Ed Seeley
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I need some help from the more electronically minded of you. After looking at the Maplin links quoted in another thread here I saw these LED Bright strips. I was thinking an array of these might be perfect for lighting a tank. Don't suppose anyone has used them in a DIY job in there house or something have they? If so are they independently powered or do they need some soldering and wiring? I am going to e-mail Maplins too. What I'm hoping is maybe 4 could be wired in together to one power source to replace a flourescent light.
They may not be powerful enough to bother but allegedly each LED outputs 14kmcd (which I assume means Kilo millicandelas - or 14 candelas) and there are 30 LEDs which means 420cd. Apparently a 100W incandescent bulb puts out about 120cd so we're looking at about 3 and a half 100W incadescent light bulbs! Worth a go maybe and certainly cheaper than the ready made LED units around at the moment?
They may not be powerful enough to bother but allegedly each LED outputs 14kmcd (which I assume means Kilo millicandelas - or 14 candelas) and there are 30 LEDs which means 420cd. Apparently a 100W incandescent bulb puts out about 120cd so we're looking at about 3 and a half 100W incadescent light bulbs! Worth a go maybe and certainly cheaper than the ready made LED units around at the moment?