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@eastarctica513

10 ай бұрын

Hey Chris, great video btw At 9:10, do you have a link to that other beautiful seamless diffuser?

@KJ-mi4vj

10 ай бұрын

@chrismaherdiy Hey my friend i want to ask you Which resistor did you choose ( how many ohms) ??

@ChrisMaherDIY

10 ай бұрын

@@KJ-mi4vj thanks for reaching out! I just checked and it says 470 ohm. Hope that helps!

@KJ-mi4vj

10 ай бұрын

@@ChrisMaherDIY thanks 🙏💙

@josealvarez-yn7rx

10 ай бұрын

Do you have a Instagram?

The reason for adding a resistor isn't for what you mentioned it's for, it reduces the power going through it..... it "resists" , it does however stop (technically it heavily reduces) reflection(s) which will give an overall cleaner signal across the length of your strip and reduces the chance of weird behavior .

@kraddoomsters

11 ай бұрын

I don't understand why a resistor is used in a long run like this, cause it limits the power. To me it would make more sense to use it in the shorter runs

@initialb123

10 ай бұрын

@@kraddoomsters Outside my area of expertise however I believe the longer the run is a factor, as you put a 400kHz signal down meters of cable as it runs the entire length the reflections now nano seconds delayed come back and could cause interference to the source, I would imagine with a tiny cable run any reflection is near instantaneous so as not to be a factor?

@Mr.Meme01

9 ай бұрын

Sounds reasonable, I was also confused why it helped

@JB-fh1bb

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining this. I had an immediate WTF moment when he chose resistor instead of logic shifter, but since I literally just learned about reflections yesterday the way you explain it makes sense.

@mrlokesh7502

8 ай бұрын

I think resistor not required between data pin

Thanks for the tip about the resistor. I have built my setup laying on the floor as proof of concept but didn't have long wires feeding in until I do the actual install so that definitely would have stumped me.

Great presentation without any of the fluff that so many add in. I appreciate you sharing the corner detail manufacturer to help simplify a clean installation. Using a level is an option but since many homes aren't as square, true and plumb for that type of installation, I suggest just measuring up or down from the nearby parallel feature to maintain an appealing aesthetic look. I wouldn't use a level unless the LED strip is over a foot away from everything else.

Thank you Chris! These videos are so beneficial to many peoples questions! Keep up the good work and creating details for detailed questions.

About to build a new place and want to do this around my crown molding in the living room. Thx for the ideas and walk through. Looks really clean

Wow!! This is insane work. Just spent the last hour watching a bunch of your LED videos. REALLY want to LED my room.

i haven't done one project of yours and ive been meaning too but i havne't had time... however, i still watch every video. Great vids Chris. Cool setups and thank you for the info. I will do this one day!

Amazing content. thanks for doing this Chris. I have used the D.A. boards you mentioned, they work great!

Thank you Chris! I would love to see a video addressing how you deal with corners specifically on each type of installation, like using tracks on the ceiling vs using dedicated corner channels that have the 45 degree tilt vs on the wall like in this video! Maybe it’s beginner level stuff and that’s why it’s being glossed over, I will continue to look around 🙂

@Cammac8

6 ай бұрын

90 degree 3-pin connectors

Awesome video. The exact setup I was looking for. I found your channel in my searches and glad I did. Now just to get those exact diffuses cheaply to NZ

I can’t tell you how excited I am to see this video. I appreciate you going back to your roots!

good info on the split strings for power but reconnect for same data & ground

Good video,, no music,, no bs,,Hi from South Africa

Super smart way to power from two sources! I love it!

This is exactly what I did about 2 months ago. Created a continuous loop around the room and then injected the power at the tail end. Nice video, as always.

@jdwall7429

11 ай бұрын

What powersupply did you use and how long was your strip? Planning on doing this too, but i'm kind of a noob... :)

@ComeHereGreatness

11 ай бұрын

@@jdwall7429 I just used a 5v 10A power supply.

@ademord

9 ай бұрын

What does it mean a the tail end is it just one if the two ends , ? Dont the ends meet though if you make a loop?

