Modding a fan controller for use within shelving
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Well... after like a week of painting, it's all done 
Here is the shelf all primed up and ready to be painted black!
and here is all the shelf painted black
(As you can tell from the above picture to the below picture, painting takes a long time! )
I put the LED strip in to see how they look and it looks awesome! I don't think I'm going to need to dim it anymore. I'll see though once it's being used properly etc.
I'm putting all the fans in, the controller, and ALL the wires in place ready to put on the wall, then it's a matter of plugging stuff in. The LED's in the fans... I'm going to hold off on that at the moment, I think the LEDS I'm putting at the back of the shelf will hopefully make the fans looks awesome. If they don't look as awesome as I expect them to be, then I'll be putting the LEDS in the fans.
ARGH, work today is going slow because tonight is the good bit!!
Here is the shelf all primed up and ready to be painted black!
and here is all the shelf painted black
(As you can tell from the above picture to the below picture, painting takes a long time! )
I put the LED strip in to see how they look and it looks awesome! I don't think I'm going to need to dim it anymore. I'll see though once it's being used properly etc.
I'm putting all the fans in, the controller, and ALL the wires in place ready to put on the wall, then it's a matter of plugging stuff in. The LED's in the fans... I'm going to hold off on that at the moment, I think the LEDS I'm putting at the back of the shelf will hopefully make the fans looks awesome. If they don't look as awesome as I expect them to be, then I'll be putting the LEDS in the fans.
ARGH, work today is going slow because tonight is the good bit!!
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That shelf does have a nice blue glow coming from it. Would be nicer if it were Orange but you can't have everything.
The LED mod is more for the prettiness of the fan, rather than for shedding light into a system. With 3mm 20-30 degree FOV LEDs most of the light goes straight to the blades and the fan hub, although this does rather depend on the fan itself. A shiny, reflective fan will bounce light everywhere, whereas a matt fan will tend to absorb the light a lot better.
Thanks mate, the primer was a right pain in the arse to be fair, especially on the cuts. The primer kinda of just dissappeared! I have got a little more touching up to do, not much though.
Well I'm hoping the ropelight will make the fans look pretty without the modding, but I think eventually, I'll end up modding because I'll get bored
Doing that to my fans is more than I can manage at the moment Bloody good job though Tealc, they look gorgeous spinning round like that.I got started on placing all the wires in the shelf last night. It took longer than I expected because of planning where everything was being routed without overlapping wires too much.
Oh god, I hate it when you get an idea planted into your head. You've just got to go ahead and do it otherwise it bugs the hell out of ya
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Tealc, I need your help
which on which? Haha. I really need to get down to the theory of electrics!The wires at the back are the leds and the three wires at the front are from a three pin fan connector, so I can put it on my fan controller.
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The box itself isn't marked at all, its totally plain and where you see the cut wires in the pictures, that is after the power supply box. So where you see the cuts, them wires go straight into the LED rope light.
Really sorry about the delayed responses, I'm currently laying network cable under my floorboards and into different rooms.
Really sorry about the delayed responses, I'm currently laying network cable under my floorboards and into different rooms.
Yep that is exactly, that is where I've chopped it.
"This is our fantastic quality Blue LED Ropelight, it is mains operated meaning that you can just plug it straight into a normal household mains socket using the fitted power lead that is 1.5 metres in length. As it is IP44 rated it is weather resistant and therefore suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The tube itself is 13mm in diameter and is very flexible and there are 36 ultra bright long-life LED's per metre and the LED's have been tested up to 100,000 hours. They are also economical with a consumption rating of 3.96-4.56 Watts per metre."
That the description from the exact page I bought this LED ropelight from. I'll try and wire the leds back up tomorrow and take pictures.
No worries mate, I really appreciate your help
"This is our fantastic quality Blue LED Ropelight, it is mains operated meaning that you can just plug it straight into a normal household mains socket using the fitted power lead that is 1.5 metres in length. As it is IP44 rated it is weather resistant and therefore suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The tube itself is 13mm in diameter and is very flexible and there are 36 ultra bright long-life LED's per metre and the LED's have been tested up to 100,000 hours. They are also economical with a consumption rating of 3.96-4.56 Watts per metre."
That the description from the exact page I bought this LED ropelight from. I'll try and wire the leds back up tomorrow and take pictures.
No worries mate, I really appreciate your help
Well thanks for your help Tealc I guess I'm gonna have to buy more ropelight's. It is well insulated to be fair! I just soldered it back up and wrapped them in insulation tape.
I've finally got it on the wall now too. It's all set up, apart from the AV reciever/Amp, which I'll be buying soon. I'll also be doing some cable management outside of that shelf tonight, got all the trunking etc to put on the wall. Roll on 5 o'clock!
I guess I'm gonna have to buy more ropelight's. It is well insulated to be fair! I just soldered it back up and wrapped them in insulation tape.I've finally got it on the wall now too. It's all set up, apart from the AV reciever/Amp, which I'll be buying soon. I'll also be doing some cable management outside of that shelf tonight, got all the trunking etc to put on the wall. Roll on 5 o'clock!
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Yeah I did think of the RGB one's to match the colour I want
I'm thinking of putting strips along the bottom of each shelf and covering the part you'd see when you look into the shelf because when you actually look into the shelf, the ropelight is abit of an eye sore.
Is there a reflective material I can paint onto a surface?
I'm thinking of putting strips along the bottom of each shelf and covering the part you'd see when you look into the shelf because when you actually look into the shelf, the ropelight is abit of an eye sore. Is there a reflective material I can paint onto a surface?