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duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

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Old 09-06-2008, 8:56 AM   #1
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duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

hi people

i bought some Duralight rope light from TLC [luckily i have one in town!] and am a bit dispaointed with the brightness. can anyone suggest some different LED rope light that is brighter and the white whiter if you know what i mean. its too orange atm.

regardoss!!
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Old 09-06-2008, 11:06 AM   #2
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Re: duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

I can highly recommend the LED strip light from ebay here

You can have up to 10 Meters running off a single controller and the white is pure white. But why stick to white when you can pick any colour to suit your mood

I've used these around a floating wall, detailed in the thread here
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Re: duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

ouch thats expensive! they look very good though
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Old 10-06-2008, 3:40 PM   #4
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Re: duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

anyone else had any solutions?
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Old 12-06-2008, 2:31 PM   #5
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Re: duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

This is an LED equivalent of the duralight stuff. I have used it a few times for non-domestic applications and it is pretty bright. It is quite expensive, but anything with white LEDs will be.

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Old 13-06-2008, 12:18 PM   #6
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Try googleing for 'cold cathodes'.
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Old 13-06-2008, 2:52 PM   #7
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Re: duralight ropelight too dim, alternative LED?

There's this but it's not clear how's its powered.
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