Slim, Frameless Bathroom Mirror with a 27" Display

reaper81

@ MyMirror

Before finishing the project, i had to rearange some prarts a little bit of the mirror, because i needed some space for the hanging rails. So don’t wonder.

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220V AC Connection
220V AC Mainswitch
220V AC branching dose
24V LED-power adapter
LED-Controller with radioreceiver
LED-stripes
monitor-power adapter mit HDMI-connection
monitor
5V power adapter for Raspberry Pi und Bluetooth-Speaker
raspberry Pi
networkcable for Raspberry Pi
cameramodul for useridentification
radarsensor zur userdetection
voltage converter für Bluetooth-speaker from 5V to 3.3V
bluetoothreceiver/ -amplifier für exciter
button zur connect Bluetoothreceiver und smartphone
volumen Up Button for the Bluetoothreceiver
volumen Down Button for the Bluetoothreceiver
exciter (speaker)
memorycard for the raspi with a backupimage

Vancete

WOW. It look georgeous.

MyMirror

Very good - thanks for sharing!

schlachtkreuzer6

Thank you for all your informations! So last question ^^ how is the sound with the exciters? Maybe we need here a YouTube video 😁😁

MyMirror

… and a few more from my site :-)

Can you show us, how do you dismantled the foot
and how do you attach the power cable on the screen?
What about the temperature of the monitor? Will not be too hot in the tight construction?
Do you apply black foil on the back side of the mirror to improve the mirror effect?

Thanks for all your tips and pictures!

MyMirror

and did you get that:
–> recall off PDS241/271

reaper81

@schlachtkreuzer6

“…how is the sound with the exciters?”

Let me put it this way, the exciter sound better than the sound from the phone.
But you should not promise too much. The bass is quite good but high frequencies, as for the voices go under.
I can only speculate if stronger exciters in conjunction with a stronger amp would help here. The main reason for
the use of the exciter was the ease of installation and the small depth. If the mirror was not as flat as possible
I should have used real speakers with their own acoustic cabinet.

reaper81

@MyMirror

“…Can you show us, how do you dismantled the foot…”
Sorry but i have no pictures from the dismantling the foot. But is realy easy. All you have to do is remove the back of the palstik from the monitor, which is held with plastic noses. It is best to use a slightly wider spatula or car interior tool. Then you can already see the three screws with which the foot on the monitor screwed. In the end, only the monitor foot has to be screwed on to get the cable out of it.

“…What about the temperature…”
I do not know if the monitor temperature will be a problem in the future. If so, ventilation holes could still be drilled in the upper part of the frame.

“…apply black foil on the back side…”
No, the black film is there to reflect incident light just as the black monitor does. If I did not do that, I would have a darker reflection in the area of the monitor than in the areas without a monitor.

reaper81

@MyMirror

damm shit. Without the monitor foot I will probably not be able to complain the monitor.

schlachtkreuzer6

@reaper81
Thanks! I found some nice speakers with 10W/20W and about 40mm depth so my mirror will be something about 50-60mm depth overall. And I was thinking about exciters as well. But I am afraid of a lot distortion in the mirror itself when you play music at higher levels and standing in front of it. What do you say about that? Is it hard to see or is it like in some cheap cars that you can’t read numberplates in the backmirror because the whole car is shaking and also the glass and mirrors…

My speakers: https://www.neuhold-elektronik.at/catshop/product_info.php?cPath=242_253&products_id=6537

I am using an amp HAT and four of those speakers. But I’m missing some deeper frequencies (110…20.000 Hz) you hear that there is a lot missing in playing music. So I thought I will get an exciter with low frequencies ~20-200Hz to get a fuller sound. There are basically TV speakers so they are quite good at higher frequencies.

I really should post my project here ^^

MyMirror

@reaper81
You should ask the service …
I think, that the will deliver the power adapter and you should give them the old one.

MyMirror

@schlachtkreuzer6
Yes, of course you should!

reaper81

@schlachtkreuzer6

there are no visible distortions on the mirrorglas with my exciters. I think if you want a really good audiosound, buy separate ceiling speakers.

…and yes, you should post yout project. We are all excited.

schlachtkreuzer6

@reaper81 nah… :( no space for ceiling speakers. I will try it with extra exciters 😊 I also thinking of an audio crossover :)

thanks for your thoughts and info again

JamieH1986

Looking brilliant 👍 how is the mirror now? Just curious as I have just got my mirror made, it has a aluminium Spray to make it 2-way.
I have asked the question to them regarding what glue to use to stick a frame down they have advised me not to use glue as the chemicals could bubble and look like it’s melting? I really want the frameless look but cautious

reaper81

@JamieH1986

Thanks a lot. I don’t know how the mirror is right now, because the mirror hangs in the bathroom of my brother. Maybe i don’t understand your questions. In the answer to Relic i have linked the glue i used. (soudal fix all high track). The glue is not direct on glas of the mirror. The glas is covered with a black window foil. So it is impossible to see bubbles in the mirror. Before i used the glue i made several gluetests with some smalle peaces of wood, foil and mirrorglas. The glue don’t melt the foil and the connect between wood, foil and glas is very strong.

bucci

@reaper81 I’ve built speakers with exciters before, and the only way I found to really get nice treble was to use a tweeter in addition to the exciter. You need a crossover so the tweeters don’t blow if you crank the volume. I would say if you got tweeters you could point them up and hide them behind the mirror? This mirror build is very nicely done!

Here is a link to my exciter speaker build for the curious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6hGmyNImaI

Mykle1

@bucci said in Slim, Frameless Bathroom Mirror with a 27" Display:

Here is a link to my exciter speaker build for the curious.

I was curious. Now, I’m amazed. I didn’t even know something like this was possible. Good stuff! :-)

schlachtkreuzer6

@bucci
Cool!

EduardZ

Hi @reaper81,

great job. Your mirror looks very nice. Could you explain how do you attach the display behind the mirror?

I read something about a black window foil some posts before. Do you affix the whole back side of the mirror with the black window foil and attach the display with the glue you mentioned? Do you have a link for the window foil? Do you cut out the area for the display? Is the frame of the display visible if you are standing in front of the mirror?

I hope you could give me some hints. I do not find any instructions how to preferably attach the display behind the mirror.

Many thanks an best regards
Eduard