Re: [OT] Ikea LED Dioder Colour Changing Lighting Strips

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks ... great ... we're looking to use it in the kitchen, too, and
also in the garden ... 'fancy a spiral on the wall to light-up a
sitting-out area, plus some under the hedge on the boundary (only 30'
from the house), plus some above the veranda ... looks like it's easy
to get carried-away !!

Chris


On 17 Aug 2007, at 10:09, Neil Ball wrote:

> I've got Helvar Digidim installed at the house so it is being
> dimmed by one
> of their 452 universal dimmer modules set to trailing edge dimming.
> I don't
> see any reason why a "normal" dimmer would not work as well.
The rope
> creates a really nice gentle wash of light across the kitchen floor at
> plinth level and up the wall above the wall units, looks very good
> after
> dark. I've tried taking photos but my digital camera is fully
> automatic so
> does not really cope with night shots unfortunately.
>
>
>
> The great thing about Duralite is that it can be cut at 1m
> intervals which
> gives some flexibility during installation. It also means you can
> buy a 45m
> drum and cut it down to length as needed, cheaper than buying cut
> lengths
> providing you need close to the capacity of the drum. You also need
> to order
> the relevant jointing kits to hook it all up and if it is for
> linear runs
> then buy the continuous track for mounting the rope as the clips
> are pretty
> useless - very fragile (broke every one when removing the rope
> after a trial
> fit) and if you want to avoid drooping between the clips then the
> spacing
> between clips needs to be quite small.
>
>
>
> Neil B.



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