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One tip for long custom extensions. I had some flicker after adding 18 ft to an extension (around 30ft total). If you have a spare extension from the kit, cut off the small box from the spare that you find near the end of the strand. Splice the box into the middle of your long custom extension. I believe this is a signal booster. This eliminated the flicker without me having to use jumper wires !
Hey Chris I have a question for yah about the govee M1 rgbic leg lights 16.4 ft I want to run them across my ceiling but I need 55.8 ft of lights. I know I can connect 2 sets of light together but I don't know how far I can push it without losing power to the lights. Any tips
hey Chris awesome set up. I messaged you earlier in the week. is there any different type of wire that you recommend longer than what Govee gives you to do an extension? I have to go to an attic and it's about 25 feet. Thank you once again.
Nice to see someone is doing tests! I did 3 sets on the same house. 2 had splices and one didnt. Both are flickering when using bright white type colors but dont flicker using orange. I thought it was my connections corroding bc they worked fine when installed but a few months later the problem started. Ill look into boosting the voltage. I didn’t make them any longer than what came in the box!
Thanks for the video man! I just installed my Govee lights from Costco using a 45’ custom splice to get from the front to the back and the with the addition of the power boost line (50’) everything is working great!
Great explanations Chris! 😊 If I might ask, do you have a solution for the curtain lights to be controlled by WLED? Or is it limited the same way as the pro version of the outdoor lights?
So, with the speaker, do you just set it next to some continuous playing music? Do they have a product where you can sync the music to a radio station for cars that drive-by?
For really long extension runs say 100 feet, have you tried data boosters to up the data bit to ensure it make it across the length? I the the newer version of cables has the booster built into the cable.
Excellent video! Very informative. Getting ready to install Pro version this week. I haven't laid them out on the lawn yet to get a feel of how far they'll stretch & I'm already worried about the extensions. I have a ranch house & it has so many peeks & areas where I know I'm going to need jumpers/extenders. I would love to know why they don't sell extra extensions of different sizes🤔 I really hope I don't run into any issues trying to figure out what to do if I use all of them from the kit & need more.
Hey Chris: Great videos. Thank you for all the help with the Govee lights. QUESTION: I have the Govee Permanent Outdoor Elite lights that Costco sold this year. When splicing/extending between lights on a string, is there a maximum length of the extension that I should consider? I need to make a run of 30 feet from the lower to upper roofs and wanted to know before climbing. Thanks!
@chrisMaherDIY Your videos are incredibly helpful, thank you! Is it possible to use the far end of a cut off strand? My primary install left me with a strand of 5 lights I'd like to use on another project. Is it possible to add/splice in a plug and use it as a normal strand?
Chris, Thx for the videos great content. I used your install method for the curtain lights and they look awesome. I was wondering, when you use the music mode do you just use a speaker inside the house as a source for the effects or do you have an external speaker playing sound outside during the scenes?
What/ where / how exaclty did you plug those 4 Christmas tree lights around the post to keep the control boxes from behind outside. My understanding is the control boxes need to be indoors which makes it difficult for outdoor lights to have indoor controll boxes
Hi, I see you have a 12ft extension cable… I’d need 30ft… Is it possible to purchase a longer extension cable for the pro?… I’ve noticed 60ft is advertised but no information on where to purchase it??? Many thanks 🙏
Thanks for the helpful video Chris. I ordered lights from Costco and got installed by someone. He cut the lights and I am trying to restore them. I simply connected the wires to each other. Dont know why that wont work. But I'll try with your method tood.
Can someone explain to me why splicing and adding power injection at the end of flickering lights does not cause a direct short? I would have assumed that it would short out since you have the same source of power going through the main strip and also the same power source at the end of the strip. Thanks for yalls time.
if you y splice at the power, does the app still know which LED is which? For example if I wanted to change the power of one LED, I can still do that ? Or the animations/scenes still work correctly or it is out of sync if that makes sense 🤔
I only added about a 20 foot extension between 2 segments and had flickering in my last 3 segments. You talk about power induction quickly. Do you have a link to it? Does it use another plug in into the house? And is it possible I just used to small of wire for my extension?
When making a Wye Connector using the Peo splicers but using the regular extensions what are the blue, yellow, and orange connections compatible with? The center is the data yellow, I believe, but what is the wire with the black or grey line on it? Is it blue or orange?
When putting in a Y Splice for one segment to go up a level and one to go down a level, does splitting cause the pattern to be different in that scenario?
