Setting up permanent LED lights ws2811 5050 strips. Behind the scenes.
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2020
- Ok, here's the video y'all have been waiting for. A full look into the behind the scene action. A simple, fast and cheap way to power all your permanent LED lights. Ours has been running 5 hours a day for about a week now with no issues. Everything seems to work as they should. From the power supply to the controller to the signal amplifiers. I wish y'all the best of luck on your next project and don't be stranger's. let us know how your making out with your very own winter wonderland. As always Stay safe, thank you for stopping by and we hope to see y'all on the next video.
********Below are all the links for products I used in the video***********
LED LIGHT STRIPS
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LED CHANNEL SYSTEM
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POWER SUPPLY
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LED CONTROLLER
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AWG18 LOW VOLTAGE WIRE
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SIGNAL AMPLIFIER
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Going to show this video to wifey and see if she'll let me do it.
Awesome, sorry I'm getting back to you so late. How did the conversation go?
Very Cool
I love it, it's a nice solution. I was thinking today "why not to install tiny LED strips under the roof and leave them always there, to only turn them on during Christmas?" I was thinking exactly about addressable LEDs since I have some around the house.
Yours is done perfectly! Good job
Thank you, I really Appreciate that
You are awesome, thank you so much for all your uploads.
Thank you for watching, dont be a stranger. Let us know how it works out for you.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera in the process of purchasing, which controller were to planning to get for music?
@@kk20aa so, my buddy and I did our houses at the same time and he is running this controller amzn.to/3mmbeOf and it works really well with music.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera did you do roughly 16 feet strip to the amplifier or did you join the 2x 16 feet to make 32 feet then connect that to the amplifier?. What the maximum length per channel i should be connecting to the amplifier?
@@kk20aa so from the amplifier I'm running about 20ft of wire to my closest strip of about 18 ft of led strip, then about 25 ft of wire x2 to start one 16.4 strip and a 10ft strip. The last is the longest of about 25ft of wire connected to about 38 ft of led strips. 2 complete and about 6ft added to that.i just ran it that way. I have the led strips with built in power injection, but I didn't need it
Did you have to cut a strip add wire then connect it to the rest of the strip when you had to go to a different level of the roof?
I started a new strip on every peak. So 1 full strip and 4 ft to do the bottom near my front door. Almost 2 strips for the peak above the windows to the right, 1 strip cut for the top peak, one full strip from front to back up top, 2 and a half strips to cover the large peak and down the left side of the house. So its a separate channel for each section of the house. I used wire from my control in the garage and up to each section of the house.
Phenomenal!
Thank you
I dont see a power source hooked up to the terminals on the amplifiers, just a data signal and power for the lights. What am I missing here. I could be wrong but I think the power for the 1 supply is only passing thru to the light strips and not actually powering the amps.
Otherwise its a really neat system. I have already been looking into the BTF system for outdoor lighting in my pool area.
The signal amplifiers are multi functional to be used for all types of set ups. The power supply runs into my controller and then into my signal amplifiers inputs. I could run the controller by it self with out power into the signal amplifiers and waste money on a second power supply to power the signal amplifier inputs As stated in the video I have full power coming from the outputs.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera I hear what your saying, I am glad its all working for you. But the amplifier has a power input for a reason. Not trying to change your setup, like I said its working for you. All the diagrams on BTF shows different. Anyway, great find and it looks great.
@@DeeDee-vu5mi your good, I know what all the diagrams show. Without these signal amplifiers I could not get white at the end of two strips connected to the controller. So with the controller hooked in to the signal amplifiers I have white at the end of 25ft of power wire run up to the start of about 42ft of strips all connected. No color issues and didn't have to power inject anything. I guess I'm just a lucky guy to have everything work in my favor.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera What happens if you only wire the amplifier from the controller to the signal terminals and no power to the amplifier power terminals?"
Answers to your question
"If SP901E signal amplifier has no power supply , well it still can work when you just connect a few LED strip . For example ,you only connect one LED strip to SP901E , it is ok . But when you connect 4 reels of LED strip to SP901E or 8 reels or more LED strip , your LED strip can not work and lost signal . Anyother question, please contact us support@btf-lighting.com"
BTF-LIGHTING
"Just for information so you'll know, Regards Richard. FYI I just rcvd my first strip from BTF to play with.
Thanks for posting! Ordered a amp and hopefully that’ll fix my voltage drop problem. I also ran the same channel. Don’t have quite as much as yours, as I only have two strips.
I hope it works out for you. Sorry to hear about the voltage drop, I know that can be a pain. Let me know how it works out.
Merry belated Christmas, was just going through the messages and I was wondering if you had any luck with your voltage drop?
@@BoredGuyWithACamera well the amp didn’t do a darn thing. Turns out it’s just for signal. I ended up injecting power in the middle and the end of my strips. Much better now. I did order a DigQuad that will have different pre-programmed features.
