Al’s Workshop – picture light magnetic switch.
Come up with a new idea to offer another optional lighting extra for a small cost increase to switch on a silhouette night light, in particular the wall mount version.
Category: Lighting
Picture lighting
I getting enquires from customers about lighting up their portraits mounted in picture frames.
That’s interesting…I would like too offer picture lighting so doing some searching to see what’s available and the costs.
Al’s Workshop update
Arrived this afternoon 2 x RF controllers with remotes. This was one of those ‘nifty moments’ where I came up with the idea to use left over materials – in this case LED strips.
Since the start of COVID how many bats have I done…dunno lost count. Each bat consumes 1.5M so for the 2M light kits that’s 0.5 or for 3M light kits 1.5M – leftovers.
The RGB kits range in price from around $12 – $16 and these RF controller kits were about $6 so by using the leftover strips I can save 6 – 10 bucks per bat light. When you working with a dollar here and a dollar there – that’s quite a saving!
USB RGB LED strip lights (part 2) video
Al’s Workshop – USB RGB LED strip lights (part 2)
As posted 3 x USB RGB LED strips arrived yesterday so keen to have a play with one of them this morning.
Setting up to do some testing.
Continue reading “Al’s Workshop – USB RGB LED strip lights (part 2)”
USB RGB LED strip lights (part 1)
Al’s Workshop – USB RGB LED strip lights (part 1)
Yay…our postie delivered the order for 3 x USB – RGB LED strip lights with RF controllers – time to play
USB RGB LED strip lights (part 1)
Postie delivered the order for 3 x USB – RGB LED strip lights with RF controllers!
Batman lights–the dummy battery box.
To save a few dollars I am now making my own dummy battery boxes.
Why two battery boxes…???
There is no room to mount the 3 x AA battery box in the centre of the back and…have it recessed to reduce the depth because there is LED strip in there to illuminate the name letters. The only spot is on one of the wings which would unbalance the light so I have opted for a 2nd (dummy) battery box that holds three spare batteries – on the other wing.
Order for LED strip lights
To short !!!…the last two sets of RGB LED strip kits that arrived are only 1M; they should have been 2M length. Contacted the supplier to complain and they say that’s what I ordered – doubt that. To busy now so I’ll think about that and follow-up later.
That’s only 1M on that spool and the code has the _2 on the end.
Furthermore the 2M length fills the whole spool!
Al’s Workshop updates
Another busy day with bats flying out the door but still feel like I’m threading water. This morning released a pair in the direction of Warragul – safe trip guys.
Did some more work on jobs then off on the usual Monday shopping trip including posting those two bats to Warragul I was surprised that 2 x Bats @ 1,2kg was $15.35 when last time 1 x Bat @ 0.6kg cost over $18. Thanks to Holly (see next photo) I packed the items so well there was no need for one of their pricey bags 
Back home and out again to do some more including cutting more MDF blanks. After tea ended up doing two hours overtime to catch up a bit – with heaters on.
I’ve been saving Holly’s tin food trays for packing stuff. This morning used two of them slightly modified to pack those two bats.