the tutorial. They look great!

[@barndogfab9934]

I love this and I would buy these! Great job!!

[@JakevonSlatt]

Thank you!

[@harrystevens3885]

Well I chose the wrong lamp. nice video and demonstration.

[@JakevonSlatt]

I cheated and made the LED just a _little_ bit more yellow that the kerosene flame, everybody chooses the wrong lamp!

[@bellowphone]

Cool build, and very clear explanations. Within a few seconds of looking at those two lamps in the beginning, I formed an opinion of which was which. My opinion was still the same by the end of the video. In fact it didn't change at all, until you blew out the kerosene lamp.

[@JakevonSlatt]

Bwah hah ha! My wife got it wrong too and she had the advantage of being in the room!

[@olddanb1]

Hi Jake, Thanks for an excellent and detailed video. I want to make something more powerful to attract moths. (Lepidoptery). I will use a 12v car battery and want it to be as bright as possible. Like a standard 110v Mercury lamp. They are intensely bright. I've tried before but never managed to increase brightness without either popping the flicker led or the transistor. Limited electronics knowledge here, but I really would like to make this work. Any advice greatly appreciated. With regards. Don.

[@JakevonSlatt]

For something like that I’d go with a bright LED bulb and this: lanternnet.com/product/fauxflame-v2-synthesizer-module/

[@RohitRozario-y1k]

Very clear explanation and nice execution. I was trying this same effect. To drive a brighter LED from the usual 4.5V Flickering LED. Have you tried using a Mosfet ?. I used a IRLZ44N L level N channel Mosfet to drive a 12V LED strip taking the source from the flickering LED through the Mosfet to act as a fast switching gate. And then wrap the LED strip in a spiral inside a lantern. It did work, but varying the flickering intensity was something that I just learnt today. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@JakevonSlatt]

Thanks! I think the regular transistor makes a softer more natural flicker since it a more linear device than the FET. I like the idea of a strip wrap in the lantern!

[@jamespatrick4684]

I am looking for a led flame effect panel that I can wire to a small solar panel for sting lights, so I can have flame effect in a lantern and have it powered by an external solar panel. Where can I get the led fame effect panel that is already wired so I can attach it to the solar panel myself?