Awesome to hear you got it up and going. Going to check out the recommendation. Thank you
@@BoredGuyWithACamera I sure did! Watch a few videos on RUclips about the DigQuad/DigUno to find out more info about them. Quite a few features!
On the 901 amp, what are the VCC and GRD terminals for?
Vcc is power and Grd is ground. I found that there was no difference between running direct power to the 901e or running my power supply through the controller. It produces the exact same voltage to all the outputs on the 901e.
Can you please tell us about the led strip around the garage door, how you mount it and is that permanently mounted or temp?
Lol, that's just led strip from the RV section at Walmart and its temp for christmas. Held up with regular light clips
Can i use a 500w power supply to start off with and add more led strips in the future, or do i need to find one for my current project and just be over like 20% the required watts required?
I think you will be just fine.
Hi, I have exactly the same set up and I’m so glad I found your vids. You just made my life easy lol! 1 question tho, did you also connect the extra positive and negative wire that are on the led at the end of it? Please help!
I did not need to power inject on my project. rule of thumb is that if you don't get pure white at the end of your runs, you will need to power inject.
looks great. How did you mount to the house?
Thank you, I used this channel in the link and it comes with clips that need to be screwed in. Very tiny holes that can be covered up real easy if you ever needed to take down the channel.
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Good videos! How many strips max do you recommend connecting together?
There are many factors in deciding how many you can run. Depending on controller, Leds and power injection.
Awesome setup! I watched your other videos about how you ran the wiring from your power amplifier. My question is, when you ran the wire to above the roof, you are using more than 1-5 meter strip across that area correct? And you are using a different wire for each 5 meter strip? Or do you have enough power to not lose brightness on 3 strips in series using one set of wires on the second signal amplifier?? 2:54 So you could run 3 strips with one signal amplifier output? Any help here would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Welcome to the channel. As you can see we like to push limits and save money. Yes I have 3 16ft sections run on one channel of the amplifier without loosing color. Maybe I just got lucky but you'll see my lights are up and running in my latest halloween videos.
Noob question: why do I need a led controller ? Do I need it ? I bought the same led, same channel, a higher amp power supply, do I need to get the same led controller and signal amplifier as you to have my lights working ?
No, you don't need to add a new controller, the signal amplifier depends on how many sets of lights you plan on using. I needed it so I could control 8+ sets of lights to do the same thing. Easy on and off.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera thank you !
Did you end up upgrading the power and controller? If so can you update links please. Going to attempt this but I need roughly 200ft to cover front of my house. Need to find longer set of outdoor lights
Thank you for checking out the videos. We appreciate the support. It means the world to us knowing that we are helping other's plan a cheap alternative to permanent lighting. I did upgrade the power supply and found that the leds are a bit brighter. Here's a video at my neighbors house using the upgraded power supply and the music controller. I'll do an update video come December on the upgrades and added features so be sure to subscribe and check it out.
ruclips.net/video/ntaXW7UHnIM/видео.html
Also Here's a link to the power supply and the music sync controller.
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Of course if I can help you along the way, I’m more then happy to. Thanks again and look forward to hearing about your progress along the way.
Perfect ty..also one question I have. For instance on your neighbors house he has 6 strips. Since I need roughly 200ft I wouldn't be able to simply buy a few 50ft footers since I have 90 degree corners. I'm assuming I will end up with at least 6 different strips of varying lengths. AND I'll use those power extender cables? I guess those 90 degree corners are my biggest concern
Sick install! Looks great. Any chance you could post or describe how you made the corners and change of direction of the roof lines?
I'm about to take the plunge and any help is appreciated. I'm ready to never put up lights again 👍🏻
Thank you
So each one of my roof lines are a Separate run of lights. I ran the wire from inside the garage where my signal amplifiers are through the wall and behind the siding to each strip of lights. As far as the corners go. I cut the track on angles to match up with each other. Then folded the led strips very carefully around the corners. This is the part that will get alot of people. If you have cheap light strips you could damage the lights. There are a couple videos on youtube that explain in detail on how to do it. I just don't want to be the one that explains it wrong and people start burning out their led strips. Lol
@@BoredGuyWithACamera thanks for the info. Would love to see a video of the lights really in action going through some sequences
@@clayswanson3986 that I could do. Have it posted tomorrow morning
Great educational video. Just a few questions;
I have a split foyer home and plan buy the items you bought to do my home, similar to yours, Thanks.
Couple questions; You stated you purchased eight strips, can I connect two or maybe three 32’ strips together to one amplifier input?
At the center top of your house you have a split to where the lights stop and what appears another set begins, how did you make it blacked out, did you cut and run a wire between them?
Where is your power supply box, amplifier, etc., physically located? Foyer or somewhere elsewhere an outlet.
Lastly, do I have to use the channels or can I use another way to attach them up under the front of my home’s under hangs?