@SaltyWoodworking

7 ай бұрын

@@ademordThey meet, but you wont be connecting the strips together at the ends. You will still have a stop point and end point (Tail End).

@tevynstewart320

Ай бұрын

@@ComeHereGreatness hey so I plan on using about four strips at about 16 feet each and I’m wondering should I use a higher voltage power supply… I have the 5 V in my cart as we speak but would the 12 V be better… I’m pretty green about all this stuff honestly and I’m trying to re-create this exact same surrounding LED feature for my room and would love a little help… If you wouldn’t mind getting in contact with me, that would be great

Great build! Another option instead of using a resistor is to also use a sacrificial LED if you're in a pinch. You can always use a small piece of excess from your strips if you have any.

@eulenfelder

9 ай бұрын

The Led has 3 "lanes" what lane do i have to use for that?

@onekiller18

5 ай бұрын

@@eulenfelder both

@encostablanca

4 ай бұрын

How both if it's only one wire die data?​@@onekiller18

Beautiful work!

Hey! I followed your setup and it works like a charm. It's my very first time with soldering and working with electricity like this (except for installing living room lamps on the ceiling). I've watched a lot of your videos and I want to thank you for all those recommendations and easy explanations. Awesome stuff. Will highly recommend you. Thanks!

@TekleMeElmo

25 күн бұрын

@ryanmckane87 I am about to try this myself. Just finished up running my diffuser. I am install 3 runs of the BTF WS2812B. If I follow these instructions I shouldn’t have any issues with the loss of power or amps will I? Just trying to confirm. I’m not sure if I need to connect power to each end of my LED strips or not. Thanks for any feedback.

Hey Chris great content! Can you do a video on an outdoor COB led setup? Say to install some LEDs on some stairs or wrap up and around a tree and it’s branches? Struggling to find waterproof options!

Hi thx for your helpfull video...can I get these great effects also with my hue lights?...those moving lights ..

Thank you Mr. Wled man, learned alot 😊

Chris you are a legend! I'm an electrician in Australia - this sort of LED installation is rare here. With your tutorials and links to all the parts, I can't wait to start offering this to my customers!

@CoastyCody

6 ай бұрын

I’m looking into doing this for other people as well, just trying to figure out how to charge them since every installation would be different

Man room is always cozy. Amazing video as always

What version of WLED to you have installed to get these effects?

Great video Chris, Awesome helpful. 1 Question, Can this type of setup be used as the main primary lighting for ceiling application? Or it this setup only for kool accented lighting feature? What would it take to setup as primary lighting as main source of light got the space?

Hi Chris, I'm a big fan of your channel... Thanks for all the great videos. I have a few questions, and hoping you can help me. I have two tray ceilings that I am looking to light with LED strips. The LED's themselves will not be directly visible as they are hidden by the lip or ledge of the trey ceiling. Each tray ceiling is square/rectangular and about 53ft (or 16m) in total length. Here are my questions... 1) Do you think the Govee M1 or LIFX Lightstrip is a better option in this application. LIFX is about double the cost, but if there is a noticable improvement in quality, I'm open to it. My original plan was to use two Govee M1 kits and six 40 inch extension kits per ceiling and just sync/group them together in the app (2 kits + 3 extensions per kit in each ceiling). 2) Would a DIY option work best? If so, what would you recommend? I was originally considering the BTF Lighting FCOB WS2814 RGBWIC LED Strip DC24V 784LED/m 70IC. I could get a 24v 20A power supply and inject from both ends (with the same power supply). What controller would I need for this application to use WLED? BTF recommends BanlanX, but WLED looks better. 3) Since these lights are to be installed in a tray ceiling, do I need a diffuser channel, or will the tray ceiling itself act as the diffuser? I really appreciate your help with the above. If you have a Patreon or some way to donate to your channel, I'd be happy to do so... Thanks in advance 🙂

the end love it

Perfect timing Chris! I’m about to install 7m of ws2812B’s and I was worried about lack of power. Now I am not.

Chris.. you're actually amazing. Honestly on of the best channels out there.

Man I have to same set and was having problems with it. Thank you so much for making this video

Thank you Chris.

