The Galaxy Star Ceiling

Rich in detail, and highly textured, the Galaxy with its sculpted constellation graphics will be the focal point of any room where it is installed.

This fantastic new product is available now direct from Starscape. Order online or by phone. For more information visit the Galaxy link under star ceilings main navigation bar or click here.

 

 

Customer project 11: Deck Lighting



With the optical fibres in place the decking can be fixed to the frame.


This project involved the creation of quite a large decking area at the rear of an attractive family home in Sussex.

After some discussion between our clients and us, it was decided that since there would be 176 fibre optic light points in total, the most cost-effective purchase would be fibre on the spool. This meant that the customers could cut the fibre to length as they went, reducing wastage and controlling cost.

Two spools of 1.5mm fibre were required (1400 metres in all), along with one of our 75 watt light sources, the common end ferrule with which to terminate the harness and a weatherproof enclosure for the light source.

176 1.5mm optical fibres form a thick harness.

This is quite a large deck, with more fibres than in most such projects, and while installation wasn't complicated, it did involve a fair amount of work for our customer Alan (pictured above), although he was fortunate enough to have the help of his friend Phil, who just happens to be a landscape contractor and an expert in decking construction.

The photo above shows one edge of the deck area where the fibres from every part of the deck come together to form the thick "harness" that terminates at the halogen light source positioned just around the corner.

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