This is not a question really...

Just an observation - but the things I've found are quite interesting.

No affiliation with anyone listed below.

Going to be using a fair bit of LED tape. The basic lighting circuits
are now done at the bungalow. So this is "poncing about for fun".

I needed some low profile LED lights that do not need sinking into a
ceiling (insulation and irregularly spaced rafters above).

Chose this profile:

https://www.marcled.com/products/206...456789001.html

which has the advantage of being nearly invisible to the casual observer
against a white ceiling, and wide enough to cover a 20mm cable entry
hole (more on that later).

Going to use a wood version:

https://www.marcled.com/products/219...103352509.html

in the conservatory around the "cove" area under the roof, top of the
window sections. Again, it will be discrete.


I've had test sections of both up and it looks good.

Also has the advantage of being trivial to unclip to replace the tape if
that fails.

On the same line, I found these:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/lighti...ctors/0399571/

which make perfect power connectors - strain relief, locking and screw
terminal. And thin enough to poke up a 20 mm hole in the ceiling. Comes
in a male and female cable mount type.

So the LEDs can be dropped off and unplugged for painting and repair.

If I used an RGBW tape I'd need 5 connections, so probably use a quality
5A rated DIN plug/socket for that.


PSUs: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-drivers/7737002/

Over-Everything protection, shrouded terminals and strain relief. It's
amazing how much **** is sold in the sheds (and electrical wholesalers)
- stuff with single insulated mains wires coming out the end. WTF am I
supposed to do with those to make them compliant?

Now for the tape - this is where it gets hard:

https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/led-strip-lights

Had the 14.4W/m, and 9.6W/m on test in the mid -whites. The 14.4 is
insanely bright. The 9.6 might do in the conservatory where I will run
8m of it around the perimeter.


But now I'm torn. Wouldn't it be cute to deploy some RGBW tape and have
funky colours plus a decent white at 1000 lumens/m! Just makes the
wiring much harder trying to run 5 cores of 0.5mm2 - 0.75mm2 around...


That's not a complaint - I am just amazed by how far this has come.

Those tapes are also water proof without sleeving, so they might get
used for soffit lighting too.

24V versions naturally


Photos of real installations as I progress...

Tim