Whats best ceiling defusing that throws light more off the ceiling? Love your channel

Love your videos. I have question, is there any software/app that runs on zigbee protocol as good as wled?

Outstanding

So I finally created my dream space that I’ve always wanted to create, and the last thing I need to install is some beautiful LEDs… I obviously came across your page as well as this video and I’ll be honest, I’m completely blown away at the theatrics, your LEDs of choice, create. I do have one issue, I don’t really speak this “technical language“ so your additions to your LEDs kind of stumped me a bit… It’s great that you provide the links to all the products you’ve purchased however, it kills me that I don’t necessarily know what I’m actually purchasing lol I would hate to buy something foreign just wanted to come to my doorstep and be intimidated by it. Lol, I would literally have to follow this video down to the smallest detail if everything here is what I need for my LED to mimic what yours are doing… For someone who isn’t as technologically savvy, I would love to know your best solution to something I could potentially buy off the shelf or online that would have this same effect lol I could just plug-in after installation😅 (wishful thinking) if there is something on the market that provides these types of theatrics for LEDs. I will happily place my purchase, no matter the price, but if there isn’t, I will proceed with what I need to obtain in this video… Thanks again for the inspiration I am pretty excited at the fact that I didn’t settle for the typical LEDs, that all these teenagers get for their rooms Without the diffusers, which just looks so tacky,… this will look absolutely perfect in my room anyways I would love to hear back from you🙏

This is the real deal, he shows you how to do it!

@chris Maher would you ever consider using other lighting controllers like a DMX mixer, Enttec Octo or even Madrix?

Hey! I'm planning to do a simular setup but for 20 meters of the same led-strip. Would that 20A power supply be powerful enough for my project?

Hi, Can i just stick the strips lights on a narrow exact space of wpc without channel?

I love the projector screen, which one do you have?

Hello, how many ohm has to be with that small resistor?

Hello Chris, quality channel. I’m in the UK and just want to know, how do I get LED lights which move across the ceiling like at the 7min 22second mark. Is it a type of LED or is it something I have to do in the settings?

The light shows at the end of the video did you program that or was it preprogrammed?

That is very cool.... I don't even know where to start lol So i'm going through your video's to see if I find something close to what I want to do. God bless ya brother and great work!

Can you go more into detail about the resistor?

Also does it matter the direction of the resistor?

Awesome, thanks!

Amazing tutorial, just wondering why you didn’t place them all the way at the top of the walls against the ceiling, is there a reason I’m missing?

In-line fuses would be a good idea, especially when using 12 or 24 volt LEDs.

If you haven’t already you should look into hooking up with a company to put out your own branded custom LED kits, I’d def buy one if all the parts were included that I knew would all work together!

Love your videos. You and your videos are so informative. Everything you said is useful. I watched all your videos many times because you talked so fast 😂. You are the best. 👍👍

Hi Chris I want to connect 164 ft of LEDs in series, how much power do I need?

I'm a bit confused about your new setup here. The corner pieces you've shown are at a different angle and they're not white, so I'm guessing that's not what you used. In this setup did you overlap the channels or did you cut them at 45 deg?

awesome video! Thank you! IS there a way to connect this to apple home?

Love your videos and wish you would do more regarding how-to for LED strips and controller options. Question as I'm new to this. Your link for jumper wires shows 20 gauge. Is it ok to use 20 gauge for the jumper wires but everything else 18 gauge like you used?

Hello, I'm trying to do this with 144(2x72) WS2812B LED 48 feet so 16 strips what power supply would you use for this setup any help would be greatly appreciated.

Can that be included in hyperion somehow so that it will work in a way that makes sense?

Would you consider turning the LEDs into some like FancyLEDs or Govea to make the movie experience more immersive?

can you do a vid showing the process of connecting that board to a pc?

Great video! I'm looking to shine color from my ceiling onto a wall painted flat black. I don't want to see the LED diodes so I'm wondering if there are LEDs that point or are cut at an angle. In other words, if I'm looking at that wall I just want to see the effect of the light, not the LED diodes. I'm wondering if i need to install a small piece of wood across the ceiling to physically hide the LED strip. Thoughts?

Can I use Motherboard Aura sync to control the Leds?

Do you think it would be prudent to lay down inside you LED joint a copper 1/8" wire for crack and joint control?

Would this work with edgelit aluminum channel all over the room? Trying to get that setup as the diffusion from edgelit is amazing. Just super expensive ):

Amazing as always ! Did anyone tried the resistor fix ? I juste tried it and it's not really working :/ If someone has a hint on how to fix this !

What size of resistor did you use?

I need to do 100ft.. How do I do that? Thank you!

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I want to do this!!

Do you have a recommendation for diffuser that is available on Aliexpress? We don't have Amazon in my country

Is wled softwere safe to use? In term of privacy cuz it uses our wifi?

Can you split wled 5v using the t splitters

My basement is currently unfinished and i want to finish it in the next yr or so. I wamt the Baseboards LED, all of it, its about 1400 sq ft and id say it would be at least 150ft of LED’s how do you best recommend going about that?. I was thinking maybe wiring to every 30ft or so as i want it 1 seemless strip vs multiple strips doing the same effect

Hey Chris again great videos. I wouldn't have been able to even attempt a project like without your videos! So I have 4 ws2812b strips connected together and hooked up to a 5 v 60 amp supply the same wiring scheme as you in this video. Everything was working fine until I cut the 5v pad to connect to a different power supply at the end. Now on certain animations or sometimes even on a static color my lights flicker or go rainbow and don't display the correct animation or color. Any thoughts on this?

@CoastyCody

6 ай бұрын

You get it figured out? I’m kinda curious, my guess would be a resistor

Hey Chris can i use esp8266 board for 900 leds?

Hi Chris, do you have a video on how to calculate the power supply needed for the LED strip with WLED

@CoastyCody

6 ай бұрын

This would depend on what strip you use, I believe the manufacturer should have a data sheet but WLED has a calculator on their site as well

@lukas2080

4 ай бұрын

Maybe it helps someone else. I believe the LEDs use 60ma if they are white (Red, green and blue) on 100%. So you would need to x(amount of leds) * 60ma. For a 144leds/m strip that would be 8,64A

Are you using 18g wire or 14g as per the pictures from the rolls in the video? Just wondering as I know 18g is best for this option.

Amazing led setup.. look so clean and tidy.. wish i can do soldering as good as you .. btw what the name song at 10:30 ?

I would like to do around the perimeter of my house. Can anyone tell me if there is a limit to the number of lights, light strips that can be connected together so they can be controlled in this fashion.also since each light is addressable, are ertain controllers better than others as far as to the number of light that can be controlled? Thank you

Thanks for the video, I don't get why you need a resistor for data

My experience is that with 5m and full brightness, the end of the 5m strip reaches about 2.5V. I am not worried about connecting 2 power injectors against eachother provided they are "identical" (i.e. the same voltage up until a certain resolution). The resistance of the wire is so big it doesn't really become a problem unless one of the two is broken. If one end is 5V and the other is 5.01V, the difference is 10mV. Connecting them both would result in maybe 5mW loss. I use 20V dc wiring with 1.5mm^2 cable and have any-to-5V DC-DC converters limited to 4A, and the string should be capable of eating at least 18A. At the end of that DC wiring, the drop of the 20V rails is bigger than the drop of a strip. So always go from "high voltage" for distribution and DC-DC that to spec. For 12+V strips this is of course not necessary. Everything depends also on the spec of the strip itself. But my experience is (8 year old strips): if you want to use it as lighting instead of a gimmick, you need power injection, or better: you just need higher voltages, which they didn't have a that time.

@tevynstewart320

Ай бұрын

⁠ hey you seem pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I am a complete greeny with all this and some of the language is a bit intimidating for me lol however, on the desperate end, I literally have every item in my Amazon cart as we speak, and realizing how costly all the stuff is together I can’t help but think I am still going to run into some issues trying to do all this on my own… Would love your expertise on this… I’m basically going to re-create the top surrounding LEDs in which he did in this video and I would honestly love to get in contact with you for a walk-through and some extra understanding on some of the stuff. Would love to hear from you soon. Thanks again for your amazing response.

