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my new led stripe lighting
Posted by GGOOLER on Monday, January 20, 2014 9:43 PM

i just recieved 3 rolls of 15' led lights 300 per roll. 2 bright white and 1 warm light. so on to the pics

here is the installation, i used a .25x.75x? what ever length of fir i had ripped from a piece i had left over. screwed the wood to the ceiling then peeled the tape to stick the leds to the wood. i put the wood 24 inches from the wall to match the edge of the layout.

 

the closeup of the connection.

 

regular lights on and  leds

 

with just regular lights

 

with just led lights

 

a hopper at the aztec mine

 

shot of the custom cabinet shop

 

side shot of the install from the other side of the layout

 

im going to get three more rolls and do the other sectionsof the ceilingfor the rest of the layout. it is alot brighter with the camera than to the naked eye.

 

later

g

 

 

 

 

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Posted by mlehman on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:16 AM

g,

Thanks for the pics of your install. I know what you mean about the light tricking the camera a bit. The thing about it is the quality of the light these provide and your pics do a good job of conveying that.

So this is one 15' string and you have more to hang? Keep us updated.

Mike Lehman

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 4:32 AM

g, that looks great.

What are the regular lights?  Incandescents?

Where did you get the strip lighting?  Cost, if I might ask?

Do you prefer the bright white or the warm light?

What is your power source?

Rich

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Posted by zstripe on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:20 AM
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Posted by GGOOLER on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:17 AM

i got them off of amazon

Lemonbest® Cool white LED Flexible Strip light, 3528 Non-waterproof 300 SMD leds LED Ribbon with 3M Adhesive Back + 12V 2A Power Supply Adapter

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DEF7QHS/ref=cm_gift_hist_link

and yes i like the bright whites for the overall room and going to use the warm whites for buildings along with some bright whites to act as shop lighting. the regular light source is an ikea three way spotlight. i think you can see in the last pic'

later

g

 

 

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Posted by GGOOLER on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:37 PM

here is a close up of the lights. you can cutoff three leds for a section. which takes up 2" on the roll

i used my 40 watt pinpoint tip solder iron for it, and  worked great.

im going to try using sharpie markers to try to see if i can mark out 2 leds to see if i can get only one to giveoff light for when i only 1 led or 2.

i think someone on the forum mentioned that in a thread here somewhere. or just elec. tape the ones not needed. or color sharpies to make colored lights.

later

g

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Posted by GGOOLER on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:16 PM

i had stuck some of the roll onto the ceiling and with the texture the tape didnt stick too well. so i cutoff what was there and added them to my diesel shop.

i mounted them onto some styrene strips and slipped the thru the girders, 2 of them ay 10".so theres 30 leds lighting it up. might be overkill, but i didnt know what to expect.

 

 

later

g

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 4:26 PM

Wow!  That overhead LED strip lighting works well and is quite impressive.  When they can get something a little less "bluish" in tint, I might look into that.

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:06 PM

 They do. His are Cool White, they have Warm White as well. Plus RGB ones, with controllers to alter the color. My plan is to use all LED lighting, a mix of the warm white and RGB, and have it controlled to simulate sunrise and sunset, as well as mid day. Maybe a string of blue ones for night running.

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Posted by GGOOLER on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:59 PM

ill have to show another interior shot of it. the blusih you see might be some of the stock gray color of the building. plus the fact of using 30 leds might of been overkill.

later

g

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Posted by jecorbett on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:37 PM

I'm considering LEDs for layout ligjting on the new branchline I hope to build this year. How does the light compare to florescent tube ligts which I have used on the rest of the railroad. Would you recommend the bright white or warm light for layout lighting?

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Posted by GGOOLER on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:43 PM

jecorbett

I'm considering LEDs for layout ligjting on the new branchline I hope to build this year. How does the light compare to florescent tube ligts which I have used on the rest of the railroad. Would you recommend the bright white or warm light for layout lighting?

 

sorry for the late responce. my florescent tube 4 bulb 2'x4' lights are brighter than these. the camera fools you.

i did a search and found what the difference between the 3628 that i bought and the 5050 that are brighter and going to try these next. here is the link:

http://www.flexfireleds.com/pages/Comparison-between-3528-LEDs-and-5050-LEDs.html

 

later

g

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Posted by EDZ on Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:10 PM

Hi,

 

Are these wired in series?   With one power supply?  And does one remote oprate all?

 

Thanks,

 

-Ed

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Posted by rrinker on Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:03 PM

 On the strips, each set of 3 or 4 LEDs is wired in series, those sets are wired in parallel. That's the cut point where you can cut off what you don't need - between the sets that are wired in series.

 There's really nothing to do - attach the strips somehow, and plug in the power supply. The wiring is already done within the strip. With a big enough power supply, you just add more strips in parallel. In a really large room it will be more economical to distribute multiple power supplies than try to find one that can push 50 amps or so.

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Posted by Trainmedic on Friday, January 24, 2014 3:50 PM

 

[/quote]IdeaGot me convinced!

I ordered two of each last night.Idea

Thanks, Trainmedic

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Posted by Santa Fe all the way! on Saturday, January 25, 2014 12:29 AM
I'm ordering these for the upper valance of my shelf layout. As the upper valance is going to be 14" above the layout these should really light the layout well.
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Posted by HObbyguy on Saturday, January 25, 2014 2:01 AM

Hey that looks pretty good!  I thought about mounting on wood but was concerned about how well the strips would stick long-term so went with aluminum channels.

Even if you don't buy from them everyone interested in LEDs should check out the online suppliers that are popping up.  The sites have some good info on the different options, intensity, color etc.  I've been buying from here:  http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/top-emitting/

To me, around 6000K color looks closest to typical sunlight.  Not quite a blue as the specs for most of the cool white strips out there but close.  Warm white stips are like incandescent bulbs.  The colors get washed out and it looks more like a rainy day or maybe dusk.

Also watch the lumens output and power rating.  The low density strips are very inexpensive now but they don't put out all that much light.  At the other extreme the high-end strips can be pricy, but they put out a ton of light in comparison  As others have said you can't really tell how bright the lights are in photos.  Today's cameras and even phones all adjust to the lighting conditions.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, January 25, 2014 3:30 AM

Hi, Tom

You can see the warm white LED strips in this previous thread on the subject...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcs.trains.com%2Fmrr%2Ff%2F11%2Ft%2F225078.aspx&ei=DYfjUoD0Ma7hsATV4oDQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFvT5boLRrvAa2G2aks0KMgaPAE4w&sig2=z3dJUBIGBzbU2tNz14qDzw&bvm=bv.59930103,d.cWc

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/225078.aspx

 

Ed (sorry, can't make the link clickable today!) [edit] IF I go outside the cs.trains site and copy a link from Google it works, complicated, but a workaround at least.

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