How to Install LED Light Strips

LED lighting can add a cool, modern aesthetic to any entertainment space. Follow these steps to learn how to install LED strip lights.
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0:01 - 0:28 How to Install LED Light Strips
0:29 - 1:40 Tools & Materials
1:41 - 1:54 Step #1: Cut LED Light Strips
1:55 - 2:13 Step #2: Connect the Clamp
2:14 - 2:35 Step #3: Peel & Clamp Wires
2:36 - 3:02 Step #4: Attach the Controller
3:03 - 3:19 Step #5: Power Up the Lights
3:20 - 3:31 Step #6: Mount the Lights
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[@goingcrazy9097]

I'm watching because me and my dad is having trouble and theres no instructions

[@malaikakanthnallabantu6038]

sameee i find it ridiculous how mine didn't come with instructions. Did you get yours to work?

[@bmgmekhiofficial]

Malaika Kanth Nallabantu yea mines came wit none too and how just explain how to make them not hang them

[@jiji008]

LMAO ME TOO

[@AvaD-hr2oo]

Sameeee

[@fornit487]

Same here 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@omarlemus4659]

We’re all waiting for them to come in lol

[@kashhouttcece1518]

Omar Lemus meh

[@cvvluxas]

Ong

[@centipedism]

Omar Lemus wow. Your right

[@sanaioo4754]

me😂

[@sestoalternativeevo8884]

Mines came in today

[@xcloudsx8984]

who else is watching this while waiting for theirs to come in the mail?

[@rorosedits8750]

Mee

[@mariamartin8065]

Mej

[@ella3281]

Me

[@natania__3452]

me lol

[@rajahpound5124]

Mine just came in 😁😁

[@zareiawatson1874]

I’m watching bc mines coming tomorrow

[@rin-yo8cg]

That's cool!

[@f1lthyglokks]

Valeria Rizzo mines coming june 6th

[@ALEXIS-qf1xx]

Mine are coming tm too

[@carlycox8889]

Same !!

[@natalie-tk3zb]

Omg same

[@boop9516]

.....my package didnt come with the clips and wires

[@emiii20078]

Oop

[@taromilktea8762]

Same

[@BLANKONTOP]

Mine too, wtf..

[@cadaversnotebook]

Bet you got it from wish or something wish never comes with what it’s supposed to

[@Marc-fh9xd]

Evthos nope got mine from amazon

[@kahlaniiblazess.7128]

Lol who else is waiting for their led lights?

[@f1lthyglokks]

Mines are coming june 6

[@mreed2362]

Their my friend, not "there".

[@Lil_Fleezyy]

Yup

[@kayliadams1839]

Mines coming October 3rd somewhere around there

[@savannawolf9415]

ME

[@hinterkaifec]

i’m literally re decorating my room at 3 am and i got these in the mail today

[@s3lmaa721]

MINES COMING TODAY AND IM SO EXCITED 😆😆

[@comfortaboagye9648]

SAMEEEEEEEEE

[@miaclarke6859]

Mine are coming tomorrow and I cant waittt

[@enthusiastic_urethra]

same

[@lexie9484]

i got mine today:))

[@s3lmaa721]

Roblox1234 I got mine a month ago and there still soo good 😍

[@marysue3194]

My LEDs came today but me and my dad didn’t knew how to put them lmao

[@itsnikowl7147]

Same bruh lmao

[@alenthiayoung1667]

Its (Know) not knew

[@bouchra5372]

Same

[@dannygonzales606]

If u have ig please teach me how ig : flexx.mp4

[@retrosunflxxwer8065]

Alenthia Young girl chill this isnt a spelling bee

[@namelezz7791]

Who else here because they got them for Christmas

[@gabrielspacek5137]

Yeah this vid was not helpful though 😂

[@Samsaknight]

Me

[@senaloop]

Here

[@zenl0xked]

nope

[@namelezz7791]

@@zenl0xked yes well no shit it’s the 6th of January 😂

[@purpleninja753]

I don’t think I’m gonna be able to set them up lol

[@purpleninja753]

Update: it’s torture

[@joeyfariello]

purpleninja753 mine came with no instructions and we put them up and it’s a disaster looks awful :(

[@sufferyetgain]

@@joeyfariello lmao

[@unknownfr2890]

@@joeyfariello the instructions are literally peel stick plug depending which ones u get i got the ones that stick to the wall get those.

