so..
I wanted some back up lighting in there as many of my preps are stashed in there and with no windows even on a sunny day its dark in there with no lights.....
i had all the bits kicking about so it cost me nothing..... (well it did at one point but meh)
kit used
burgular alarm wire
LED strip
crimps
switch
5a fuse
box to mount the fuse and switch
7ah burgular alarm sla battery
small maplin solar panel http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/solar-powered ... rger-l58bf
(i dont expect this to fully charge the sla battery more to keep it topped up and ready to go if needed..)
so
removed the defuser from the fluorescent lights and stuck the LED strip to the back plate..
run the wires to a central point (( doubled up the alarm wires to increase the capacity as its rated at 1a per core...))
used a 2 pole rocker switch to break live and negative
grouped the output to one side of the switch
and the battery and solar panel to the other and fused the battery live supply with a 5a automotive fuse just to be safe...
SLA battery lives on the shelf above.....
ok enough jabba jabba
pics paint 1000 words.. ..
i had some cool and warm white led strip left.. im not fussed about colour of lighting down there.. .so
warm white
the diffuser on the light fitting spreads the light nicely
cool white
the on off switch
ok its not blackpool but you can see to work in there and find things by it
