Just finished adding lights to a new safe for a friend, used something I hadn't before so thought I'd share. All the stuff came from Amazon, vendor "HitLights".
Red LED Strip Light, 5 Meter Spool, 12VDC, $13.99
PCB Strip to Strip Connector - 4/pk - $6.99
On/Off Switch Connector, Female DC Plug - $2.49
60 Watt LED Power Supply - $15.99
Total: $39.46 (all "free shipping")
The above stuff and a couple of hours time should be all you need to install light strips around the entire door of most safes - the strips are adhesive backed and put out a reasonable amount of light, the strip to strip connectors are used at each corner, and the on/off switch connects the last strip to the power supply cord.
He could have saved another $6 or so if he'd opted for the 24 Watt "wall wart" power supply instead of the one above that's made more like a laptop power supply.
You will, of course, still need some way to get power into your safe - unless you want to do a battery setup inside the safe - one 12v or two 6v lantern batteries should run these for quite a long time - or even 8 D-Cells in holders available from Radio Shack could be velcro'd to the side wall if you prefer that option.
This doesn't include a "refrigerator switch" to turn them on and off as the door opens, but that's not something that's particularly difficult to lash up either. Mostly I just wanted to pass this on as it's seemed easy enough and was comparatively economical. While we used red on his, I notice the same lights come in Green, Blue, and White as well as weatherproof versions at slightly higher price.
Hope it helps!
Red LED Strip Light, 5 Meter Spool, 12VDC, $13.99
PCB Strip to Strip Connector - 4/pk - $6.99
On/Off Switch Connector, Female DC Plug - $2.49
60 Watt LED Power Supply - $15.99
Total: $39.46 (all "free shipping")
The above stuff and a couple of hours time should be all you need to install light strips around the entire door of most safes - the strips are adhesive backed and put out a reasonable amount of light, the strip to strip connectors are used at each corner, and the on/off switch connects the last strip to the power supply cord.
He could have saved another $6 or so if he'd opted for the 24 Watt "wall wart" power supply instead of the one above that's made more like a laptop power supply.
You will, of course, still need some way to get power into your safe - unless you want to do a battery setup inside the safe - one 12v or two 6v lantern batteries should run these for quite a long time - or even 8 D-Cells in holders available from Radio Shack could be velcro'd to the side wall if you prefer that option.
This doesn't include a "refrigerator switch" to turn them on and off as the door opens, but that's not something that's particularly difficult to lash up either. Mostly I just wanted to pass this on as it's seemed easy enough and was comparatively economical. While we used red on his, I notice the same lights come in Green, Blue, and White as well as weatherproof versions at slightly higher price.
Hope it helps!