Lighting the way
Entry posted by Ian Holmes
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So, you've bought your APA box and built a layout inside it. Beautiful it is. So you pop the lid on the APA to finish it off and Lo and behold your wonderful creation is plunged into darkness!
But fear not those wonderful folks at IKEA have created whole systems of lighting suitable for the purpose. Strip lights, spotlights and LED's are all there to be used and like the APA box, reasonably priced.
For my APA box I chose the INREDA 22" It comes with all the fixtures and fittings needed as well as a LED driver to power the unit. As it comes it is designed to be put inside a cabinet and come on when the door is opened. This light sensitive operation can be turned off by means of a small switch at the end of the unit. You will, however, also need to purchase the ANSLUTA power cord designed to work with the system.
The first thing to do is work out which direction your light will shine and then screw the fixing plate inside the lid of the APA
Two sticky pads and 4 small screws do that job. BUT the screws do poke through the thin hardboard of the lid. Now you know that you can go looking for shorter screws. I didn't find out until one of the screws poked my finger...
Once the fixing plate is in place then the INREDA just clips in place
and Bingo it works!
The lighting is good from the unit and more than adequate for the layout inside but not quite good enough to cover the very top at the back
Though a slight tilting of the lid soon changes that. (Tilting the lid was part of my plan anyway)
There you go. Quick and easy and not unreasonably priced.
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