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RGB LED strips for Desk Build?

  • 19-07-2016 12:41AM
    #1
    Calibos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,925 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone recommend some RGB LED kits. I'd be using about 6 linear metres of it. Best value, reliable etc


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  • #2
    thegreenbean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭thegreenbean


    Calibos wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend some RGB LED kits. I'd be using about 6 linear metres of it. Best value, reliable etc

    Hi there
    your best bet is b&q, they sell them in reels of varying lengths for between 50/70 euro. Just plug into the wall and go.


  • #3
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    thegreenbean wrote: »
    Hi there
    your best bet is b&q, they sell them in reels of varying lengths for between 50/70 euro. Just plug into the wall and go.

    I got a few rolls on aliexpress, 5m lengths. Obviously no ce certs and a European plug! An option though if you are doing it on a budget.


  • #4
    .G.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,424 ✭✭✭.G.


    Go to your local electrical wholesaler, they should have them and they should be a whole lot cheaper than anything B&Q would sell you.


  • #5
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    I got a few rolls on aliexpress, 5m lengths. Obviously no ce certs and a European plug! An option though if you are doing it on a budget.

    Wow, what ever about saving a few quid and no European plug, but using equipment that's non CE/EU reg compliant, no way. Recipe for disaster IMO.


  • #6
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    TallGlass wrote: »
    Wow, what ever about saving a few quid and no European plug, but using equipment that's non CE/EU reg compliant, no way. Recipe for disaster IMO.

    They are low power, and running through a fused 3 amp adapter. The strips themselves are standard rgb 5050. If I was worried I could buy a power supply locally. Not being certified does not mean it is not compliant.


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