Fibre Optic Light Tubes and Bars
We now offer two approaches to creating colour washes on walls or ceilings - fibre optic light bars and LED strip lighting. Which type of product will suit your needs depends on the effect you want to achieve, where you plan to install the equipment and whether or not it will be accessible for maintenance/replacement.
LEDs are a rapidly developing technology and we are confident that we'll be selling more and more equipment based on LEDs. Theoretically, they have a lifetime of many years, but since failure of individual LEDs is always a possibility our recommendation is that they aren't installed in a situation where you don't have access to replace faulty sections.
In a fibre optic light bar, by contrast, the bar itself and the fibres within are inert and not subject to failure, so as long as the halogen or metal halide light source is accessible for maintenance and bulb change there's no need to worry about losing individual light points.
However, since a light bar requires a thick tail to connect it to the light source, it isn't always a good solution where there are obstacles such as doorways.
The aluminium light bar has a 40mm square section and its larger internal diameter means that it can accommodate many optical fibres.
The 2-metre long sections can be butted up against each other fairly seamlessly, to give you lengths of 8-10 metres illuminated by a single light source (assuming the use of a high capacity metal halide light source).
Light bars can be placed in all sorts of locations - behind a bedhead as illustrated below; along the bottom or top of a wall shining upwards or downwards; at the top of a wall shining across the ceiling; down the front of a bar or reception desk ....
We have a couple of "standard" sizes listed below, but since light tubes/bars will always be made to order to suit your specific needs, treat these simply as price guides.
In addition to our aluminium light bars we can also offer stainless steel tubes, for those who prefer the look of stainless steel and the round cross section. However, the internal diameter is smaller than that of the aluminium bar, and this in turn means that the maximum length is lower.
Typical stainless steel tube kit:
100w tungsten halogen lightsource. 1.5m long stainless steel tube, 32mm outside diameter with 28 light spots at 50mm centres in a line. A 1.5 metre flexible tail leads back to the light source.
| 1.5 metre stainless steel light tube with 100 watt light source | £425.00 |
| 2 metre aluminium light bar with 100 watt light source | £385.00 |
| 2 metre aluminium light bar with 150 watt metal halide light source | £529.00 |
Prices include VAT. Post and packing for all kits £12.00 (TNT next working day delivery) wherever possible orders are dispatched same day. |
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In the above detail of an aluminium light bar you can see the end cap and three very bright light points.
In this ad hoc demonstration the light bar has been placed at the bottom of a wall shining light upwards.