Thanks everyone for your wisdom, Keith I enjoyed that video you linked to, although the gentlemans' soldering technique would not have passed the advanced soldering course I did at RMIT many years ago,
AndrewJ, thanks for your suggestion, I don't think I want to go right down to component level for this project, it would mean I would have to fire up my old Windows 98 PC and run Protel to design and then etch a Printed Circuit Board. Been there, done that.
It looks like I will have to import from China as the local suppliers just apply way too much markup on what they import.
I'll go down the path that Andrew (VPAstro) did and remove the cases from that LED dimmer I pictured and install them into a plastic box.
Cheers and thanks everyone
Bill
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