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From: Ken James (no email)
Date: Fri May 11 2007 - 13:48:58 EDT
Sorry about the delay in replying, I did not get this email.
There are a number of companies making 12V led rope lights, all from
Asia I think, I have never tried them. I use 12V led Christmas lights on
my boat though that work fine, but they do tend to tangle.
There is no technical reason you could not use 120V lights and a very
small inverter, in fact it might well be more efficient to do it that way.
You might also take a look at sites such as the LED museum, and the
candlepower forum both of which have a lot of links to led sites.
You might also check the automotive novelty lighting scene, they are
into lighting like this big time. I have thought about using the
electroluminescent rope lights they sell for cars on boats, but am not
sure how well they would hold up outside, although I think the do make
kits for outside use...these lights make a solid 'bar' or 'line' of
light and are pretty efficient although not as efficient as leds.
Here is a site that offers 12V led rope lighting, but it is not cheap.
https://ssl.adhost.com/noveltylights/merchant.cfm?pid=326&step=4
BTW, my cruising DVD collection is now up to seven, with thousands of
books of every sort. If anybody knows of any good book or pub sites,
please let me know. -Ken
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