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After having recently bought in a RGB LED Strip into the hackerspace, I received a lot of positive feedback about it. 2 people even gave me 20 CHF each to buy more LED Strips so that they can be used around the hackerspace. In particular, around the perimeter of the room next to the ceiling, where there is a little ledge. Eventually, they could be added under tables, on shelves, and so on to improve lighting within the HS. Here are 2 videos and a pic I took of how they look like:<gallery>File:Beta-LED-Strips-at-HS.JPG|LED Strip above the solder stationFile:LED-Strips-from-close-up.mp4|Video of the strip from afarFile:LED-Strips-Up-Close.mp4|Video of the strip from up close</gallery>
I have also uploaded a video on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-ws8F6UJA youtube] where you can see me looking at them up close. Please note the many solder points, indicating that the factory that made these strips either used a poor manufacturing process, or simply took rejected strips, chopped them up into the pieces that worked, and soldered them together to sell at a lower price.
== Where to buy? ==
The dilema I have is that for around ~60$ I can cover the perimeter of the hs with basic 5050 LED RGB Strips from eBay, like the ones that I bought in, however there are several other, attractive options available:
==== eBay ====
The precise LED Strips that I bought can be found [http://www.ebay.com/itm/120897032000| here]. I am not too happy with the quality, so I may get a refund, or a partial refund in the near future. My biggest concern is that there are way too many solder points leading me to believe that these strips are of crap quality, and won't last the specified 50'000 hours.
== Suggestions ==
==== This time ====
====== Iteration 1 ======
==== Next time ====
Put LEDs under the tables, instead of the lightbulbs, and even on the shelves!
= Photos =
Here are 2 videos and a pic I took of how they look like:
<gallery>
File:Beta-LED-Strips-at-HS.JPG|LED Strip above the solder station
File:LED-Strips-from-close-up.mp4|Video of the strip from afar
File:LED-Strips-Up-Close.mp4|Video of the strip from up close
File:LED-night-fixme|LEDs strip installed and visible from the outside
</gallery>
= Project Leader =
