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| awemawson:
Yet to fix it on as currently I'm banned from the workshop by her in doors :whip: Actually I'm still waiting for a couple of 'din rail mounting clips' to fix the power supply to one of the existing din rails in the control cabinet. The power supply is an approximately 1.25" x 4" x 6" 'brick' Chinese made 12v 5 amp switch mode one sold widely but I got mine on ebay for less than £10 including postage - actually seems quite well made but they haven't given mounting much thought in the design as the only available tapped holes are down the 1.25" side, but I'm sure I'll overcome that :clap: |
| Pete.:
Pretty damn cool. I have a roll of those LED's, mine has a remote control and can output any number of different colours including disco flashing etc, and a brightness control too. Are yours the same Andrew or are they a fixed colour and brightness? I'd like to get a basic white set for a similar task. |
| awemawson:
No I went for the brightest, which are mono coloured 'daylight'. Also they are in groups of three across the 12v DC each with an smd resistor, so a single failure will only stop that group of three rather than the entire chain. I have some LED "bayonet replacement" light bulbs that I installed in our letting holiday cottages, as guests will insist on leaving lights on when they go out for the day. They are a chain in series across bridge rectified mains, so a single led failure extinguishes the lot! So far I've had 10% failures over less than 6 months, but have devised a repair method. The cover pops off exposing a circular board packed with leds. When only one has failed I put a blob of solder across it to restore the rest. When I get to multiple fails, I'll keep one as a donor and nick it's leds. These are expensive bulbs at about £4 each so yes I'm a cheapskate but it's worth it! |
| chipenter:
Last Thursday Lidl had led lights on special 240 and 12 volt , fitted up two over the lathe really bright and only 3 watts , led are getting brighter and cheaper got them all over the workshop . |
| tom osselton:
--- Quote from: awemawson on September 19, 2013, 11:22:45 AM ---Yet to fix it on as currently I'm banned from the workshop by her in doors :whip: Actually I'm still waiting for a couple of 'din rail mounting clips' to fix the power supply to one of the existing din rails in the control cabinet. The power supply is an approximately 1.25" x 4" x 6" 'brick' Chinese made 12v 5 amp switch mode one sold widely but I got mine on ebay for less than £10 including postage - actually seems quite well made but they haven't given mounting much thought in the design as the only available tapped holes are down the 1.25" side, but I'm sure I'll overcome that :clap: --- End quote --- Just show her how much you want to get in the shop just go upstairs and hang a sheet out the window! :beer: |
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