[@hiddenjocelyn1088]

@@unknownfr2890 what brand you got?

[@IC_Slime]

Who else making a gaming room rn

[@leswebb9314]

Great job. I'm much more confident doing my lights now. Thanks.

[@highl0ve58]

this guy doesnt look real👁👄👁

[@squidwardstinkypoop]

LOL

[@centipedism]

Lmao I think his face has a filter

[@ebbhead20]

Yeah, family man is not what im getting here at all. Unless you can rent a family, and in Japan you can so he might do that. 🤔

[@lowkii712]

@Rose Joseph stfu rose

[@cintiamartinez6151]

I already have my led lights and Idk how to put them on but I am watching this tho cause👁👄👁

[@eriiqxc8369]

💀💀 same

[@kaylaspeakman916]

Same😂

[@jacobhajnrych1207]

I got mine today 💀💀💀✋🏼 idk how to put them on

[@Lily-co3gj]

Same 😭

[@braydenlawhon1125]

Just got them for Christmas

[@matthew5059]

I swear to god the thumbnail looks like a apology vid

[@SnowHelation]

It really do😂

[@gutterboysoulz9516]

I had some trouble installing them. Thank you!

[@noluv4bankz]

Mine came wit instructions i still dont know how to do it

[@parker4458]

hol up wtf i ordered then a while ago and there coming today. im a kid . i aint gonna be able to do this!

[@Daniel-gn3yv]

😂😂😂😂lmaoooo

[@milasstudio409]

Parker Gallimore actually there’s a different type of led light strips that are way easier to set up. It just depends on which you order.

[@gachaellaa5375]

My mom said if we clean our rooms everywhere we might get some (my brother and me are not even done yet)

[@razeenmohammed1548]

Why do we need to know

[@yanderaygun7885]

Did you ever get them

[@natedellia7993]

prawnzy art fr

[@garfooey4160]

Bruh let them live

[@mattkeenan371]

Hope you guys got them

[@iloveechey.]

i’m watching bc i hope i’m getting some on my birthday (june 19) 😁

[@squidwardstinkypoop]

Omg! Your so pretty..😌❤️

[@iloveechey.]

Søfia ._. thank you so much😊❤️

[@horrifyr]

i just got mine yesterday and their dope

[@horrifyr]

happy early bday tho

[@ppl_rlly_think_that_icare_4968]

Advance happy birthday, and am getting it too prolly next week

[@chuanyinruan]

I am a light strip manufacturer from China! With the development of technology, chips have undergone earth-shaking changes!

[@samysalman6374]

Thank you. I was a scare to cut it for my television size because do not know where. But, after I saw your video, I know now where to cut it and I did. it works very well! you deserve million like. Thanks again.

[@nolan7561]

you were my tech ed teacher at pms in 6th grade..

[@Samsaknight]

Lmao no

[@VroskiVA]

im too scared to put mine up, What if I cut them the wrong way some how and they wont work anymore?

[@tiktokerscompilation2699]

Watching this because mine come tomorrow

[@georgia3718]

Thanks for the vid! I haven’t purchased yet but I was wondering how to put them up myself lol

[@animeisdope5264]

Idek what sizes to get did you guys just get the biggest size and connect it or or get super calculated?

[@Coderedpirate]

just measure it with a tape measure, takes less than 5 minutes. not super calculated at all lmao

[@ale3za.r]

Measure the perimeter of your room or wherever you are installing the lights and get the size closest to that!

