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Title: making a light to rent out
Post by Natedog on Mar 2^nd, 2022, 10:46pm

I've set myself up as self employed renting stuff out for weddings. I want to make some light up marquee letters (love, mr&mrs etc)

my first thought was to use low voltage led lamps and buy a power supply. I can then get the supply tested to keep venues and insurers happy and that plugs into the low voltage stuff, everyone's happy. The problem is that i can't find large led filament bulbs for a sensible price.

if i was to use mains voltage bulbs, what testing or certification would it need? do i need to do anything other than off to the local PAT testing place?

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Lectrician on Mar 6^th, 2022, 7:55pm

PAT ISAT testing should be all that's needed. It isn't a type tested assembly though, so you may find some testers won't be happy testing it.

Have you looked at Cabochon Lighting?

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Natedog on Mar 7^th, 2022, 10:25am

No I hadn't! Can't believe I hadn't thought of that! I shall go investigate now. Thanks dude ;D

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Natedog on Mar 8^th, 2022, 12:05am

Found a fairground place that does lv kits in the size I need that come with a wall wart power supply. Exactly what I was after, thanks dude ;D

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Natedog on Mar 15^th, 2022, 8:51pm

Cabochons arrived and I couldn't wait to get them fitted and tried out. They are perfect for what I need. Thanks again matey ;D ;D

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Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Lectrician on Mar 19^th, 2022, 2:52pm

Well done. Thats the exact thing I was expecting to see :-)

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by Natedog on Apr 9^th, 2022, 10:45pm

Finished the first full set of them today :)

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I've got orders for a few more sets from people wanting to buy them

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by woodsmith on Apr 10^th, 2022, 8:47am

Looks great.

Title: Re: making a light to rent out
Post by CWatters on Mar 15^th, 2023, 4:57pm

Looks great.

If you ever need to make much smaller lights, you can buy loose "filament" of the sort that you see in the filament style LED bulbs.

Only issue is they cant be cut to length. But they are available in different lengths and can be chained together. Excess can be painted black etc.