I'm nearing the end of a couple years work overhauling and improving my home, including installing bricked drive, landscaping rear garden, building conservatory, installing new bathroom, removing internal walls here and there and finally fitting a new kitchen. I've got everything planned and nearly everything purchased but I've hit a stumbling block with the kitchen mood lighting.
I want to install RGB LED Strip mood lighting (5050 Silicone sealed) within the kitchen unit plinths and both beneath and above the wall cupboards on both sides of the room. I understand that only 5M lengths are available due to voltage drop etc. and so I was planning to buy 3 x 5M lengths (which I'd cut into various shorter lengths as necessary to fit the various areas of the kitchen) and connect in parallel to a single RF Controller with RF Remote Control (to control the RGB light patterns of all 3 LED Strips) which would be powered by a 12vDC 10A single driver that would be directly connected to the kitchen light circuit and the standard light switch.
What I initially thought was fairly simple now seems to come with many questions about what length of cable you can run from the controller to the LED strips without voltage drop, what amperage 12vDC driver is needed to successfully power the 3 x 5M RGB LED Strips, what 12vDC driver is suitable for the set up seeing as it's being wired directly into the lighting circuit etc.
I've been searching the net for days trying to put a suitable bundle of items together (driver, controller & RF Remote (not IR Remote), RGB LED Strip Lights, cables and connectors) and I'm just not having much luck. I've even spoken to a couple if electricians who seemed equally as unsure about what parts I'd need and were unable to help.
Has anyone else here done this before or is able to offer any solutions or advice about what parts I need and where I can buy them? And also any guidance on issues that the electrician might come across when fitting them? Many thanks
I want to install RGB LED Strip mood lighting (5050 Silicone sealed) within the kitchen unit plinths and both beneath and above the wall cupboards on both sides of the room. I understand that only 5M lengths are available due to voltage drop etc. and so I was planning to buy 3 x 5M lengths (which I'd cut into various shorter lengths as necessary to fit the various areas of the kitchen) and connect in parallel to a single RF Controller with RF Remote Control (to control the RGB light patterns of all 3 LED Strips) which would be powered by a 12vDC 10A single driver that would be directly connected to the kitchen light circuit and the standard light switch.
What I initially thought was fairly simple now seems to come with many questions about what length of cable you can run from the controller to the LED strips without voltage drop, what amperage 12vDC driver is needed to successfully power the 3 x 5M RGB LED Strips, what 12vDC driver is suitable for the set up seeing as it's being wired directly into the lighting circuit etc.
I've been searching the net for days trying to put a suitable bundle of items together (driver, controller & RF Remote (not IR Remote), RGB LED Strip Lights, cables and connectors) and I'm just not having much luck. I've even spoken to a couple if electricians who seemed equally as unsure about what parts I'd need and were unable to help.
Has anyone else here done this before or is able to offer any solutions or advice about what parts I need and where I can buy them? And also any guidance on issues that the electrician might come across when fitting them? Many thanks