My Ikea Detolf Dioder project

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Today is another very productive day in the Memorial Day weekend.  I finally got myself together to complete the Detolf Dioder project that I have been putting off for months.  Unlike the current trend in the figurine collectors community, I have not been a huge fan of the Ikea Detolf due to it’s inability to adjust shelf height, and therefore, inefficient use of the precious little space that I have in my room (notice the huge empty space above the figurines above the 2nd shelf?).  However, I do have a Detolf in the little corner of my room where it’s most suitable and I have finally decided to put the Ikea Dioder strip on it.

Ikea Detolf Dioder

Another big problem with the Detolf has to do with it’s all around glass appearances, makes it very difficult to hide the wiring to the dioder strip.  Luckily, since the company I work for makes a wiring management product that looks like this.

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Basically it’s a split sleeve that is widely used in industrial application where they use it to bundle wires together and I just pick out of the size that fit around the four aluminum posts of the Detolf.

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Around the corners..

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

In this picture I showed another stick on cable restraint to help hold the wire in place on the top shelf.

And while we are at it, let me take a couple shots of the figurines in this cabinet :P

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Overall, I am happy with the result, however the light could not spread out as much as I had hoped.  But at least I finished it like I promised myself!

There is another outstanding task remain to be done, which is to finish the cable management aspect of it outside of the cabinet… currently it looks like this:
Ikea Detolf Dioder Project

Here I stick another cable clip to hold the wires together but it’s definitely not the finish article.  I need to think of a way to hold and constraint the wires outside the cabinet a little better than what I have now.

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