Uplight coving
Discussion
Here we go, I found the original order email.
I have 10 units of C902 cornice, all still boxed up.
https://www.decorative-coving.co.uk/shop/cornice/i...
Each unit is 2m x 100mm x 100mm, so that's 20 metres of the stuff.
Costs £38.40 per unit (plus VAT) - anyone who wants it, make me an offer!
(may also have the DecoFix, ExtraFix, the cross-cut saw and the mitre box too (if they were shipped in the same box))
I have 10 units of C902 cornice, all still boxed up.
https://www.decorative-coving.co.uk/shop/cornice/i...
Each unit is 2m x 100mm x 100mm, so that's 20 metres of the stuff.
Costs £38.40 per unit (plus VAT) - anyone who wants it, make me an offer!
(may also have the DecoFix, ExtraFix, the cross-cut saw and the mitre box too (if they were shipped in the same box))
I've read this thread (a few times!) and as I'm remodeling the kitchen I would like to do the coving with led strips uplighting the ceiling. I have just over 17 metres of coving to light, I quite like the warm white to cool white strips but can't find them at a reasonable price so it looks like RGB strip, at least the kids get to play with them. My question is how the hell do I go about it? Do I get 20 metres and cut down and overlap what's left or do I buy it in strips of 5m and one of 2m and connect them up with a couple of drivers , how many LED's per metre ?? As you can tell this is not something I'm comfortable with.
Any help would be appreciated
Any help would be appreciated
Graham-P said:
I've read this thread (a few times!) and as I'm remodeling the kitchen I would like to do the coving with led strips uplighting the ceiling. I have just over 17 metres of coving to light, I quite like the warm white to cool white strips but can't find them at a reasonable price so it looks like RGB strip, at least the kids get to play with them. My question is how the hell do I go about it? Do I get 20 metres and cut down and overlap what's left or do I buy it in strips of 5m and one of 2m and connect them up with a couple of drivers , how many LED's per metre ?? As you can tell this is not something I'm comfortable with.
Any help would be appreciated
If your after warm white, but warm white only strips as the RGB can't produce warm white. Any help would be appreciated
You can but the LED's in 5m lengths or less, so they'll need joining, and they also state you shouldn't join more than 2x5m reels together due to voltage drop, I believe away around this is sourcing a higher wattage PSU
No need to over lap them as you can cut the strip every 3led with a pair of scissors, but 20m,that way if you get any dead led you can splice new ones in/out
As for the led per metre, that's a personal choice, I opted for 3528 (3.5mm x 2.8mm) as I wanted 300led per 5m reel. And also sought the non outdoor stuff because it was a ball ache to install it around my TV as its got quite a thick silicone covering which makes it hard to manipulate around corners etc.
I sourced all the parts including an RF controller,98w psu,3x 5m led reel,4way splitter for £40 on Amazon
PapaJohns said:
I looked at those, bit pricey but looks good I guess, did you hard wire it?
Yes they need power. They create their own wifi network to talk to one another though. Edited by PapaJohns on Friday 24th March 15:42
The coolest feature is the nightlight. Just enough to wander round the house after dark without waking everyone up.
PapaJohns said:
bennyboydurham said:
We have Nest Protect. Pretty cool!
I looked at those, bit pricey but looks good I guess, did you hard wire it?Edited by PapaJohns on Friday 24th March 15:42
PapaJohns said:
If your after warm white, but warm white only strips as the RGB can't produce warm white.
Alternative to RGB is RGBW where you have a an additional white chip too.PapaJohns said:
And also sought the non outdoor stuff because it was a ball ache to install it around my TV as its got quite a thick silicone covering which makes it hard to manipulate around corners etc.
You can also now get ones that are either sprayed on with waterproof material, or enclosed in Polyurethane that is more flexible and clearer than Silicone. PapaJohns said:
If your after warm white, but warm white only strips as the RGB can't produce warm white.
You can but the LED's in 5m lengths or less, so they'll need joining, and they also state you shouldn't join more than 2x5m reels together due to voltage drop, I believe away around this is sourcing a higher wattage PSU
No need to over lap them as you can cut the strip every 3led with a pair of scissors, but 20m,that way if you get any dead led you can splice new ones in/out
As for the led per metre, that's a personal choice, I opted for 3528 (3.5mm x 2.8mm) as I wanted 300led per 5m reel. And also sought the non outdoor stuff because it was a ball ache to install it around my TV as its got quite a thick silicone covering which makes it hard to manipulate around corners etc.
I sourced all the parts including an RF controller,98w psu,3x 5m led reel,4way splitter for £40 on Amazon
Thanks for that.You can but the LED's in 5m lengths or less, so they'll need joining, and they also state you shouldn't join more than 2x5m reels together due to voltage drop, I believe away around this is sourcing a higher wattage PSU
No need to over lap them as you can cut the strip every 3led with a pair of scissors, but 20m,that way if you get any dead led you can splice new ones in/out
As for the led per metre, that's a personal choice, I opted for 3528 (3.5mm x 2.8mm) as I wanted 300led per 5m reel. And also sought the non outdoor stuff because it was a ball ache to install it around my TV as its got quite a thick silicone covering which makes it hard to manipulate around corners etc.
I sourced all the parts including an RF controller,98w psu,3x 5m led reel,4way splitter for £40 on Amazon
I've spoken to the kitchen help
and have been told to just go for cool white, if I want I have permission to place an RGB strip at the back of the upstands, we aren't having any wall units, to 'disco'light up one wall. So I've been talking to a couple of help lines and have been advised to get two 150w drivers and split the room in half with one driver lighting 8.5m (joining the two strips) and the other doing the same. This should give me around 20% in reserve on the drivers. They never mentioned number of LED's per metre just recommend 72w for a bright cool white. Was told indoor nonwaterproof was ok to use. Does the number per metre make a difference to the brightness?
PapaJohns said:
By any chance have you gone down the NEST thermostat route?
I'm torn between the nest gen 3 & netatamo
No I have underfloor heating with a zone in every room and to have that many NEST thermostats was murderously expensive. We went with Honeywell evohome in the end, the rotary wireless thermostats. I'm torn between the nest gen 3 & netatamo
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