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  • 19-09-2012 3:26am
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    nervous_twitch
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    Let me preface this with an apology if it's in the wrong forum, and also for knowing nothing much about anything Electrical :o

    I've moved into a new place and the household lighting, although perfect for day-to-day living, is a bit too bright and overbearing for having people over etc. I'm planning to invest in some dimmer arrangements when I get the chance. Anyway, I'm having a small gathering soon and I wanted to play around with coloured lighting just to get a bit of atmosphere going; would coloured bulbs be good for that and will they work in my standard light fittings? Or would I just be better off with LEDs? I don't want disco lights - rather something like the safelight you get in a dark room i.e a red/blue lit room (this sort of idea. maybe I should add that I'm a student, in case anyone gets a seedy sex party vibe :D). I have a vague memory in my head of buying coloured bulbs when I was younger that were just naff and gave a really weak light.

    Any advice/alternative suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks.


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    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭ronan45


    nervous_twitch wrote: »
    Let me preface this with an apology if it's in the wrong forum, and also for knowing nothing much about anything Electrical :o

    I've moved into a new place and the household lighting, although perfect for day-to-day living, is a bit too bright and overbearing for having people over etc. I'm planning to invest in some dimmer arrangements when I get the chance. Anyway, I'm having a small gathering soon and I wanted to play around with coloured lighting just to get a bit of atmosphere going; would coloured bulbs be good for that and will they work in my standard light fittings? Or would I just be better off with LEDs? I don't want disco lights - rather something like the safelight you get in a dark room i.e a red/blue lit room (this sort of idea. maybe I should add that I'm a student, in case anyone gets a seedy sex party vibe :D). I have a vague memory in my head of buying coloured bulbs when I was younger that were just naff and gave a really weak light.

    Any advice/alternative suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks.

    I think they might look a bit odd in a house. You can get dimmer switches fitted in minutes. A sparks would have a couple of them fitted in an hour or 2


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    Stoner
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    some colour change RGB LEDs would work IMHO, look at the supplier sticky for some web sites, also on www.cpc.co.uk and look at the LED options


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    nervous_twitch
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭nervous_twitch


    ronan45 wrote: »
    I think they might look a bit odd in a house. You can get dimmer switches fitted in minutes. A sparks would have a couple of them fitted in an hour or 2

    Oh yeah, I only meant coloured lights for the party. I'm gonna hunt down some nice dimming lamps etc for general use.

    Thanks Stoner, I'll check them out; see if the budget can accommodate!


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    Stoner
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    http://cpc.farnell.com/images/en_CC/SoundLightingSept12.pdf

    CPC run some of their products in publications each month, this one has some party lights and lazers, got a bubble machine from them once for a 12 year olds party.

    look at page 11 of this months issue, they have some stuff at from 20 pounds, also the last page


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