Stairs That Automatically Light Up with LEDs

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jamie_macdonald

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Hehe, Neat ... Would certainly stop a few of us falling dwon the stairs in our morning slumber. I guess it would be a pain to install in a regular english suburb house tho :p
 

jellico

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Stuff like this is actually pretty easy to do, with regard to the electronics portion. If you're building a new house or doing some fairly significant renovations, then you can do this kind of stuff with a fairly minor increase to the total cost. Now if you want to retrofit an existing house or apartment with these sorts of features, that is a major PIA! It's like adding structured ethernet to an old house... you can do it, but it's very time consuming, and it never turns out exactly like you want it.
 

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Yes, it's only reasonable to install on a new house (ie: still under construction)... installing it on existing house would be pain in the arse and probably would not justify the cost on either case.
 

delazaren

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Very good, they can prove essential in emergency situations when the evacuation of a building will require the occupants to use the staircases.
 

warmon6

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[citation][nom]delazaren[/nom]Very good, they can prove essential in emergency situations when the evacuation of a building will require the occupants to use the staircases.[/citation]

I was just thinking that!
 

Gin Fushicho

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I could use a couple of these. I fall on the stairs every time I try to go up them at night, they're in a super dark hallway with no light.

I don't see why you would need one for every step however.
 

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[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]Yes, it's only reasonable to install on a new house (ie: still under construction)... installing it on existing house would be pain in the arse and probably would not justify the cost on either case.[/citation]

Why they are led's I bet you could do it off of some batteries instead of running wire. The batteries would still last longer than an incondecent
 

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[citation][nom]thackstonns[/nom]Why they are led's I bet you could do it off of some batteries instead of running wire. The batteries would still last longer than an incondecent[/citation]

Only problem with that is the triggering mechanism.
 

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[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]I could use a couple of these. I fall on the stairs every time I try to go up them at night, they're in a super dark hallway with no light.I don't see why you would need one for every step however.[/citation]
For when you feel like dancing like MJ of course, can't do that without the lightup stairs.
 
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