RE: Automatable lighting (LED?) for my loft?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's interesting thanks Wayne.

Any pictures? How have you fitted them to the stairs? Oh, and how does the
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el-wire look? Does it spread well up/down the wall even if positioned very
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close?

Ta,

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Wayne
> Sent: 18 August 2006 22:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Automatable lighting (LED?) for my loft?
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> Hiya Paul.
> I've nearly completed LED lights following up our stairs - nothing
> automated but wired into a wall switch top and bottom. Its the jobs
from
> Ikea ( http://tinyurl.com/rqjlm ) but wired
into a stronger 12v psu as
> its also powering some 'el wire' I have around the coving in the
lounge
> ( :-) ) http://www.surelight.com/content.php
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> the LED's are a LOT brighter than the el-wire but then you need to see
> whats going on the stairs - the lounge is more of a dim background
light
> for watching movies in the 'near' dark but still able to see the table
> for your drinks and peanuts :)
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> el-wire is also bendable in all directions (it is flexy wire after
all!)
> and can be any length, the Ikea lights come in strips of about 12
inches
> long - you can cut the end off to suit but each led is wired in 3's so
> you may pop one if you chop off the surface mount resister in the
> process - no real problem.
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> Fixing the Ikea lights is simple enough - each pack comes with metal
> clips that can be nailed or you can use the foam sticky fix pads. The
> el-wire is held up with the clear 'hot glue gun' glue pushed onto the
> coving edge with the wire pushed into it.
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> hth :)
> Wayne.
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> Paul Gale wrote:
> > http://www.siliconpixel.com/gallery/main.php/v/loft/loft1.jpg.html
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> > Just trying to understand what=92s out there and what might work
well a=
nd
> look really cool =96 possibly some LED uplighting around the edges?
> Automatable of course! I do have a number of Gerry=92s RGB LED boards
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> I=92ve still not used =96 so that could be a good controller, but not
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e of
> fixings etc =96 and these are point LED=92s rather than built into
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> > Any thoughts / ideas?
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> > There isn=92t a lighting designer on list either is there?
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> > Cheers,
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> > Paul.
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