[Swansea Hackspace] LEDs strip lighting

[Richard Morgan]

LOL! Thanks Graham - that's good to know that they are capable of throwing
enough light out (green or otherwise!). If you do get a view of the brand
that would be helpful.

Richard



On 10 October 2014 09:26, Graham Owens <grahamowensuk at googlemail.com> wrote:

> My father in law has done exactly this, but i am unable to confirm what
> brand he used etc at the moment?  but he regularly tells my wife how bright
> it is (apparently green is much brighter than the others, i spend my time
> making postulations that it is an illusion and their eyes are just more
> sensitive to green light [?])
>
> Graham
>
> On 10 October 2014 09:18, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I have a conservatory that requires lighting - it's a bit dark in these
>> Winter months.
>>
>> I'm looking to put LED strips across the roof beams and was wondering
>> about using LED strips but not sure how much light they would give off at a
>> distance though. I also like the RF controller idea for running them and
>> changing brightness / colours...
>>
>> It's about 8.5ft high at the mid-point and I would likely run these up
>> the diagonal beams - about 11ft in length.
>>
>>
>> http://www.simplelighting.co.uk/products/2M,-Colour-Changing-RGB-30-LED-Tape-kit.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwh96hBRCnsefbvZrKrpcBEiQAF7oMdOySrl94A5MYfcfSsRcnOaTB2iNcbVePy3vAJYcR1FMaAqHp8P8HAQ
>>
>> We would mostly be using the white colour but the option to change it for
>> kids parties etc would be cool.
>>
>> Is this a dumb idea? Would they give off enough light at that distance?
>>
>> All suggestions very gratefully received....
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
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Kind regards,

Richard
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