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Light Strips for Home Decoration?

Posted by Cliff on from the if-its-good-enough-for-the-computer dept.

Smegoid asks: " Three cheers for light strips for case mods and all that, but what about light strips for interior TRON style design? Wouldn't mind Tron'ing out my apartment. Anyone know a source for strips longer than 1.5m? What about powering the stuff without using a computer power supply. The potential for light strips goes well beyond a computer case. Think lightcycles, think MCP!" I wouldn't go as far as TRON but a room tricked out with a nice glow-light would make for a really cool effect. If case strip mods aren't an effective way to get this kind of look, is there another way to go? Long before I discovered light strips, I thought that fiber optics and some colorized light source might be the way to go, but what kind of light sources work best with fiber for best described as "mood lighting"?

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  1. Pool lights? by okie_rhce · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a friend who's mother has a pool. Around the lip of the pool is a solid "band" that changes color. Its almost like a multi-color indiglo. Maybe ask a pool shop?

    1. Re:Pool lights? by Honig+the+Apothecary · · Score: 2, Interesting

      These are usually plastic "fiber optics". Basicly is a light pipe like some cases use for LED lights. It has a remotely located light generator and a color disk that rotates, producing the changing color.

      My father's pool has one of these setup in a waterfall and as the main light for the bottom of the pool. Its a real pretty effect and with some work you could adapt it to an inside home setting. The light generator does get hot so placement might be an issue.

      Honig