Thank you for posting and sharing the info! What's your take on the control driver module that's included in the 200ft version? Do you think the flickering can be resolved by adding that control driver module?
hi Chris, I have a couple extra Govee -M1 light power supplies left over from a couple projects. my question would be, could I run non Govee lights on this power supply & use the hub like a normal Govee Light ?
great video. I just ordered my pro 200 since there is a phenomenal Mothers Day sale this weekend. When using the Y's, are they already made with one female and the two males for the y or did you have to modify the splitter? I havent received mine yet so dont know how it looks stock out of the box. Also what is your recommendation for a 3 ft deadspot where I need to backtrack. I am thinking of using butt connectors and 20g wire to add like a 4ft blank run. Thanks for your help
Question... My Installer installed my Govee lights Backwords on my house... so the power end is on the other side of the house with no power outlet... I have a Tall two story house and it would be a Big pain to pull them down and rerun them...{ Can i run the power and Data from the other end if i switch the male and female connectors??? } Or is the Power and Data flow Directional??? or do you know if there is a male t male and female to female adaptor and can use>>>
Hi Chris, thank you for the content you put out. I was wondering if you know whether or not the Govee permanent lights would work with a pixel controller like a Falcon?
I have a bad end, all lights are already installed. Can I cut off the female end of another line and rewire and use that? or do i have to take it all down?
16:00 Thanks Chris, these videos have helped far more than Govee customer service. So if I have 9 segments, but my 10th segment only has 4 lights because I hit the end of my house, I should program the app as if I only have 9?
Great stuff, thanks! I guess I need some help with mines. I bought the 100ft and in the 4th segment I had to put an extension of 5ft, everything worked fine. In the 5th segment after the 4th light I need to do another extension of 11ft. Did exactly the same process and no way to get it working, tried to go for 9ft extension and still no success. What am I missing? Thanks!
Does the Govee permanent outdoor lights Pro work with WLED? There doesn't seem to be many products that are individually addressable and have dedicated warm and cool white channels.
So how can you cut off a few lights at the end but still add an extension cord to reach a higher level roof? Can you just splice the waterproof connector back on? Great videos BTW.
Hi chris please 🙏 bro ,Can I extend the control module "the controller" in order to put it like a switch on the wall? To make a chain between the controller and the strip? Thanks in advance. I use rgbic pro 20m
Hi Chris I have 2 100 footers to do around my whole house SO i have 2 power supplies so If i go with the esp 32 I will need one for each power supply. is this right. I looked on amazon and there is a lot of those ESP32's can you please tell us what one to get TY
i installed govee permanent lights only to find out that i started with the "end" at my power source. Can i cut off the female end to add a male end to receive the power (female) end? Or does the power have to begin a the female end only?
Hi Chris, love your videos. I have the new outdoor pro permanent lights 150 feet. I want to add another 3 strings but need a bit more than the 2x4' and 2x12' extensions. Is that possible with the pro lights to use some 20 gauge wire to make custom length gaps? Also what would be the furthest I could go between strings?
So I have a 200’ pro setup and I had to add a 16’ string. The last 2 strings will not light. I installed the driver after string 6, directions said 5. I figured with the extra string moving it 1 string would be fine. Everything works well besides the last 2 strings. Also 1 light has like half power to it on the last string. Weird, any help would be appreciated!
Actually 1 more question. Do you know of a y connector that would connect between segments? Without need for splicing? Where I want my y is right at the end of a segment. Would be cool if that existed.
Hey Chris great video. I know you said you got the small plastic boxes for your wire connections on Amazon. Would you happen to have a link I can not fid them?
My question is can you connect 2 different GoVee products together on the same string? I have permanent outdoor lights on the first floor of my house. I only needed 4 strands. Can i buy the GoVee outdoor flood lights and connect them to the end of the 4th string of the outdoor permanent lights all ready mounted and therefore using the single power pack that i have ran from my garage attic that's hidden from the outside and not have to plug in the flood lights to my front porch that would be seen? Hope this makes sense.
Does anyone know if this (cutting and reconnecting) the govee down lights? I don’t want them equally spaced I want a specific spacing but can’t find any info. They’re three wires between them like the outdoor ones.
just to confirm, the permanent lights and permanent lights 2 are pretty much the same (and different from the pro right?) when it comes to the splicing and jumping eaves process? (I can just use their waterproof connector you showed in your video?)
