texaspyro
September 28, 2014, 4:41am
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Note that you should drive LED strips with the power source”+” connected at one end and “-” at the other… very important for longer strips. If you don’t, you get a significant voltage drop down the strip and the LEDs at the driven end draw more current and those at the open end get starved for power.
I recently converted all 300+ lighs in my house to LEDs (see My adventures in LED home lighting ). In my master bedroom are two bookcases with under-shelf light strips made up of small incandescent bulbs. They work, but have a nasty trait of causing the shelves to pop and creak for over an hour as they heat up the wood. Plus they are incandescent... that just won't do for the techno-villa.
If you've ever trolled Ebay, etc for LED stuff you have seen those LED strip lights. These are stri…
Besides the Kitchen of the Gods (Hera halogen counter light Nichia 219 retrofit ) the TechnoShack has the Hoity-Toity Dining Room Table of the Gods. It was designed and built in the 1950’s by noted designer and architect Leonard Haber (who was married to Jane Murchison, ex-wife of Clint Murchison of Dallas Cowboys fame). The table was built for their friend and family doctor.
So what’s a dining room table have to do with lights? Well, the table is built with three wells in the top. Each well con…