A Christmas Gift

Hi all,

I'm a noobie here so my apologies if I've gotten this in the wrong forum and thank you in advance for all your help!

My best friends 4yr old is a hockey nut (he sleeps with his hockey stick) and his father is building him his first outdoor rink this year (that's another story all together) and for his gift this year I wanted to make him a goal light. I was hoping to set it up something like this: Goal light behind the net on a post, when he scores, he skates by and hits the button and the light comes on a runs or a brief moment in time (thinking 10 seconds or less but that can be negotiable if necessary).

Here's the light(http://amzn.to/2hLMCxH) i've already gotten off of amaon, that has an in-line roller switch and runs on 120v and is not LED,

Where i'm stuck is how do I get the light to only run for a short duration of time after the button is pressed? I know i need a timer on a circuit board, but no idea how to put it together.

I already have some timers that i took out of a sample light, but the sample was powered by 4 AA batteries and is LED. Would it be possible to use that timer without mods to make it work? The timer has a 555 chip in it.

All thoughts and solutions would be welcome.

Please let me know if i've left out some crucial information and i'd be happy to get it for you.

Many thanks,

Jeff

 

Thanks Rayregula,

So this project seen here (http://www.instructables.com/id/Controlling-AC-light-using-Arduino-with-relay-modu/) except for 120v with a button first?

Thanks for your feedback!

Jeff

 

in my head i see jr hitting the button after he scores then the goal light would start spinning and glowing.

so i think it looks like this:

plug into wall > button (sends power to arduino) > arduino executes code to trigger light for set second duration then goes off until next time.

does that make sense?

 

Thanks for the tip Bob; it sound easier and less expensive to wire that way!

Any chance you could point me in the right direction to find wiring diagrams for this set-up? As previously mentioned, I'm a noob at this!

Thanks,

Jeff

 

Thanks Rayregula!

 

Bob,

Using this http://houseofjeff.com/555-timer-oscillator-frequency-calculator/ seems like it should do the trick, yes? set to 10 seconds