Hi chris. I have an issue that I was hoping you can help me with. I have an install that has extensions and partial segments joined by butt splices. The layout from the power supply is 2 full segments of 12 lights each, partial segment of 3 lights, extension, 7 lights, extension, 7 lights, extension, 6 lights and 1 full segment of 12 lights. I can only get the lights before the first extension to work. Is there a reason why this is not working?
Found the issue. The second partial segment was installed in reverse. Didn't realize the segments were direction sensitive. I also found that the first extension was too long and was losing data from lights upstream. I experimented with different extension lengths and found data loss at more than 14 '. Went different route and shortened the extensions and all works good.
Hey Chris I got the first gen Govee and I ran two strands from the power supply, I spliced and rewired to fit my house but I had a strand with only 3 lights left from when I cut earlier but when I connected the 3 they worked just fine however connecting a new strand to the them after a 3’ cable extension they seem to loose power but strangely enough only two lights at the end of the new strand would work but nothing else, I looked through the app to see if I can edit the settings but doesn’t seem like it recognizes them at all any help here would be greatly appreciated thank you
27:54 Im currently facing the situation to Y splice my govee pro lights, but am afraid that it wont have enough juice to power the remainder of the lights- what have you guys done -any tips or suggestions?
I want to switch to using WLED. Unfortunately, the lights are already installed so doing the cutting & splicing up on a ladder is not ideal. I have the single wire running from the Govee control box in the garage thru the wall outside to the connection of initial light string with three distinct wires. Has anyone cut that single wire in your experimenting? I assume it has to contain voltage, negative, and data lines but is seems pretty thin to contain all 3. I am very hesitant to cut into it and ruin something; especially if the internal wires are not marked somehow.
Yes, I cut mine about 18" (450mm) from the power supply ( it had three wires. Still not sure what the yellow wire was for) and then about 6" (150mm) after the controller for the data line. I then utilized the remaining line from the controller to the lights for the power and data feeds. My only issue was the lights flickering when pushing too much output power with WLED. This was easily fixed by limiting the output with WLED to 1000 mA. This seems to be at least as bright as the Govee controller put out. By eye anyway.
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Govee Pro Setup
12:28 Cutting of Extra Lights That are Not Needed
20:00 Adding Additional Wire to Extend Sections plus Waterproofing
27:54 Splitting Runs / Y Splice / T Splice / Parallels
33:21 Power Injection to Stop Flickering
39:16 WLED Complete Setup Instructions
47:18 Govee App - Dreamview Sync Setup
56:10 Original Outdoor Lights Setup
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This would drive my old, crotchey neighbour across the street insane! I'm ordering it now!
hey Chris, what other extenders do you recommend, since the one in your link is not available? thanks!
One tip for long custom extensions. I had some flicker after adding 18 ft to an extension (around 30ft total). If you have a spare extension from the kit, cut off the small box from the spare that you find near the end of the strand. Splice the box into the middle of your long custom extension. I believe this is a signal booster. This eliminated the flicker without me having to use jumper wires !
I had to do the same .. wish I saw your comment last weekend. It would have saved me a lot of time.
You are the man Chris! Thank you for the video! Some of us are very timid about modifying our lights since they are pretty expensive!
Hey Chris I have a question for yah about the govee M1 rgbic leg lights 16.4 ft I want to run them across my ceiling but I need 55.8 ft of lights. I know I can connect 2 sets of light together but I don't know how far I can push it without losing power to the lights. Any tips
Hey Chris can i connect 300 ft of govee permanent outdoor lights with one power supply?
I think its 150 ft per power source.
hey Chris awesome set up. I messaged you earlier in the week. is there any different type of wire that you recommend longer than what Govee gives you to do an extension? I have to go to an attic and it's about 25 feet. Thank you once again.
Nice to see someone is doing tests! I did 3 sets on the same house. 2 had splices and one didnt. Both are flickering when using bright white type colors but dont flicker using orange. I thought it was my connections corroding bc they worked fine when installed but a few months later the problem started. Ill look into boosting the voltage. I didn’t make them any longer than what came in the box!
Do you know if splicing and extending the 4ft govee extension cord to 14ft will work with out flickering?
Great video! Thanks a million!
Your vids have helped me out. Thanks for all your posts
Thanks for the video man! I just installed my Govee lights from Costco using a 45’ custom splice to get from the front to the back and the with the addition of the power boost line (50’) everything is working great!
What wire did you use and is it waterproof?
Great explanations Chris! 😊 If I might ask, do you have a solution for the curtain lights to be controlled by WLED? Or is it limited the same way as the pro version of the outdoor lights?
