I believe I can make substantial savings on my electric bills if I converted my home lighting to use LEDs. If so, could someone please give me a summary of the sort of kit/components I should be looking for as it all seems too confusing to me (unless I were to buy the inhibitively expensive off-the-shelf-kits from the common DIY shops but that would defeat the object of saving money!) .
Ideally, I could maybe have the option to choose mood effects - flashing patterns and colour-changing etc maybe even use voice-commands! To say "Red Alert" and they all change to Red would be pretty cool for instance. But at a minimum, some need to be very bright - for bathroom, kitchen and work-area while also being dimmable.
Although they'll have to be powered from the mains AC supply, I'd like the option to switch to vehicle battery's in case of power outage.
Is it possible for a novice like me to make my own kits from cheap components or am I pipe-dreaming again?
Suggestions most gratefully recieved.
Ideally, I could maybe have the option to choose mood effects - flashing patterns and colour-changing etc maybe even use voice-commands! To say "Red Alert" and they all change to Red would be pretty cool for instance. But at a minimum, some need to be very bright - for bathroom, kitchen and work-area while also being dimmable.
Although they'll have to be powered from the mains AC supply, I'd like the option to switch to vehicle battery's in case of power outage.
Is it possible for a novice like me to make my own kits from cheap components or am I pipe-dreaming again?
Suggestions most gratefully recieved.