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Home Theater LED Lighting

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carracr625

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Hey all I just found this forum & thought that you could help me out. I have an idea for using leds to illuminate my home theater setup. I thought of using some of those tube style led bars, meant for automotive uses, & just getting some kind of small 12v power supply to run them. But then I figured it would be more fun & cheaper to buy some bulk leds & wire them myself. I am experienced in car & home audio applications, but thats the limit of my electronics knowledge. My plan is to mount rows of leds behind my entertainment center (to illuminate the wall behind) & along the back of the glass shelves that support my components (to illuminate the edges of the glass). What I need your help with is...well pretty much everything. Which leds I should use? How do I wire them for use with A/C? What other components I'll need (I'm sure some sort of transformer & resitors)? And lastly how to mount them. I'm very comfortable wiring & soldering for 12v applications, but I've never built anthing for A/C use. I just want to be sure I'm doing it correctly & safely. I don't want to burn the house down (ha-ha)!

Also, if you think my original idea would work better let me know.
 
The ever usefull Resistor Calculator
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Have a look around his circuit collection , you might find some usefull.

A wide range of colours is to be had these days, though the combined single package Red/Green/Blue LED , sometimes called "rainbow leds"
may be of interest.
 
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