RE: fibre optics in gardens

["Ward, David" <David.Ward@xxxxxxx>]

Doing the same thing with LEDs would probably be easier to manage.

 

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From: Steve Morgan [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 September 2002 08:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] fibre optics in gardens

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Message-----
From:
Vijay Vithani [mailto:vijay.vithani@xxxxxxx] 
>We went to Walt
Disney World recently, and at Epcot (I think) saw fibre
optics in paving
stones.
>The effect was absolutely fantastic.
>I was keen to
use
fibre optics in a future garden project, especially
in the paving in the
patio, or in the flooring in the conservatory.
>Any ideas how this
can be
done here?

I personally wouldn't fancy trying to drill loads of 1mm
holes
in paving
slabs, so I'd suggest casting your own. 

Here's what
I'd do:

Make up a wooden mould (or preferably, several). Make it from a
frame
of
2"x2" with a plywood base. 

Drill some small holes if the base
to
take your selected optical fibre.

Feed the fibres through the base,
ensuring that they stand proud of the
upper surface of the
mould.

Pour
in the concrete and wait. 

When it's set, trim off the fibres flush
with
the top surface. 

Cut the fibres protruding through the base, being
sure
to leave them
long enough to connect them to some longer fibres later
on.

Repeat as required.

You'd need to handle such slabs pretty
carefully, so as not to break the
fibres. They'd need to be raised
somehow to
leave space for the fibres
without exceeding their minimum bend
radius.

Then, it's just a matter of connecting them to a suitable
modulated
light source and switch
on.

Steve

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