Distributing Light

 I have never been happy with the light distribution in these control centers.    The single light in front of the Blacktron logo not only washes the logo out, but does not provide sufficient light for the entire control center.  The change is really not that hard.  I just have to pull the single LED back and then run a new set of wires to the added LED.

Here the wire and LED are removed.

A second LED is prepared to be installed.  Note that both LEDs are mounted on 1 x 1 round tiles.

I went back and installed Technic bricks so that I would have holes to pas the wires through.  The two pictures above show that on either side of the Blacktron Logo.  Also I used 1 x 1 round tiles to hold the wires in place.  As stated previously, the 1 x 1 round tiles leave enough room to pass two 30 gauge wires through the gap.

 This shows the completed wire run and where the LEDs were mounted. 

And the final result at night.  The light distribution is far better.  The detail of the entire control center is visible.  The two LED solution is far superior.  It also allowed me to move the two monitors on the ends out so they can be seen better.

Here it is with the ambient lights on.  Even in this lighting environment, the two LED solution provides the illumination that you would want.  Compare this picture to the one at the top of this blog post.  You can tell this is the better solution.