Close

It's Alive!

A project log for Simple Curved LED Strip Lamp

As it got darker in winter I wanted a lamp that was simple and still DIY-chic and stylish.

colin-russell-conwayColin Russell-Conway 07/08/2021 at 17:060 Comments

Wiring was fairly simple with this driver.  I had it lying around from another project to put strips in under the cabinets in the kitchen but never got around to it.  The old Halogen ones were fine for now, I needed brightness elsewhere!  Two cables in (AC), two cables out (DC) simples.  The hard part was making sure they stayed in the case while I put it together.  A few countersunk M3 bolts made it easy and flush to keep together.  The inline switch was easy enough too, the only thing with these cheap ones that need to be crimped together is that I'm not comfortable with them having young kids around.  I generally squish the cable into the contact and solder it and put some hotglue over it just prior to squishing it together so I know its fairly stuck and can't be opened by some curious whippersnappers.

Low and behold, it works.  It works well.  It's bright, shines down (which is the main thing) and also provides light on me for when I'm in video calls with the office so I don't look like a vampire or shadow demon.  

The glue on the back of the strip wasn't great so since assembly I've added a few 3d printed clips.  I wanted to preserve the natural wood look too so kept it to only 5 clips around the frame.  

Discussions