[@gracethompson8283]

We just got like 3 of them to make sure 😂

[@ShayekhMohammad]

aleeza rashidi exactly what I did 😂

[@traveldiaries4680]

Thank you

[@MrBlitzpunk]

How do you combine multiple separate LED strip into one single control/power? I can't imagine it being enough with just a single continuous strip

[@srmartinez617]

Same question

[@erpinterfaces9631]

Same question. Major flaw leaving out how to daisy chain them.

[@karenbritwum9688]

My LED lights just came!!

[@Paul-rs4gd]

That was just what I needed to know. Thanks for a good, clear video.

[@billligon4005]

So how do you decide between 4-wire and 5 wire systems? What solderless clamps do we need.

[@gmjsimmons]

Great to-the-point video. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. So good I subscribed

[@kyndelinduncan7683]

my problem is when i try to turn mine on they don’t turn on even though they turned on before I mounted them to the wall

[@paulz2170]

it might be backwards so try plugging it in the other way from the psu

[@bellamagnet7109]

just wanted to say THANK YOU because that fixed the problem i was having with mine!!!

[@Northmacedoniamapping]

I bought some led lights today and there WERE NO INSTRUCTIONS thank you so much

[@tbtb9431]

Aww... wish you could fix mine! I messed it all up

[@santana3455]

Crazy....These are going back to Amazon.

[@caseym2888]

What if you wanted to add more lights to it? Would you have to get another adapter for 12 volt?

[@rwxrw]

Thanks buddy nice video

[@hoppingh907]

thanks I don’t have any now and I haven’t ordered any but when I move houses this year, I plan to instal these.

[@doingurmom69]

Omg same im shifting houses too but i rlly want it nowww

[@ameliaterry1773]

I FINALLY GOT MY LIGHTS AND I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED THIS STUFF UHGHHG

[@hdksuehns]

You don’t need all of this stuff x

[@anthonylara1806]

mine didnt come with the adaptor.

[@friendofdavid1423]

Dude, this was not how to "install" the led lights. This was how to put together the circuit. How do we INSTALL and CONTROL the damn things?

[@ommzi6428]

tape and remote

[@eliteagentorange]

Thank you ❤

[@father_bubba]

I'm watching because I'm thinking about getting them

[@Bl0ody_gxts]

*Im getting Led lights for my birthday next month*

[@toniadekogbeadekogbe1102]

Mine are coming tomorrow

[@augustinaokeke252]

Im getting them tomorrow and its my birthday

[@Jar1x1ys]

I just got led so ima watch this AHAH

[@Jack-ev9du]

Thank you you help me so much

[@aima6948]

Idk what everyone talking about waiting for there's too come in mine already did I just need too install them 🌚

[@stevewatson3303]

I literally found mine in a box of electronics at a garage sale but sadly no wires/clips/housing/or control box. I am going to wire them myself with clips I'll make and use fish tank air hose as housing my only roadblock is the control box. Guess RUclips is gonna show me how to make a control box 😂

[@BenedictRucker]

Just got em for crimbo

[@marnv2956]

Thank you and God bless

[@gusmastoras5861]

How can I connect a LED strip so I can control it with an existing light switch?

[@khloeshoup4440]

Ik my mom got me them for Christmas cuz I took a lil sneak peak

[@xomalisha1027]

I’m excited to install mines and make a video of it !!

[@michelmasks]

Remote control for brightness and groups, color. Right.. i'am from another planet. How do i get that operated!

[@beckyzwhite]

Finally, simple instructions in plain English. You deserve a big one 💋

[@Kathy-uw2qf]

Let’s say I have 2 different boxes of led lights because 1 of them won’t cover my whole room, I put them up but can I connect those 2 separate led lights to 1 PowerPoint?

[@Anjalinj]

Thanks

[@Tigerfan31200]

This looks confusing AF, I just leave mine in the roll that it comes in and plug it into the wall outlet Lol!

