A lighting project gone bad

[ians]

and so it goes on and on ...

I decided to do some research into 230 V strip lights ... because we have another situation were the straight strip lights which follow the contour of the counter tops ... they dont bend around the corners unless bent out of shape ... and to make things even worse they have a cut length of 1 m which not only makes it difficult to cut the long piece at the end ... we cant fit a 2 way connector on the corners.

Imagine that I find a Pioled lighting catalog and there a rope light with a 200 mm cut length.

At least with me being forced into having to do all this research into strip/rope/RGB lighting ... I wont get caught like this again.

By the end of this I will be able to add master lighting specialist to my CV

[ians]

I take the strip lights supplied to the wholesaler and show them what lights are supplied and show them the application ... point out a few other things and they agree ... something just doesnt add up.

The issues have been escalated to management level.

[ians]

Now that I have to do research on lighting because you cant trust a lighting specialist to offer advice on lighting design.

I learnt that we have another problem ... the light strips supplied are 5050 SMD ... no aluminum profiled suggested or supplied

Heat Dissipation 2835 SMD No Heat Sink Required 5050 SMD Heat Sink Required (Aluminium Profile Preferred)

It just doesnt stop ... talk about a lighting project gone F%^& bad.

[ians]

The 12 V lights are 2835 SMD's supplied with aluminum profiles ... eeesih.

[ians]

Like everything else ... I should have paid attention and not left it for a "specialist" to design and supply the product.

The R10k+ lesson we have learnt ... make sure you understand every aspect of the design ... what will be supplied and how exactly will it be installed and most import ... all the components of the installation are available.

[Derlyn]

Or better still.

Or do like I do.

Don't take on any work where any materials are supplied by the client.

This might sound a bit rough. I tell prospective clients who insist on supplying the materials that if it's cheap labour they are after, the closest traffic light or as they call them in Natal, robo, is their best bet and I move on to the next one.

Peace out .. Derek

[ians]

I called in the lighting specialists ... because I am not (wasnt) up to speed with LED lighting at the time ... my thoughts were if the company has such a brilliant website with multi rand houses showing off stunning LED lights ... they must have a lot more experience with design feature to simplify the installations ... but once again ... I suppose anyone can cut and paste pretty pictures on a website.

At the end of the day ... nothing beats actually sample lights pre installed to see the effect at night ... if the company arrives with a few short lengths of mounted on a piece of wood ... best you start looking around.

[adrianh]

I suppose anyone can cut and paste pretty pictures on a website.

The people who design lighting from an architectural / artistic perspective are not necessarily the same people who implement the design from an engineering perspective.

It seems that your "lighting specialists" company are no good at either function!