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Lighting advice for display cabinet ?

joebre · 2019-04-17 15:58:39

Have a display cabinet with a large display of Waterford crystal. Shelves are glass, allowing the light to shine though. Existing lights are two eyeball fittings with GU10 bulbs. Was wondering if I could upgrade the lighting by fitting cool white LED strips at the top or maybe behind the uprights as well. Recommendations…

17-04-2019 04:58PM

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joebre

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Have a display cabinet with a large display of Waterford crystal.
Shelves are glass, allowing the light to shine though.
Existing lights are two eyeball fittings with GU10 bulbs.
Was wondering if I could upgrade the lighting by fitting cool white LED strips at the top or maybe behind the uprights as well.
Recommendations please ?

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#2 17-04-2019 06:00PM

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Yes you could.
Personally I wouldn’t go for cool white, I would prefer a warm white.

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#3 19-04-2019 01:18AM

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Fit a Colour one and you could change the colour if needed. Only a few euro for a 5 m roll on Amazon.

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