[@durtydeedsREI]

Do you have to use all these parts for every area of your house? Or can you use one controller for multiple stripping as long as it's close? That's a lot of power supplies and controllers if you want to have LED in several areas of your house.

[@rastafarian6253]

Came here for the same answer

[@samanthamanalang3730]

I’m using white/warm white led’s and white wire.(3 pin) I’m installing these every 32 inches in my basement rafters. The white wire is unmarked so not sure if that means it doesn’t matter how it connects? So used the clear solderless clips and when I plug in the light light up before the connection but none after? Any idea?

[@neonpop80]

How do you connect multiple ones to the same line?

[@amandajacobs8830]

I'm watching this and I'm not even getting led lights ever

[@ravleenrai1904]

I thought so too but I went to a store and saw them for cheap and asked but they didn’t come with this whole set!

[@nonhlahlamakhanya9859]

Same mine are coming on the 13 of January 2021

[@rosed1amond772]

Does all this equipment come with the lights?

[@Hellonearth123]

What I can find out is If I got a roll off hundred and use it in 5 strips they still gotta be connected,why cut em

[@daopps2006]

Who else thought this dude was gonna have a deep ass voice

[@ksockhak]

How do you install the wire directly to a light switch, so when you turn on the lights, the LED will come on with the other lights as well...can't find a video to show this

[@davixoxo4227]

Lmfaooo I'm calling my dad this is not gonna work for me 😂😂😂

[@brandoncondit8619]

Can I have 2 controllers in different locations run off same remote?

[@acid8736]

mines coming on christmas :P

[@eldrianapayne108]

ima get someee cant waitttt!!!!!!!!!!!

[@philip167]

Hi am making a model of the Titanic 2-pin LED lights but the battery only can you tell me it I can use a 12v Battery on a 5v LED this model is 53 inches long

[@viktor_7797]

Will the other part of the led strip work when i cut it?

[@paulyd2483]

yes

[@soop1558]

i just to know how to cable manage them

[@drittpassord]

03:29 a red trailer with red light inside! I'd say someone is open and ready for business

[@DNYS8N]

Low voltage wires, controller, voltage regulator, etc. my idea of simple is do much simpler then any videos I’ve seen, lol

[@georgia-rb6fs]

I have my led lights but the charger thing won’t go in bc it’s from somewhere else and it only has two plugs not three so now I’m still comfused :/

[@katelyn9683]

Omg ty im getting soon just waiting and my dad says "i KnOw HoW tO pUt ThEm Up" i dont believe him lol

[@absentpopcorn612]

I am waiting for mine to come

[@coolcoolercoolest212]

No info on how long they can be or voltage drop?

[@imiusam]

Mine are coming tomorrow 😂

[@xinderellalee]

How to make glow gl 6ls wht6 work

[@monkey_gaming432]

Or just by them off Amazon and stick them to your wall with the sticky stuff on the back and plug them in and your done lol

[@father_bubba]

I want pink ones

[@Yummy_Toast]

Do the wires come with the led lights? that's my main question-

[@franckjmn]

Really good video thank you

[@fozcoder9685]

This guy looks a character from a movie lol

[@GabiN64]

i have that same sweater lol

[@crowmatic9]

He looks like Mac from always sunny in Philadelphia

[@basha0810]

Why is there NO video really out there that shows true installation putting the lights up. They all show them up and the finished product. I know how to do all of the rest, I just want to see someone put these up going around corners and stuff like that. I can't tell you how many videos I've gone through and this is just one of them. Grrrr.

[@Yvessapple]

Mine needed 5days to come ive had them for 2-3 days but idk how to install them xD

[@Davi1na]

Ty

[@finlaybiddlesden2426]

What lights are you buying..? Most come complete ready to stick up, plug in and turn on….!

[@ighostkid7325]

Do you need clamps mine didn't come with any they wont even turn on