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Customer project 19 - Bath panel lights


This was part of the same bathroom makeover featured in Project 16, and was illuminated by the same light source which was located up in the attic, well away from any wet areas.

In this part of the project the aim was to add some interest to the curved front panel of a corner bath, using optical fibres terminated in little acrylic end fittings. As always, the project starts with careful measuring and marking of the locations of the individual light points.

Holes are carefully drilled at points which have been marked along the length of the panel.
Once the locations of the lights have been marked, the holes for the end fittings can be drilled out.

Whereas the fibres used in this bathroom's coving lighting were 1mm diameter, thicker 1.5mm fibres were used for the bath panel lights, with the "mini-harness" of fibres being run up the wall (prior to tiling) and into the attic to the waiting light source.

The fibres are taped together in a neat bundle heading back towards the attic above.

These fibres will carry the light from the light source in the attic to the individual fittings in the bath panel.

The fibres were separated out from the bundle and one passed through each of the holes drilled in the bath panel. A dab of epoxy on each fibre end secured the fibre into the acrylic end fitting. To add a bit more class to the acrylic fittings, chrome plated trims were fitted into the holes in the panel, with the acrylic fittings then being seated in the trim. Finally a dab of silicone was added at the back of the panel, just to be doubly sure that everything was secure.


The optical fibres protruding from the holes in the bath panel.Acrylic end fittings are fixed to the end of each fibre.
A single 1.5mm fibre is pushed through each of the holes in the bath panel, chrome-plated trims are added to the holes and then acrylic end fittings are fixed to each fibre.

A dab of silicone ensures that everything stays put.A neat little light - with no electricity within yards!


A dab of silicone at the back ensures that nothing will come adrift, with the acrylic end fitting now snug in its chrome trim.

A lighting effect is added to the bath without any safety worries, since there the electrical component - the light source - is many feet away in the attic above.
The finished effect: light generated up in the attic emerges at the front of the bath panel.

This is a very simple installation, well within the capabilities of any DIY enthusiast, and the same principle can be applied to all sorts of applications. In fact, this is essentially the same process as demonstrated in Project 4 - skirting lighting.


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