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kiteman

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PostSubject: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptyFri May 23, 2014 3:24 pm

After seeing HarryHornet's LED lights at Dubs At The Park decided to do some of my own.

I decided to use the existing interior lights that Danbury fit and replace the fluorescent tube with an LED strip instead.
Managed to get 5M of LED strip for the bargain price of £2.50 off Ebay  Cool 

I removed all the electronics and transformer from behind the end cover and wired the LED strip to the units switch.

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with the cover back on

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptyFri May 23, 2014 4:23 pm

Nice work. What a difference and at a bargain price too.
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptyFri May 23, 2014 6:11 pm

Illuminating!  Cool

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySat May 24, 2014 6:45 pm

Cracking job Kiteman, what a bright spark  Rolling Eyes 

Can you tell me which seller on Ebay.
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySat May 24, 2014 7:12 pm

Does this reduce the lecky consumption, as I thought the strip lights were supposed to be low draw anyway?
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun May 25, 2014 9:10 am

Strip lights use less than normal incandescent lamps, but do have a high start up current. LEDs have zero startup and use very little power, better all round

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun May 25, 2014 10:35 am

Eco friendly then  Wink

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun May 25, 2014 12:44 pm

kiteman wrote:
Strip lights use less than normal incandescent lamps, but do have a high start up current. LEDs have zero startup and use very little power, better all round
Sounds (and looks) good then.

Next trick, mood lighting with different colored strips and the option to change as required.
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun May 25, 2014 3:04 pm

They do multicolour LED strips with remote control on ebay as well

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySat Jul 12, 2014 3:50 pm

With some of the left over Led strip I decided to make a light for the awning.

All I did was wrap the strip around some pvc tube I found in the garage, add some cable that is long enough to plug in the 12v socket and put a hook at the top so it can be hung from the awning

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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun Jul 13, 2014 4:20 pm

kiteman wrote:
They do multicolour LED strips with remote control on ebay as well

Bought one of these, took a chance at £7 Wink

Very surprised at how well it worked!
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun Jul 13, 2014 5:01 pm

neillitesteer wrote:
kiteman wrote:
They do multicolour LED strips with remote control on ebay as well

Bought one of these, took a chance at £7 Wink

Very surprised at how well it worked!
Looking forward to seeing how you hook it up to some new engineering project. Technicoloured brick perhaps Very Happy or maybe different colours depending on speed.
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PostSubject: Re: Interior LED light   light - Interior LED light EmptySun Jul 13, 2014 5:03 pm

Sunny wrote:
neillitesteer wrote:
kiteman wrote:
They do multicolour LED strips with remote control on ebay as well

Bought one of these, took a chance at £7 Wink

Very surprised at how well it worked!
Looking forward to seeing how you hook it up to some new engineering project. Technicoloured brick perhaps Very Happy or maybe different colours depending on speed.

VW's are "Technicoloured bricks"
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