[Vanhackspace] LED help :-)

[Dallas Luther]

(oops, got cut off) ...  trying to light an object 360 degrees from  
the inside. You need atleast 3 to 4 to get even hoizontal  
illumination, depeding how much room you have to diffuse the light.  
The other option is to place a 1watt led at the top and bottom facing  
in.  This will generally give you good illumination, but it might vary  
from top to bottom a bit. If you have a wall outlet, you can buy a  
laptop power supply that is 12 volt and use that to power a large  
array of LEDs (generally up to 5 amps).

If you have access to flood lights, this is likely your best option,  
as nothing will give you as much light for the money.

Dallas

On 2010-07-22, at 6:48 PM, Maddy Kipling <smartymaddypants at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>
>
> Hi guys!
>
> Maddy here. I met a bunch of you on Tuesday at the LED workshop. You  
> were all so knowledgeable and super open to answering questions  
> (especially Simon...what a smart kid!). I have a question for you :-)
>
> Public Dreams is trying to light up a lantern city, consisting of  
> dozens of 4 foot high (some smaller, some taller) structures covered  
> in tissue paper. We have access to electrical outlets and batteries.  
> You spoke about 10mm LEDs and LED light strips. How would you light  
> up out tent city? (We are also consider old fashion flood lights)
>
> I can be reached by email at smartymaddypants at gmail.com
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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