So, with the speaker, do you just set it next to some continuous playing music? Do they have a product where you can sync the music to a radio station for cars that drive-by?
Wondering if the connectors for this pro version also works for the older version.
good job, greetings from Poland
For really long extension runs say 100 feet, have you tried data boosters to up the data bit to ensure it make it across the length? I the the newer version of cables has the booster built into the cable.
Have you spiced the single 20ga wire to the control box before? Trying to extend it some to hide it and the power supply
Excellent video! Very informative. Getting ready to install Pro version this week. I haven't laid them out on the lawn yet to get a feel of how far they'll stretch & I'm already worried about the extensions. I have a ranch house & it has so many peeks & areas where I know I'm going to need jumpers/extenders. I would love to know why they don't sell extra extensions of different sizes🤔 I really hope I don't run into any issues trying to figure out what to do if I use all of them from the kit & need more.
Can you y split on the govee pro set ? Love the videos
I’ve seen this on other videos but be aware that the data will run identically on both splits so they will do exactly the same lights in sequence
Can I cut and add length to the newer version which is the govee outdoor light 2? Thanks
Awesome video. Tremendous help. I have the permanent lights getting ready to add the curtains
so how do you link all the Govee lights to one app on your mobile or computer
Can I just do every other light lite with govee pro?
Hey Chris: Great videos. Thank you for all the help with the Govee lights. QUESTION: I have the Govee Permanent Outdoor Elite lights that Costco sold this year. When splicing/extending between lights on a string, is there a maximum length of the extension that I should consider? I need to make a run of 30 feet from the lower to upper roofs and wanted to know before climbing. Thanks!
For the y connection can u power 4th string from 3rd string and connect data to 4th from end of 3rd string
@chrisMaherDIY Your videos are incredibly helpful, thank you! Is it possible to use the far end of a cut off strand? My primary install left me with a strand of 5 lights I'd like to use on another project. Is it possible to add/splice in a plug and use it as a normal strand?
Thanks for watching! If you are using the original govee permanent outdoor lights then you can easily set those up to work with WLED!
1000% I’m studying these videos I already have everything you have tools wise in the videos haha and the connectors thank you so so much
Chris, Thx for the videos great content. I used your install method for the curtain lights and they look awesome. I was wondering, when you use the music mode do you just use a speaker inside the house as a source for the effects or do you have an external speaker playing sound outside during the scenes?
Do you need a level shifter for the output from the ESP to the lights?
What/ where / how exaclty did you plug those 4 Christmas tree lights around the post to keep the control boxes from behind outside. My understanding is the control boxes need to be indoors which makes it difficult for outdoor lights to have indoor controll boxes
Hi, I see you have a 12ft extension cable… I’d need 30ft… Is it possible to purchase a longer extension cable for the pro?… I’ve noticed 60ft is advertised but no information on where to purchase it??? Many thanks 🙏
Thanks for the helpful video Chris. I ordered lights from Costco and got installed by someone. He cut the lights and I am trying to restore them. I simply connected the wires to each other. Dont know why that wont work. But I'll try with your method tood.
Can someone explain to me why splicing and adding power injection at the end of flickering lights does not cause a direct short? I would have assumed that it would short out since you have the same source of power going through the main strip and also the same power source at the end of the strip.
Thanks for yalls time.
if you y splice at the power, does the app still know which LED is which?
For example if I wanted to change the power of one LED, I can still do that ?
Or the animations/scenes still work correctly or it is out of sync if that makes sense 🤔
I only added about a 20 foot extension between 2 segments and had flickering in my last 3 segments. You talk about power induction quickly. Do you have a link to it? Does it use another plug in into the house?
And is it possible I just used to small of wire for my extension?
Can I cut the GoVee rgbic elite end off ?
When making a Wye Connector using the Peo splicers but using the regular extensions what are the blue, yellow, and orange connections compatible with? The center is the data yellow, I believe, but what is the wire with the black or grey line on it? Is it blue or orange?
Hey Chris or anyone who knows. Can you add a 10th segment to a 9 segment (150ft) kit? On the same power supply?
When putting in a Y Splice for one segment to go up a level and one to go down a level, does splitting cause the pattern to be different in that scenario?
Thank you for posting and sharing the info! What's your take on the control driver module that's included in the 200ft version? Do you think the flickering can be resolved by adding that control driver module?
If you have a 12ft plus gap, can you use one light in the middle to keep the lights from flickering?
