Brief Overview of my work-in-progress:
The idea is to have ceiling-mounted UPS-powered LEDS in several or all rooms of
the house which are controlled by handmade RF garage door openers. They can be
used under normal conditions as highly efficient medium-intensity interior lighting,
or groovy mood lighting. During a power outage, you can keep your house sufficiently
illuminated for as long as any reasonably maintained power grid will ever remain
inoperational. I have purchased the components for but not yet constructed the
critical remote controls. Without them, the installation is useless. I must also
still fine-tune my method of ceiling-mounting the LEDs in clusters for better aesthetics.
The Planned Installation Procedure
- Read the LED circuitry introduction to understand the basics
- Purchase a low-end UPS, power adaptor, six appropriate resistors, Linx chipsets, and 120 LEDs
- Run the UPS and ups-connected power supply in your home and run the leads up into your attic
- In the attic, use a terminal strip to distribute the power to six conductors
- Run one to bedroom, one to bathroom, two to hallway, and two to kitchen (modify as desired)
- Cautiously drill through ceiling and mount LEDs in .100 KK Molex Housings in arrays or alone
- Create RF remote controls and receivers for each circuit using Linx chips
Last updated January 03, 2004