Diy led black lighting?

[DJ Higgumz]

I can get a pack of 100 10mm uv LEDs for 7.00, if I was to buy 10 packs that would be 1000 LEDs! I would only use these for neon parties, so I don't want a dedicated spot on my truss used for them.

But here's my idea- have two freestanding sticks of it about a max of 8 feet high or more each, and have them break down in two foot sections. There would be a master stick on each side, and daisy chain them up to that, and that master would be dmx dimmed. What r ur thoughts?

[drzinc]

Sounds cool. Let us see your progress.

[Dave Daschofsky]

If you're not good at soldering you will be by the time you're done. why not just get shop fixtures are 4 foot tubes, the tie them onto your light stands?

[DJ Higgumz]

I'm thinking about that or buyin led cans, you can't find pcb that size.

[Dave Daschofsky]

I'm thinking about that or buyin led cans, you can't find pcb that size.

The shop lights are the best bang for the buck, with led UV lights you pay a lot more and they don't quite put out the right UV wavelengths so you really just get purple light.

[DJ Higgumz]

I always wondered about that. How many 48" would I need for say 100 people?

[djscrizzle]

for upto 100, I'd say 2 fixtures mounted high up (over 10 ft) would get satisfactory coverage.

RE: DIY LEDs I'm building DIYed single color pucks for uplighting, and finding the build process to be relatively simple and the overall per fixture cost to be reasonable, at under $15 each. Right now, I have a green one done. It's 72 LEDs make for a brightness and a beamspread that's roughly equivalent to a PAR38 pinspot. I'm also using 5MM LEDs.

[swine]

with led UV lights you pay a lot more and they don't quite put out the right UV wavelengths so you really just get purple light.

this.