Do I really have to leave 4 or more, or can I cut after like two lights and then continue after an extension? Govee outdoor pro
Have you experimented with an extra 16ft section added to a 200ft run?
hi Chris, I have a couple extra Govee -M1 light power supplies left over from a couple projects. my question would be, could I run non Govee lights on this power supply & use the hub like a normal Govee Light ?
great video. I just ordered my pro 200 since there is a phenomenal Mothers Day sale this weekend. When using the Y's, are they already made with one female and the two males for the y or did you have to modify the splitter? I havent received mine yet so dont know how it looks stock out of the box. Also what is your recommendation for a 3 ft deadspot where I need to backtrack. I am thinking of using butt connectors and 20g wire to add like a 4ft blank run. Thanks for your help
Question... My Installer installed my Govee lights Backwords on my house... so the power end is on the other side of the house with no power outlet... I have a Tall two story house and it would be a Big pain to pull them down and rerun them...{ Can i run the power and Data from the other end if i switch the male and female connectors??? } Or is the Power and Data flow Directional??? or do you know if there is a male t male and female to female adaptor and can use>>>
Hi Chris, thank you for the content you put out. I was wondering if you know whether or not the Govee permanent lights would work with a pixel controller like a Falcon?
I have a bad end, all lights are already installed. Can I cut off the female end of another line and rewire and use that? or do i have to take it all down?
Thanks for watching! My guess is that would work. I would definitely try that first before taking everything down!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Have you done this before?
@@kellyweltz7803 I have not done this specific situation unfortunately so I can only speculate that it should work but I don't know that for certain.
@ the ends are way different than yours. Wish I knew how to send pics lol
16:00 Thanks Chris, these videos have helped far more than Govee customer service. So if I have 9 segments, but my 10th segment only has 4 lights because I hit the end of my house, I should program the app as if I only have 9?
Great stuff, thanks! I guess I need some help with mines. I bought the 100ft and in the 4th segment I had to put an extension of 5ft, everything worked fine. In the 5th segment after the 4th light I need to do another extension of 11ft. Did exactly the same process and no way to get it working, tried to go for 9ft extension and still no success. What am I missing? Thanks!
Did you ever get your problem resolved?
Does the Govee permanent outdoor lights Pro work with WLED? There doesn't seem to be many products that are individually addressable and have dedicated warm and cool white channels.
Does adding any or three way split cause issues with addressability?
So how can you cut off a few lights at the end but still add an extension cord to reach a higher level roof? Can you just splice the waterproof connector back on? Great videos BTW.
Ya, just run a splice. You can buy that ribbon wiring. They even sell end caps to waterproof where you slice or to end a strand.
Thank you SOOOOO much for this !!!!
Hi Chris, where do i buy connector from? I bought govee permanent outdoor elite. Kit does not have connectors. Please guide
What's the avg. price per foot to install these lights for customers?
Hi chris please 🙏 bro ,Can I extend the control module "the controller" in order to put it like a switch on the wall? To make a chain between the controller and the strip? Thanks in advance. I use rgbic pro 20m
Hi Chris I have 2 100 footers to do around my whole house SO i have 2 power supplies so If i go with the esp 32 I will need one for each power supply. is this right. I looked on amazon and there is a lot of those ESP32's can you please tell us what one to get TY
i installed govee permanent lights only to find out that i started with the "end" at my power source. Can i cut off the female end to add a male end to receive the power (female) end? Or does the power have to begin a the female end only?
Hi Chris, love your videos. I have the new outdoor pro permanent lights 150 feet. I want to add another 3 strings but need a bit more than the 2x4' and 2x12' extensions. Is that possible with the pro lights to use some 20 gauge wire to make custom length gaps? Also what would be the furthest I could go between strings?
Can you do this with Eufy E22?
So I have a 200’ pro setup and I had to add a 16’ string. The last 2 strings will not light. I installed the driver after string 6, directions said 5. I figured with the extra string moving it 1 string would be fine. Everything works well besides the last 2 strings. Also 1 light has like half power to it on the last string. Weird, any help would be appreciated!
Thank you Chris.
Is Govee m1 compatible with WLED?
Hi there great video. I see the link you have to the 3rd party extension is not available on Amazon. Any other suggestions for good extensions?
Actually 1 more question. Do you know of a y connector that would connect between segments? Without need for splicing? Where I want my y is right at the end of a segment. Would be cool if that existed.
