Re: [57north-discuss] lighting the space

2014-09-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014, at 11:58 PM, Robert McWilliam wrote: I have 10 10W LEDs and a power supply that can drive them. Calum has volunteered to source appropriate switches and a box for to put them in and we have plans to wire that up and have much light available (the same as the 100W LED but

Re: [57north-discuss] lighting the space

2014-09-17 Thread Tom Jones
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:47:03AM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: On Tue, Sep 9, 2014, at 11:58 PM, Robert McWilliam wrote: I have 10 10W LEDs and a power supply that can drive them. Calum has volunteered to source appropriate switches and a box for to put them in and we have plans to wire

Re: [57north-discuss] Lighting the space

2014-09-14 Thread Edward Watson
On 10 September 2014 10:15, Peet42 pee...@netscape.net wrote: (My house is entirely LED-lit!) Cool. Just out of interest, how much does this save your electricity bill? I thought that LED bulbs produced less heat than regular bulbs. Don't suppose anyone checked the LED RGB strip light in the

Re: [57north-discuss] Lighting the space

2014-09-10 Thread Peet42
From the discussion about how to mount these LEDs, can I assume they're wire-ended? You'll need a more substantial heatsink on each LED than you might initially imagine, as a 10W LED will easily get hot enough to melt its own solder and drop on the head of unsuspecting passers-by. Just a

[57north-discuss] lighting the space

2014-09-09 Thread Robert McWilliam
The lighting in the space isn't very good (3 pretty dull bulbs), there has been some talk this evening about improving this. I have 10 10W LEDs and a power supply that can drive them. Calum has volunteered to source appropriate switches and a box for to put them in and we have plans to wire that