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Was at Ikea this evening and found they had a few rope/strip type of
lighting, they all connected to a transformer down to 12V, bypass the
transformer and your good to go.
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15576&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=68162&langId=-1&categoryId=16082&chosenPartNumber=40095690
On 5/11/07, Ken James <> wrote:
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> Sorry about the delay in replying, I did not get this email.
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> 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.
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> 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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