LED strip lighting in the home - how to diffuse ?

I just went for a small 5m roll of the stuff with the AC adapter to give it a go. Not going in a large room and depending what I can do with it will probably end up being used behind my TV unit and possible chopped up a little and mounted on the rear of the TV itself. Maybe :)
 
The light it gives off is fairly diffused anyway. The leds are behind little opaque discs. I went for the warm 5050 leds to use in my kitchen. You could always diffuse it more by adding some sort of opaque strip over the top.
 
Mark A said:
The light it gives off is fairly diffused anyway. The leds are behind little opaque discs. I went for the warm 5050 leds to use in my kitchen. You could always diffuse it more by adding some sort of opaque strip over the top.
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I've some of these coming next week. How do you find them? was one strip under each cabinet sufficient to illuminate the worktop well?
 
That stuff looks awesome.

What voltage does it run on?
Do you have to connect to either end, or it the + and - next to each other?
Can you just cut it with scissors?
How do you connect to it?
 
Cut it with scissors where it is marked.
Then you have to solder connections onto it (one end) and connect to the driver unit.
Voltage varies some are 12 volt some 24.
I had to fit loads of it in Tim Rice Oxley's house. It looks very nice
 
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BennyC said:
I've some of these coming next week. How do you find them? was one strip under each cabinet sufficient to illuminate the worktop well?
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They are bright enough for me. I can turn off the main light and just use the light from the LEDs if I needed to, but they work better to add some extra light where you're working. I think the bright white ones give off slightly more light than the warm white, but I have read it on quite a few forums etc that the warm is the one to go for as it gives off a nicer looking light.

I found it a bit difficult to solder them after cutting the strips, but I have never had any experience with soldering before. I managed it in the end but it was a bit of a nightmare.

I also made housings for them out of some PVC rosewood trim that I get for free from work. But they are not seen so just sticking the strips to the cabinet is fine.

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Thanks for the reply.

They look good, hopefully in a week or so I can post a few pictures for anyone that's interested.

I haven't bought a roll like the OP just meter strips that are already soldered ready to take drivers/power.

I may well buy a roll and use these in a wardrobe and on some bookshelves.
 
gary996 said:
Cut it with scissors where it is marked.
Then you have to solder connections onto it (one end) and connect to the driver unit.
Voltage varies some are 12 volt some 24.
I had to fit loads of it in Tim Rice Oxley's house. It looks very nice
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Cheers:D

I have no use for it, but I really want a strip. :/
 
Bloody hell, just looked at how much skirting lighting costs, cheapest I've found after a quick search is 80 quid for six LED lights, surely there must be cheaper? I remember a few years back when in school, we used to buy ultra bright LED's for electronics lessons for a quid a pop.
 
Bunka said:
Bloody hell, just looked at how much skirting lighting costs, cheapest I've found after a quick search is 80 quid for six LED lights, surely there must be cheaper? I remember a few years back when in school, we used to buy ultra bright LED's for electronics lessons for a quid a pop.
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order it from china or ebay only a few quid per m
 
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