LED lights

[Mel Wilbur]

For wine glasses, a basic holder with some carpet pieces cut to size and attached to the bottom of a shelf has worked for many years with no broken glasses and are easily accessible.

[shezonit]

A" a clean old sock". That made me laugh!
I do have things layered with dish towels, napkins, but no socks. .
Where's Bill to comment on the sophistication of wineglasses stored in old socks?

[ChuckM]

Nice write up. Thanks.
Has anybody converted their florescent lights over to LED?

One of my thin lights goes on and off if I turn on a second. We were at IKEA and they had a LED set for cabinets and I noticed the transformer said 12vdc.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20119418/
It looks to me like like the entire "Dioder" line is 12vdc.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query ... gory=20515
I wired one set to the switch and ground and I like the warm color a lot. The 5 watts are not as bright as the 2 15 watts tubes but I like the color. I've always hated florescents. Sorry K-Mart shoppers.

[randallrae]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=rv ... acat=50067
There are 5221 leds for sale on this site.
This is a light strip for under awning mounting.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5M-SMD-RGB-5050 ... 4170393a22

[stevek]

What about a direct florescent tube replacement?
Anybody have a good source where you pop out the old and replace it with an LED Tube?

[shezonit]

I have only replaced 2 of my small reading lights with LEDs. The bayonet vase ones in fixtures next to reading chair and bedside. They are not as bright, but they run with no heat, which is good. I'll gradually replace others. THANKS for the IKEA link, Chuck. That looks like an easy fix.

[W3BY]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=rv ... acat=50067
There are 5221 leds for sale on this site.
This is a light strip for under awning mounting.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5M-SMD-RGB-5050 ... 4170393a22

I used 2 of these strips, with remote, on my porch during the warm weather to give it that warm GLOW love em.

[ChuckM]

. THANKS for the IKEA link, Chuck. That looks like an easy fix.

There are snap in tube replacements, but the ones I know of still need to rewire direct to 12V source.
http://earthled.com/collections/led-t8- ... s-with-led

I do my 12 volt wiring live. Just a couple of wires to strip plus wire nuts and your done. I'm going to use the IKEA puck lights next.
I'll pick direct or indirect lighting as it goes. Mostly, I'm just replacing fixtures that don't work well for me already.

[ChuckM]

What about a direct florescent tube replacement?
Anybody have a good source where you pop out the old and replace it with an LED Tube?

Not exactly. These sets are 12V so you can just wire them in easy.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query ... gory=20515#

Plus the 4 strips can be mounted outside the fixture case as indirect lighting
or on the baseboard or at the step level.
Or you can mount them inside the fixture or I just taped them down. Florescent voltage starts at 600-900V then
drops to 90 volts so no tubes just clip in without rewiring a bit.

[stevek]

Thanks Chuck.
Next time I go to Ikea, I will check them out.
I was thinking of rewiring, so some sort of tube that would replace the florescent tube, but operate at 12vdc.