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Randy Jordan

Randy Jordan

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"It's me again Margaret" I have a customer who wants a lighted shadow box. The battery powered light will be installed behind the object (in the center) and he wants a switch that is accessable from either the bottom or side. OK, where is a good source of said light kit. I've looked at little but thought someone here would have a good source. Randy J
 
Maybe you could engineer something from parts-express. They have some pretty cool strips of leds that you can cut to fit. They are RGB so you can adjust the color.

Example:
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=073-068

Power supply:
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?PartNumber=073-004

There customer service is great. Maybe they can help figure out how to power it...
Something like this?
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=140-976

Or on a shoestring budget, You could get one of those stick on lights from homedepot or CVS and gut it and remove the plastic..
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...053&langId=-1&keyword=led+stick&storeId=10051

But then you don't have the coolness of the remote.
 
Margaret, if you do a search here on the Grumble you will find some threads. I believe it was either Rob Markoff or John Ranes that did one not long ago where they used parts from an inexpensive digital flashlight to make just what you need.
 
I've been considering a store project of some old family items using these flexible LED strips. I haven't done a ton of research on them yet but another framer mentioned using them and said they were great.

Here is one link
 
Depending on the amount and spread of the light you need, you could use the innards of either an LED "puck" light (battery operated) or an inexpensive LED flashlight (like those cool anodized aluminum ones available for about $3.98 at Office Depot). In either case, a little simple wiring will be needed to put an external switch into the circuit.
:cool: Rick
 
Rick Granick said:
Depending on the amount and spread of the light you need, you could use the innards of either an LED "puck" light (battery operated) or an inexpensive LED flashlight (like those cool anodized aluminum ones available for about $3.98 at Office Depot). In either case, a little simple wiring will be needed to put an external switch into the circuit.
:cool: Rick
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Yep, also battery access would be necessary which is the advantage of a wired system.
 
Thank You for the suggestions! I went to Home Depot this morning a found a small battery powered puck light and a small slide switch, which will work perfectly! Now, I'm not sure why I thought this would be so difficult, guess I thought finding a light small enough would be hard to find. Thanks again, everyone. RJ
 
Cool. Post a pic. I'd like to see how this turns out. I've long wanted to do this with strip lights, but I haven't yet. This may be cheesy, but I'd love to float a photo and create a halo backlit effect in my man / music room.

Randy Jordan said:
Thank You for the suggestions! I went to Home Depot this morning a found a small battery powered puck light and a small slide switch, which will work perfectly! Now, I'm not sure why I thought this would be so difficult, guess I thought finding a light small enough would be hard to find. Thanks again, everyone. RJ
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