Hey Chris great video. I know you said you got the small plastic boxes for your wire connections on Amazon. Would you happen to have a link I can not fid them?
12:10 Looks so damn good!
First, thanks for the videos !
I made a splice with the power on and it turned off the stands after the extension. How do i fix
Can you Y-splice the Pro version?
My question is can you connect 2 different GoVee products together on the same string? I have permanent outdoor lights on the first floor of my house. I only needed 4 strands. Can i buy the GoVee outdoor flood lights and connect them to the end of the 4th string of the outdoor permanent lights all ready mounted and therefore using the single power pack that i have ran from my garage attic that's hidden from the outside and not have to plug in the flood lights to my front porch that would be seen? Hope this makes sense.
great content. So the Govee lights are WS281x? Thats the same as 2811 right? Then these lights should work with LOR pixel controllers?
Does anyone know if this (cutting and reconnecting) the govee down lights? I don’t want them equally spaced I want a specific spacing but can’t find any info. They’re three wires between them like the outdoor ones.
Hey Chris. Where do you get your music samples from?
just to confirm, the permanent lights and permanent lights 2 are pretty much the same (and different from the pro right?) when it comes to the splicing and jumping eaves process? (I can just use their waterproof connector you showed in your video?)
I have the same question!! Can you splice the gen 2 like the gen 1?
@ I just did it. Did a 9 ft and 3 inch extension using his method. Make sure the wires are connecting the right ones! Triple check
Hi chris. I have an issue that I was hoping you can help me with. I have an install that has extensions and partial segments joined by butt splices. The layout from the power supply is 2 full segments of 12 lights each, partial segment of 3 lights, extension, 7 lights, extension, 7 lights, extension, 6 lights and 1 full segment of 12 lights. I can only get the lights before the first extension to work. Is there a reason why this is not working?
I have a similar situation also, looking forward to seeing a response.
Only with Teeing off from the main strip, I’m beginning to think it can’t be done…
Found the issue. The second partial segment was installed in reverse. Didn't realize the segments were direction sensitive. I also found that the first extension was too long and was losing data from lights upstream. I experimented with different extension lengths and found data loss at more than 14 '. Went different route and shortened the extensions and all works good.
Hey Chris I got the first gen Govee and I ran two strands from the power supply, I spliced and rewired to fit my house but I had a strand with only 3 lights left from when I cut earlier but when I connected the 3 they worked just fine however connecting a new strand to the them after a 3’ cable extension they seem to loose power but strangely enough only two lights at the end of the new strand would work but nothing else, I looked through the app to see if I can edit the settings but doesn’t seem like it recognizes them at all any help here would be greatly appreciated thank you
Go in app and make sure you have the correct number of strange on
27:54 Im currently facing the situation to Y splice my govee pro lights, but am afraid that it wont have enough juice to power the remainder of the lights- what have you guys done -any tips or suggestions?
How did it workout?
@@J.M.S.S.p IT WORKED! AS LONG AS I KEPT THE SECOND SPLICE UNDER 5 STRIPS ILL BE MAKING A SHORT VIDEO THIS SUNDAY
@@Papiringo505great I’ll follow up on that
Why, when I splice my cable, it won't come on? I spit them in half by 5. This is the pro kit. Need some hel0 with this.
Has anyone with H706c pros gone over the 200ft limit using extensions?
I want to switch to using WLED. Unfortunately, the lights are already installed so doing the cutting & splicing up on a ladder is not ideal. I have the single wire running from the Govee control box in the garage thru the wall outside to the connection of initial light string with three distinct wires. Has anyone cut that single wire in your experimenting? I assume it has to contain voltage, negative, and data lines but is seems pretty thin to contain all 3. I am very hesitant to cut into it and ruin something; especially if the internal wires are not marked somehow.
Yes, I cut mine about 18" (450mm) from the power supply ( it had three wires. Still not sure what the yellow wire was for) and then about 6" (150mm) after the controller for the data line. I then utilized the remaining line from the controller to the lights for the power and data feeds. My only issue was the lights flickering when pushing too much output power with WLED. This was easily fixed by limiting the output with WLED to 1000 mA.
This seems to be at least as bright as the Govee controller put out. By eye anyway.
@@a.j.o3955 When you cut 6" after controller, were there 3 wires and were they color coordinated?
A 50 ft string has 36 lights. The span of my house is only 44 ft - only need 31 lights. Govee is telling me I can't cut off the 'extra' lights..??
Govee emailed you ?
Can you Y-splice the Pro version?