Adrian Berry wrote:
"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:20:09 +0000, The Wanderer
wrote:

I'm in the process of turning an old hall cupboard into a display
cabinet. The cabinet will be floor to ceiling, nominal height of
2.3m x 1.2m wide, carcased - the walls aren't brilliant for display
purposes, internally finished in a satin lustre ivory colour, two
full size glass doors and two glass shelves, which should help with
light distribution inside the cupboard.

My initial thoughts are for two vertical rows of white LED
striplights hidden behind each architrave. I like the idea of LEDs
because of the minimal heat dissipation.


Cold cathode tubes are cheaper,look like very slim fluorescents,and
are also available from Maplins.

This is revealing my blueprints here,but what the heck.

I've been buying a couple of laptops offa ebay at silly prices only for the
backlights and inverter supplys to add lighting to similair cabinets I
have, these backlight flourecents are the thinness of a straw and a 12v
supply to the inverter and the light it gives is good. ;-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite