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by **JaiJ** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:32:33

I am planning on putting in lights in a structure.
I am wondering if I puyt the lights in a styrene tube will it melt the tube?
Any suggestions? Is Grain of Wheat bulbs to bright & hot for this application?
Not trying to do fiber optics yet.
But if I have to it is an option. IF fiber optics is best route, who makes best
set?
Want more of a downard glare, like ceiling mounted bulbs.
Not too bright though, but enough to light up a small area in a structure.
The area to be lit is a car repair bay of a service station structure.
Thank you in advance any help or info is appreciated,
Sincerely
Jai

by **Edward A. Oate** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:39:36

You might try an led (warm white; I've actually seen yellow work really well
for interior lighting where you can't see the bulb) mounted in the ceiling
with a diffuser, like the "tube" to which you were referring , to eliminate
a spot of light right below the led. Leds are not hot and won't melt your
plastic, last about 100,000 hours and take very little power.

Ed

Quote:

> I am planning on putting in lights in a structure.
> I am wondering if I puyt the lights in a styrene tube will it melt the tube?
> Any suggestions? Is Grain of Wheat bulbs to bright & hot for this application?
> Not trying to do fiber optics yet.
> But if I have to it is an option. IF fiber optics is best route, who makes
> best
> set?
> Want more of a downard glare, like ceiling mounted bulbs.
> Not too bright though, but enough to light up a small area in a structure.
> The area to be lit is a car repair bay of a service station structure.
> Thank you in advance any help or info is appreciated,
> Sincerely
> Jai

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by **HobbyOas** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:19:15

I use 16v 30ma 2.4mm bulbs from Miniatronics. I drill a hole just large enough
in my evergreen sheet ceilings. The bulb sticks out far enough to light the
space but not so far as to be directly seen from outside the finished building.
To access the bulbs in the future I cut the roof for a press fit (obviously we
are talking flat roofss). To remove roof I stick a small piece of brass wire
bent into a hook down turn and pull up roof.
I also run the 16v bulbs at 12vdc. At this voltage on the normal home layout
it's unlikely you'll need to change bulbs.

by **Bob Ma** » Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:20:32

You don't want to have the glass of a bulb touching any plastic or it will
melt. Better would be to drop the bulb a bit and make up a shield for it
from some thin brass or buy one of the readymade ones.

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by **HobbyOas** » Sat, 04 Sep 2004 04:43:39

Quote:

>You don't want to have the glass of a bulb touching any plastic or it will
>melt. Better would be to drop the bulb a bit and make up a shield for it
>from some thin brass or buy one of the readymade ones.

It would except that the 30ma 16vdc bukb does not get close to warm enough to
do that. I ran these bulbs 24/7 on our shop display (90+ bulbs and no meltdowns
<G>).

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