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My room is really dark. I just realized this after being outside in a car for something and then coming back to my room. (I usually don't go outside.)

I wouldn't have motivation to string a whole bunch of bulbs together, I just want something I can order and plug in. How can I do this while still getting a lot of light?

Thanks in advance

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What's the easiest way to make a luminator?
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this is so bright wow :p 

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Zian

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  1. Find a company that makes or sells high quality LEDs
  2. Buy their largest lighting fixture.
  3. Install fixture.

Sample companies:

  • Waveform
  • Yuji LED
[-]Brendan Long30

Corn bulbs from Yuji LED seem like the best option for this question, since you can just get a giant bulb and plug it into a normal fixture (if you don't mind a giant bulb sticking out of it).

Waveform's linear fixtures are definitely nicer if you're willing to spend an some time screwing their mounting clips into the wall though.

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1[anonymous]
How many would you suggest for a 20m³ room?
3Brendan Long
My office is approximately 10m³ if I'm doing the conversion right and I have 8 of the "4 ft" (actually 46 in / 1.2 m) linear fixtures: https://store.waveformlighting.com/products/centric-daylight-95-cri-t5-led-linear-light-fixture?variant=39433427779686 (note that "Centric Daylight" and "Northlux" fixures are the same part with different branding and color temperature options; the 5000K versions are identical) My strategy was just to measure how many could physically fit along the top of the wall. Personally, I'd measure the length of each wall and divide by 1.2 meters, then buy however many fixtures will fit on each wall. If that's not bright enough I'd probably add a corn bulb (or multiple) in a lamp in one of the corners of the room. You could add fixtures along the top of the ceiling but it would be annoying to power them. Oh and if possible, arrange your lights so they plug into a switched outlet. I didn't do this in my old office and it was really annoying.
1[anonymous]
How do you power them / what things do you need to power them?
3Brendan Long
The Waveform linear fixtures plug into a normal wall outlet and you can chain them together with short (1 ft) cables. I have one plugged into a switched outlet with the other 7 chained after it. Each one only uses 9 watts of power so you can chain a lot of them before you need to worry about breakers (my desktop computer uses the equivalent power of 60 of these at max). Note that the "strip lights" are different and way more complicated. I'm tempted to try them because they could be nicer-looking but they have a much-shorter maximum length and you need a separate power supply.
1[anonymous]
thank you! silly meme thing that happened vv >new lesswrong notif >oh no, did someone argue against something i wrote >"waveform linear fixtures" >oh gosh oh no what are these concepts >its the name of the light brand >they were replying to my question (not that i'd mind ppl disagreeing ofc :p)
2Brendan Long
Haha "waveform linear fixtures" does sound the kind of phrase people here would coin to talk about some philosophical concept..
3Viliam
Depending on your budget, you might try "a lot" and see how much you enjoy it: * https://arbital.com/p/lumenators/ * https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hC2NFsuf5anuGadFm/how-to-build-a-lumenator
2Zian
How much ambient light is there? Is it all from sunlight?
1[anonymous]
Sometimes there's some sunlight through the window, when it's night or I have the curtains closed then my light comes only from one wrapping of fairy lights around the perimter + a 500 lumen lamp + my laptop screen. (the room's main light broke)
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