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<blockquote data-quote="Sanford" data-source="post: 2199465" data-attributes="member: 27733"><p>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".</p><p></p><p>Red LED Strip Light, 5 Meter Spool, 12VDC, $13.99</p><p>PCB Strip to Strip Connector - 4/pk - $6.99</p><p>On/Off Switch Connector, Female DC Plug - $2.49</p><p>60 Watt LED Power Supply - $15.99</p><p></p><p>Total: $39.46 (all "free shipping")</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Hope it helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sanford, post: 2199465, member: 27733"] 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! [/QUOTE]
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