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

[Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiya Paul,
unfortunately no photos at the mo. Up to my eyeballs in plaster board,
filler and plaster dust (from the sanding of getting everything level! -
I haven't mastered plastering yet :-) )

The Ikea lights are supplied with little metal clips that fit snugly
around the light strip - there's a small hole in each - just big enough
for small nail / tack. that will be my method of fixing (sticky tape at
the mo though just to see the effect) - they can then be unclipped if
needed.

The El-Wire doesn't have a big spread really. You can see that there's a
blue 'glow' in the room - and I can make out things on the coffee table
but no detail. You know its a glass cause its glass shape and you put it
there to start with so to speak. Its more of 'effects' than useful. I
did get some 'reflective' type paint from Hobby Craft - pearl type just
to hopefully reflect a bit more. When I was originally putting this up I
was thinking about getting the thin plastic mirror strips or using an L
shape of it and fix the wire in there, just to try and give it a bit
more refection. I've seen it since but couldn't find it at the time.

I'll try and get some photos and post them on my site - bare with me for
the mo if that's ok?

Hope that makes sense :)

Wayne.





Paul Gale wrote:
> That's interesting thanks Wayne.
>
> Any pictures? How have you fitted them to the stairs? Oh, and how does
the el-wire look? Does it spread well up/down the wall even if positioned
very close?
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> Ta,
>
> Paul.
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>> -----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?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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 :)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> hth :)
>> Wayne.
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>> Paul Gale wrote:
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>>> http://www.siliconpixel.com/gallery/main.php/v/loft/loft1.jpg.html
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>>> Just trying to understand what?s out there and what might work
well and
>>>
>> look really cool ? possibly some LED uplighting around the edges?
>> Automatable of course! I do have a number of Gerry?s RGB LED
boards that
>> I?ve still not used ? so that could be a good controller, but not
sure of
>> fixings etc ? and these are point LED?s rather than built into
strips?
>>
>>> Any thoughts / ideas?
>>>
>>> There isn?t a lighting designer on list either is there?
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>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Paul.
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