How To Install Fiber Optic Lighting In Concrete

Fiber cable and light units for the job.

How to install fiber optic lighting in concrete.

The compartment also houses a light box. A metal halide bulb lights the optical fibers in this concrete sample. Just like christmas tree lights the lighting can be programmed to change colors at various speeds be set to just one color including white or be turned off. Fiber optic lines are thin strands of optically pure glass or plastics that are capable of carrying light and or digital information over long distances.

For our purposes we will deal with just the light carrying properties of fiber optics. When the concrete is cast and the surface inverted these fiber optic bristles will stick up from the top. We do not install or make the countertops we only sell the supplies. This process helps the cables stick to the glass chunks and also diffuses the light at the end of the strand.

Once the fibers are embedded in the concrete they will conduct light and last as long as the concrete itself. Give each fiber a slight tug at a perpendicular angle to make sure it fits snugly. We built a concrete bad with fiber optic lights in it to look like stars at night. Run fiber optic cables up through the bottom of the forms and spread out the ends of the cables at random.

Insert fiber optic cables one by one through the mold so each fiber extends at least 1 4 inch through the mold. Smash the ends of the cables with a hammer or other blunt object to fray and roughen them. There a color wheel and two led light bulbs produce the light for the reflective fiber optic display. Light in a fiber optic cable travels through the core by constantly bouncing back and forth.