{"id":5942,"date":"2014-05-07T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2014-05-07T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:30:28","slug":"century-separated-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/century-separated-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"century separated technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided I liked how the LEDs looked where they were in the photo from yesterday, so here&#8217;s how I made a more permanent version using 100 year old knobs from knob-and-tube wiring!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/solarbird.net\/Livejournal\/2014-05\/frame.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The turns are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knob_and_tube_wiring\">knobs<\/a>, pulled out of a 1911 house. The supports between long horizontal sections are foam core. To show a bunch of the colours, I decided to try panorama mode on the phone while the LEDs were in colour-cycle mode. It kinda worked, but really does more &#8220;look where Apple takes its samples&#8221; than describe how it looks in person. Still, it&#8217;s kind of cool:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/solarbird.net\/Livejournal\/2014-05\/frame-lit.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what it looks like with the baffles put back into place. Only, not actually rainbowy all at once like this, it&#8217;s cycling through each of these colours as I pan the camera. Still, you can see how the shelf underlighting section works:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/solarbird.net\/Livejournal\/2014-05\/frame-baffles.JPG\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s a still shot, with only one colour, in this case GREEN! It&#8217;s actually <em>greener<\/em> in person than this, but my cell phone amps that up to white because it does and I can&#8217;t stop it.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/solarbird.net\/Livejournal\/2014-05\/frame-baffles-green.JPG\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>People asked <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/somebody-by-which-i-mean-me-has-led-light-tape\/#comments\">in comments yesterday<\/a> how much power it draws. Well, it depends upon the mode. The green above is drawing about 10 watts. It draws as little as 5 watts while on, and 1.2 watts when &#8220;off&#8221; but listening for remote. At full brightness white, it draws nearly 40 watts. The colour-cycles draw anywhere from 18 to 38 watts, so that probably averages around 28.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure if you do this that you&#8217;ve got a power supply capable of handling that 40 watts, and test it &#8211; the supposed 52-watt Radio Shack 12V power supply I had on hand blew out in 10 minutes! Badly done again, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/failed-me-for-the-last-time\/\">Admiral Shack<\/a>! This one seems better, despite being rated for less.<\/p>\n<p>I definitely want to order more of these, they are awesome. And they really do set a nice mood. If they blow up, I&#8217;ll be sure to post about that, too. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided I liked how the LEDs looked where they were in the photo from yesterday, so here&#8217;s how I made a more permanent version using 100 year old knobs from knob-and-tube wiring! The turns are knobs, pulled out of a 1911 house. The supports between long horizontal sections are foam core. 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