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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made
that one can illuminate a globe with at regular intervals down the side of a path? Its got to be better than the existing garden lighting witch uses bulbs and horrible IDC connections to the wire that go intermittent or open circuit either at the holder or interconnections. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
Brian Gaff wrote:
I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made Depends, there are bollard-sized ones, do you mean something in between that and the six inch tall ones on spikes? |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
I used some low voltage decking lights inserted into block paving along the edge of my drive just like landing lights on a runway. In my case it was to indicate the edge of the drive at night as I reverse off the drive.
Richard |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote
I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made that one can illuminate a globe with at regular intervals down the side of a path? Yep, the Philips Hue Calla lights are that. Not cheap tho. Its got to be better than the existing garden lighting witch uses bulbs and horrible IDC connections to the wire that go intermittent or open circuit either at the holder or interconnections. True. |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
Its not the height but the sphere size and illumination which is the key
here. I can easily mount them any old place if they have a stem, after all, you just make up or buy a clamp or screw through the middle of the tube. The point is that they need to run from a supply not the daft dark sensor solar ones, as the idea is to switch them on remotely from a cab. It will aid me getting to my house when its dark, since the cab can see the light come on, and hence I don't have to try to locate my place. I also have had another idea. I used one of those tile things that work via bluetooth today, and although these work well, they are not very loud. What I need is either a tile with a bigger speaker or maybe one fixed at the bottom of a horn or something so you can hear it better. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... Brian Gaff wrote: I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made Depends, there are bollard-sized ones, do you mean something in between that and the six inch tall ones on spikes? |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
And they are low voltage lights? I thought the lights you mentioned were
normally mains ones, but I've been out of touch for a while. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made that one can illuminate a globe with at regular intervals down the side of a path? Yep, the Philips Hue Calla lights are that. Not cheap tho. Its got to be better than the existing garden lighting witch uses bulbs and horrible IDC connections to the wire that go intermittent or open circuit either at the holder or interconnections. True. |
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Lonely Auto-contradicting Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:11:07 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Yep, the Philips Hue Calla lights are that. Not cheap tho. Good grief! Shove your stupid Philips Hue up your senile arse finally, senile Rodent! Nazi Hypocrite "Moose in Love with Nazi Scum" on Parole, again! LOL |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote
And they are low voltage lights? Yep. I thought the lights you mentioned were normally mains ones, but I've been out of touch for a while. These are pretty recent. Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote I wonder is there any off the shelf led units that are not crappily made that one can illuminate a globe with at regular intervals down the side of a path? Yep, the Philips Hue Calla lights are that. Not cheap tho. Its got to be better than the existing garden lighting witch uses bulbs and horrible IDC connections to the wire that go intermittent or open circuit either at the holder or interconnections. True. |
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Lonely Auto-contradicting Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:09:05 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Yep. Yep??? Are you sick or what, auto-contradicting senile pest? LOL -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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LED outdoor low voltage lights as beacons?
On 09/01/2020 20:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Its not the height but the sphere size and illumination which is the key here. I can easily mount them any old place if they have a stem, after all, you just make up or buy a clamp or screw through the middle of the tube. The point is that they need to run from a supply not the daft dark sensor solar ones, as the idea is to switch them on remotely from a cab. It will aid me getting to my house when its dark, since the cab can see the light come on, and hence I don't have to try to locate my place... The Garden Lighting Shop has a range of different mains operated garden lights: https://www.thegardenlightingshop.co.uk/ Nothing exactly as you describe, but they do have 200mm 300mm 400mm and 500mm stone effect ground level sphere lights with mounting spikes. They also have a range of pedestal and bollard lights. -- Colin Bignell |
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