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  • LED striplights can be cut at any multiple of 3 lights, and each section or string of sections runs on 12 volts
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  • The adhesive backing is protected by a cover
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  • it is very sticky and (as far as I can see) permanent
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  • I can connect to it with a connector, with solder, or (my favorite) with an eyelet... here I am making a hole in the copper circles
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  • If I am doing solidwire, I poke the wires into the holes
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  • Eyelet on an EL-66 tool
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  • Stake the wire into the hole with an eyelet. Pay attention to "+" and "-" if you have more than one LED fixture in your project. It is better to use a color-coded wire so you know that all the "+" and "-" are hooked to the same color
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  • This is the LED eyeletted to tapewire.
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  • The bare LED looks like "tracklight"
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  • I want the ceiling light to be about 1/2" larger than the LED strip in each direction.
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  • Mitering one end...
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  • and cutting to the mark. This is an X-acto razor saw and miter box
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  • I am putting a groove on the inside for the diffuser
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  • The groove is about the same on each part
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  • Stained and wiped
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  • My diffuser started life as a "blister pak"
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  • Marking the diffuser to be a tiny bit smaller than the groove
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  • Marking the diffuser for the other direction
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  • Fine sandpaper makes it "frosted glass"
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  • All the parts
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