I don't really understand what you are asking, and am not clear on what you mean by 'breadboards'. You're right, you can buy all kinds of LEDs... beads or diodes, diodes mounted to aluminum stars or squares, cob beads (chips on board), square/rectangular arrays, along with a vast array of different wattages, light intensity outputs, and spectrum options. You mention "lots of experience soldering electronics", which will definitely come in handy with DIY LED projects. It is very important to always consider the thermal management (heat dissipation) aspect when working with high intensity LEDs. Most DIYers use a heat sink to attach their arrays. Although, even a heatsink is not enough to passively cool some LEDs, so cooling fans are also incorporated into the fixture design. If wiring in series, make sure you calculate the forward voltage & amperage properly. Most use constant current drivers to power their LEDs (arrays and/or strings). And I would venture a guess that most 3-10w LEDs could be powered with as little as 350ma, up to 700-1,000ma with ease. Some LED producers (e.g., Cree) are currently manufacturing chips/diodes that are very efficient and very intense. A lot of today's LEDs offer a good variety of kelvin temperatures and spectrum choices. If you do a goggle search for DIY LED supplies, I'm sure you can find several suppliers that can meet your needs for a 'killer' DIY project. I would list a couple of good ones, but I think this site kind of views that kind of thing as a form of advertisement. Late note: got it now, just goggled LED breadboard! I've never used a breadboard for any of my DIY LED projects, so I really cannot offer any suggestions. I believe breadboards are being used a lot for the smaller indicator type of LEDs and 'arduino' (for fading LEDs and other possibilities)? I've always used high intensity LEDs mounted on various types of heat sinks, along with manually soldering any wiring for my DIY builds. If I comprehend this right, bread boards require no solder, correct? I guess my main concern with breadboards would be how to go about mounting several high wattage/high output LEDs and how to manage heat, with a large enough size breadboard to make a decent size grow light fixture. This post was edited by o2tiller on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 19:01

I have a warehouse that has offices over the lower storage area. The office space has been unused for many years but now we are using it. When we first bought the warehouse we install 6' fluorescent fixtures between the joists since we wanted the lights up out of the way. Now I need to insulate this area and these fixtures aren't IC-rated as far as I know. I don't want to drywall the ceiling and surface mount the fixtures because I'll have to deal with broken bulbs all the time. IC-rated recessed cans aren't an option either because I'd need way to many to light up this area. I have an idea but I want to make sure it is feasible. I was thinking about removing the light fixtures and insulating the ceiling. Then installing some two by fours in between the joists and attaching a piece of drywall to the two by fours. The lights would then be surface mounted to the drywall and still be recessed between the joists. This would give me the same result as dry walling the entire ceiling and surface mounting the lights. Is this correct?

search square arm brass chandelier.

I would just contact the designer for info - https://www.ahdesigngrp.com/