New light box from Home Depot

I just got through installing a new light table in my darkroom, from Home Depot!

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commerc...-Color-Changing-CCT-FP1X1-4WY-WH-HD/304258319
Its a surface mount fixture so all I had to cut out of the work table was a hole for wiring and a cutout for the light switch. Wiring was simple, running the black wire through the switch and wire nuts on the rest. You need to use a grounded cord, I sacrificed an old power strip to get mine.

They are dimable too. I put a Costco dimmer on mine.

I use one of these: https://www.wish.com/product/5e27efb4e16f2d0a77c68ac7?hide_login_modal=true&share=web
Not optimal as it has point-source LEDs so I had to place a sheet of translucent white perspex on top, but with that addition it works like a charm. Runs off 5V USB hooked up to a laptop nearby, but a wall-wart works as well of course.

koraks said:

I use one of these: https://www.wish.com/product/5e27efb4e16f2d0a77c68ac7?hide_login_modal=true&share=web
Not optimal as it has point-source LEDs so I had to place a sheet of translucent white perspex on top, but with that addition it works like a charm. Runs off 5V USB hooked up to a laptop nearby, but a wall-wart works as well of course.

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I purchased one of these but it has some strange dotter pattern sticker on on the back - I don't know why. Is the wish one a clear one?

Not sure what you mean by the dotter pattern but it's basically an array of leds without much diffusion, which is why I simply added a diffuser to make it work for me.

I bought one of those "artist pads", They are Not Like the pictures and I found it unusable. The Home Depot lights should be about the same price by now. Almost too much power for the darkroom so I put a dimmer on mine. I left mine portable. I attached the dimmer to the back.