Light sourse, possibly LED

ThOnda · 10-06-2009 09:53PM #1

I am looking for cool (temperature, not colour balance) light source. I would like to create few personal and personalised lights and I am looking for such light source. White light is the basic, however possibility of other colours could be interesting.
If you know any suppliers and/or shops, especially in Dublin area, I would appreciate your suggestions.

susy · 10-06-2009 10:04PM

LED's sound like a good solution, and available in a variety of colours

All of these places will sell a variety of them:

http://ie.farnell.com/
http://radionics.rs-online.com/web/
http://www.maplin.co.uk/

and they sell the wires etc to go with them, as does Peats I think on Parnell St.

Maplin have a store on that street in between Mary St and Parnell St, I think its Jervis St. beside the Smyths toy shop, and if you're a student they do student discount.

Im not sure what stores outside of Dublin, but most of those guys if not all let you order online.

Susy

ThOnda · 10-06-2009 10:15PM

They have mostly separate LEDs, that has to be composed into light sources. I would prefer E27 or finished and "boxed" sources with certified power supplies.

I will give it a go, I haven't checked their offer quite few months. Thank you for the idea.

mrmac · 10-06-2009 10:26PM

Why not try CFL bulbs? They run a lot cooler than ordinary bulbs, and can have an output that is equivalent to 100 watts, if needed.

A bit bulkier than LEDs though!

ThOnda · 10-06-2009 10:44PM

I would like to put it into very confined space and the cooling is major issue. I would like to create light from daily objects by inserting light source and some means of optics to moderate light stream and maybe even colour.

Light sourse, possibly LED

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