Hey Using the same power supply, I need to inject power at end ? If so, using the same power supply (5v/20A the same you used) I must to cut off the 5v pin in LED strip ? Thanks

I'm wondering if we can control the power outage behavior? E.g. when the power goes off and then on again, most LED strips immediately turns on. Some remember last settings (color and brightness), some don't. What I'm trying to understand here is if there is some setting to tell what the power outage recovery behavior should be. Phillips HUE have such. E.g. If the LED strip was off when power outage happened, I'd like it to be off when the power recovers. Do you think that's possible?

A cool project would be helping me figure out how to do some Landscape lighting that has about 200 pixels spread out about 250'. lol

I want to do rhos bit its gotta go behind crown molding. Wife doesnt want to see the source. I found a company that makes a "foam" crown woth a shelf for the strip. Have tou come across anything else?

I was stuck for a bit because I bought an ESP32S board which uses P16 as the data pin. Also, if anyone else ran into this problem, GND is not right next to 5V in

without me doing the basic footwork to click links and tally it up, does anyone know the rough average cost of this project?

How long can you make it? Is there a guide for how often you have to inject power? And is there a limit on how far the data signal will get relayed? I have 122 feet I want to cover with one continuous strip around the room. I have no problem injecting power a few times.

Hi chris, you would have make a video about your favorite effects. When will it coming? And my second question is where can i find your background music. About an answer thanks a lot

I really like the continuous plastic. Sadly, they say it won’t fit their V-shaped channels. Your paper hack might do the trick though. I’m looking at running something like what you’ve done here around my entire living room, as primary lighting. I need bright overhead, and don’t want to put it cans. I’d like to use the cool effects on occasion. The room is 21x13, so like 68 feet of continuous LED strips, full power. Is that something that can be done and have all of it synch up so one controller can make all of it “work as one strip”. I understand power injection will be needed. Thanks Chris, your kung fu is strong!

@mrbump8037

7 күн бұрын

Hi. How did you get on? Your installation sounds exactly like what I'm planning. Did it work ok as primary lighting? What power source did you use? Sorry for all the questions

@shakestheclone1995

7 күн бұрын

@@mrbump8037 Unfortunately I’m indefinitely stalled on it. Nothing accomplished since my post. 😢 Wish I could help!

I love everything this guy does, EXCEPT use painters tape to mount everything. So trusting 😂

What is the name of the song at the end of the video?

Thank you for this video! I am going to be doing project of approximatley 64 ft of LEDS. I have 4 of the 2812B strips soldered together and upon initial testing it seems to be working fine with no power injection running on an ESP32 board. My question is how important is the LED memory usage? When I put in that I have 1192 LEDS in it gives me a stability issue and I know there is multi srip support. Do you think I will run into problems with the current setup?

@ReezyGG

2 ай бұрын

Hey there, I'm interested in taking on a similar project myself right now(60ft 60led/m ws2812b). I have a few questions if you could help me out, assuming you've gone through and completed your project. 1. What power supply did you use? 2. What brightness settings did you use on wled 3. Was there any discoloration without power injections The answers to these would really help a ton, thanks in advance!

What do you call to that white roll tape? I mean the white thing you use to cover the light strip?

Hi Chris, I followed your set up. Nonetheless when I connect the second LED strip SK 6812 it doesn’t light up. The head voltage is 5.1V at the end of the first LED strip it drops to 4.8. The first strip works just fine but the second does not fire up. Connecting the second strip by its own (as it would be one only strip) it works fine so that I dismiss any factory failures. I would appreciate your help on this ine please. Thank you

@ChrisMaherDIY

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Did you make sure to go into the WLED settings and update the number of LEDs for the second strip?

can you make a new tutorial how to do this so I can better understand. I want to put a ledstrip from 20 meter long and I need to power inject. do you know how I need to set up everything with the best power supply

Those pre cut 45’s do the just slide in to the channel or did you tape them together

Just so I understand, can power injection be done on each end of a 10 meter strip?

how du u know how many 5m LED Strips u can connect together and wich voltage?

Whoa, I thought the items on your illuminated media console were static images because of how perfectly the shelves are lit. I'm gonna watch that video next.