Im sold on SMD LED rope lighting. I bought some as a back light for some stairs but tried it out under the kitchen units and Im amazed to say the light is just like Halogen!! I love the light and as its only 10mmx 4mm its extremely versatile and dissapears into tiny places, it can even be placed just by the door under kitchen wall units instead of by the wall.
I divert. my question ; has anyone any experience of using this 12v rope light as a main source of light. I would like to use SMD 5050 with a dimmer but at 12w per metre, the 1mm lighting circuit cant take a tranny to convert 230v to 12v and include all the lighting I require.
Is there a tranny that can take a 230v input from a standard dimmer and vary an output to drive SMD5050. Or is there something else OR are the SMD 3528 bright enough. Their wattage is that much lower that the 1mm wire can take the current I require for each room.
I know there are dimmers with remote control that would work but it would mean 2 remotes per room which Im trying to avoid.
I divert. my question ; has anyone any experience of using this 12v rope light as a main source of light. I would like to use SMD 5050 with a dimmer but at 12w per metre, the 1mm lighting circuit cant take a tranny to convert 230v to 12v and include all the lighting I require.
Is there a tranny that can take a 230v input from a standard dimmer and vary an output to drive SMD5050. Or is there something else OR are the SMD 3528 bright enough. Their wattage is that much lower that the 1mm wire can take the current I require for each room.
I know there are dimmers with remote control that would work but it would mean 2 remotes per room which Im trying to avoid.