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After posting the MR-16 LED Holders, I started thinking about how I could make a holder that would be water-resistant or even water-proof.  Well, guess what!

Introducing----

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CrazyLightLady super cheap water resistant MR-16 LED Globes.

Supplies

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Plastic Ornament Globe- Hobby Lobby has these in various sizes and they're all super cheap.

Soldering pencil-The same one from the other How-To

Glue gun-Mine's high temp, so every time I use it I'm reminded of just how much hot glue burns.  Yikes!

MR-16 Socket and Bulb

Heat Shrink Tubing

Wire-If you read my Wire How-to, you know why I seem to have any endless supply.

Aluminum Duck Tape-By far the absolute best tape on the face of the planet for sticking and staying put under all kinds of weather extremes.

Wire Strippers and other assorted tools.

Assembly

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Closer view of the globe-Save yourself a trip and call Hobby Lobby first, they don't stock a lot of them, so they may or may not be in stock.

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Burn holes for the socket wires in one side of the globe

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Thread the socket wires through the holes and spread some hot glue at the base of the socket.  This will seal the holes from the inside and also hold the socket firm against the inside of the globe.  Set the globe with the bulb facing up-right while the glue cools

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Turn the globe over and seal the outside of the wire openings with hot glue.

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Let the glue cool and add another coat of hot glue to make sure you have a solid seal.

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Run a bead of hot glue around the lip of the globe half and join the two halves together.

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Run another bead of hot glue around the edge of the two joined halves.

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Once the glue along the seam has cooled, add more hot glue to the globe holder just to be safe.

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Cut a length of foil tape and then cut it in half.  The tape is too wide to create a solid seal, but it does work if you cut the tape to one inch width.

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Place the tape around the globe at the seam and make sure you push it down hard enough to remove any wrinkles that will let moisture into the globe.

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Slice power wires and heat shrink tubing onto the socket wires.

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That's it!  All you need to do now is decide how you want to use the flood.  If you want to hang it from a tree, all you have to do is tie a cord to the globe hanger and wire it to a controller.

 

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Or if you want to stake it into the ground, just tie the hanger to a cord and snake the cord down through the bottom of the PVC.

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Next, pull the cord up from the bottom of the PVC, making sure the globe is snug against the top of the PVC, and run a piece of tape around them both to keep the cord in place.

 

I've also built a proto-type using waterproof glue, the glue needs to cure for 24 hours, so I'll post results as soon as I have a chance to run a test or two.

Stay tuned!

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Remember this is my site and my opinions, I'm not an expert at anything, if you have questions or constructive comments e-mail me, and finally, please don't post any of this information on the TCL site or boards.  Thanks!

 

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