Just trying to get great advice. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
I really appreciate you stopping by to check out the video. I'll try my best to give you the information I came up with while trying to figure out what was going to work out for us the best. So, if its an older split foyer house where you have a strait lines across the top and then a strain line minus the front door in the middle I would do my best to use 120v lighting. If you have a wood facia that gives you an inch + to hide the light strips you can simply use plastic strips screwed into the back of the facia board. I went with track lighting because I have aluminum facia and the track blends in really well. If I had any kind of lip I would have ran 120v lighting strips. As per the manufacturer you can run two strips side by side from the amplifier. The longest run off strips I have is about 42ft across the peak and down the side of the house but I power injected at 32ft and at the end of the strips. As far as my set up goes I ran everything from my garage to the outside with 3 wire loom to the start of each set of strips for a total of 5 wire sets . I just drilled a hole and ran my wires behind the siding. The blacked out part is from the connections strip to strip. I didn't want it to be that noticeable but these things happen. It won't be there next year. Lol. I hope I was able to help you out and be sure to check out all the videos I posted on the permanent lights to get a full understanding of how the set up works . Once again thank you, belated Merry Christmas and happy and safe holiday season.
My home 5 yrs old so it sounds like I should go with something like this; www.amazon.com/Less4Leds-Light-Ready-Alexa-Google/dp/B07HS23C1P/ref=pd_lpo_86_t_2/145-2034390-6211937?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07HS23C1P&pd_rd_r=b3a1382a-4b14-4e21-969b-fdb2be777b51&pd_rd_w=qlLn0&pd_rd_wg=n4jg6&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=R84NNTZQD695KFD1KP7V&psc=1&refRID=R84NNTZQD695KFD1KP7V
Your thoughts. It’s much more expensive right.
thanks a bunch for the video and details and links to equipment. any way we can email back and forth? got some pics and ideas id like to run by you and see if my thinking is correct, if you dont mind.
I'm here to help. BoredGuyWithACamera33@gmail.com is my contact.
That looks awesome I have some questions if you could answer for me.
I’m thinking of running RBG 2811 strings. Do these light runs clip to one another? Most of the strings I’ve seen are in 50 lights which is like 11-12 ft long how many strings can I connect before they blow out? I can’t find that info out there anywhere.
Also did you connect your wiring run from the garage to the light string? Is there a splice adapter or something that connnects your wire to the string on the eaves?
So I just used these amzn.to/3r2ApIo at the end of the strips and spliced my wires in to them. As far as running 50 ft i don't think it will be that difficult, you would just start with a new strip at each break on your house. If you need to run 50ft strait you could get away with 2811s but I would go with something like BTF-LIGHTING amzn.to/3p05ZVh because they have the power injection wires already installed so you just have to run something like amzn.to/3mnrE8n side by side from your power source to run the full length. All the strips i have on the house were 16.4 ft I used a total of 8 strips. I cut the ends off 3 of them.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera hey thanks I really appreciate it. Just curious why do you favor the strips over the pixel strings? I’ve been reading that the pixels are brighter than the strips but I’ve never installed them so I can’t say for sure.
@@Kevinw4040 its not that I prefer one over the other, I just feel the strips in the channel is a way cleaner look. The pixels are probably brighter but I was not looking to light up the street ya know. I guess its all based on what your into. They even have 120v light strips that will make your house light up like a runway.
@@BoredGuyWithACamera Yeh I get that point true. So am I correct in assuming that 4 way spliter on the wall can be like daisy chained to have multiple ones? I see you have a second box below it can you only have 4 outlets? Do they make those boxes bigger with more outputs? Like with 8 out puts?
@@Kevinw4040 yes I'm using two signal amplifiers that have 4 channels each. I'm only using 5 and obviously I can add three more channels next year if I need to. You can use any signal amplifier like what I have or even a 8 channel like this amzn.to/3ajHdeH to double your controller signal.
what kind of tracking did you use for the lights?
This is a link to the channel I used, there are a few different kinds.
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@@BoredGuyWithACamera omg thank you so much
How many strips can you power off one channel? Never mind heard you say your running 3. Do u have a pic of your new setup with new power supply? Lastly are you still using the sparke LEDS that you have linked from Amazon. Assuming you just use the strips and dump the controller and power supply. Also are you on FB so I can directly message you. Thanks and great set up
Hello, thank you for stopping by to check out the video's. When I did all these videos I was just swapping out the controllers. I have since upgraded all my lights to amzn.to/3FWwxkv for full customization. I am on Facebook as boredguywithacamera. I can also be reached by email at boredguywithacamera33@gmail.com. thank you.
Im currently looking for a controller. Bluetooth/wifi/phone app would be nice. Mainly , I dont need music or all the preprogrammed "shows" etc. Mainly used for for Static non moving lighting. IE: Blocks of green/red/green/red like in the video but non moving. Is that possible to address/customize the lights this way with your controller?
I really like this one for customization. Of course it has basic static colors but you can also make your own colors.
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@@BoredGuyWithACamera Awesome, I'll look into it! Thanks!👍🏻💯
How are youre LEDs holding up?
Perfect, use them all the time.
Hi. I am starting to put up my own. Please help me
What do you need help with?