Display lighting

[Wolf89]

What is the best way to light my display cabinets up?

[Raggedy Man]

Depends on your cabinets

[Kane]

Agree: depends on the cabinet. There are some rope-lighting options you might have a look at, or LED lighting strips. This company discusses the difference: https://www.flexfireleds.com/what-is-the-difference-between-rope-lights-and-led-strip-lights/

[caldigger]

4 hours ago, Wolf89 said:

What is the best way to light my display cabinets up?

A little squirt of lighter fluid and a match should do the trick.

[erose]

LEDds are the way to go. Brighter with less heat and lower energy consumption. Best is a remote power supply outside the cabinet. That is where the heat will be. Many museums now use fiber optic lamps where the light emitter itself is remote and you run fiber optic strands out to various flood or spot lenses.

 

Main thing: heat. Don't cook, dry or fade your fossils.