 We want disco flat. Oh, so we're here to talk about Not Steve LED lighting. Well, I'm doing it, but he's doing the LED lighting. So The studio has been solely going through changes We've talked before about LED lighting because I have that in our office area and things like that and This stuff's actually pretty simple to do very inexpensive. I'm gonna leave all the links on Amazon where you can buy this type of lighting switch Because it is it's fun and energy efficient energy efficient It has all it hits all the key things now. There's a couple different types. See this is the 35s. Uh, I told you we forget I know 3528 3528 and it's referring to the size of the LED lights on there But the other thing about the 3528s, I don't like these at all these were ordered on accidents were trying to quench and What these are is different LEDs that kind of blend together Versus these LEDs that are a single LED that can do all the colors Well technically one LED can't do all the colors. They're just so close together You can't distinguish the difference between the colors. These have three different colors blue white or blue red and green These have all the same colors per that's why they're 50 50. They're 50 millimeter by 50 millimeter So they actually put all three diodes in one piece. Yes So then when you mix them together, and you're gonna see them light up here in a second You'll see that they actually look great. Well, this one plug in here Yeah, I need that Yeah, just pull it out there. They pull out. Oh, okay. They're They're just little connectors Here just grab a new one. Yeah, they're stuck All right, so don't put things in your mouth Make sure it's unplugged before you put it in your mouth and you can see that these Can produce colors and it's got where's the remote? This is purple on these versus those Yeah, I mean it's trying to blend them you get the idea and from a distance these ones might work and you might believe that it's purple But these definitely way better. The only benefit Is when you do like a Jump these get a chase effect where the lights go around the strip, right? And they make chase lights these are not those yeah It just happens to do the effect because it's as it's going to the next LED on there But the other things we're gonna talk about here and we'll show you these closer in detail. These are diffusers So that's actually the difference you see on the lights between this and this and what's on the wall over here is the diffuser So we're gonna close up all this in just a second But this kind of give you the big overview of how the project goes together as we're assembling it right now and trimming it right now Yeah, let's switch it And we're gonna show you how to trim these lights because there's a method by which you go about for trimming them and How they go together with these little pins that I shouldn't have stuck in my mouth So all the lights are put up behind us and let's talk about how these lights work and what you need to get now I'll leave the links below to all the things you need to purchase which these things are pretty expensive But I'm gonna talk about how little connectors go together so you can get started on your DIY light project here so this is a piece left over from us putting it on there and It's all glowy and cool looking And it's not very warm So if you're wondering how warm they get warm to the touch feels good on the fingers not hot They are sticky backed so we can peel off the stickiness on the back and I won't peel this one off because we might use it again and From there you can stick it on things now we put them in the diffusers I'm gonna talk about these in a second But obviously they look a lot better in a diffuser and that's what's on the wall behind me is you're just seeing them diffuse through this Now we'll start with the connectors here Really really simple stuff here. So the connector is these little pins and There's just an arrow on there. So we have by default. It's got a Female connector. This is the male joiner these little things here and you buy a little bags of them Online these are I don't remember how much but relatively expensive and price subject to change But I'm talking like a few dollars this this entire lighting project for our office was Maybe in the hundred dollar range to put all these different LEDs up and have leftovers So not it's not going to break the bank. It makes it for some fun DIY here without being too expensive Versus some of the prefab things get pricey. So you put these in and Voila, we have a we have a really simple Connector now the connector on the controller. You need a controller for it So the controller and You line up the pins Oops, and you got to push them in when you line the pins up There's two little arrows that point towards each other Those two little arrows are the polarity alignment if you get it upside down the light won't come on I've tested it doesn't damage anything. So no big deal now cutting these pretty simple Grab whatever you want to cut them and just clip away. So when you cut them you're cutting through the thick rubber coating that is on here and So maybe this other way I've cut through on this one I got a piece of it here if you can really see it Maybe it'll focus better on this But it's just the rubber coating you can slice through because these are really weatherproof I don't know if they're really outdoor rated But I think they I believe they are they can the sticky backs don't hold up real well even in general They're not this is a sticky back one. It's barely sticky enough To hold that so if you are planning like to glue it to the bottom of something Expect to put some more adhesive on there or come up with some little fasteners that hold it to whatever the object is Because the stickiness just doesn't do that good It's kind of like almost enough to hold it there while you put something over it But when you peel off that you have the solder points now one of things you can do is come over here and Sotter them back together if you want with one of these adapters and this is the same adapter It's on the end So if you wanted to not have any to have a gaps or create a series of them like in a pattern to spell something out You could put all these down on something flat and then solder to these to create the different patterns are looking for So that's an option They also have these extension cables now these extension cables are Easy enough just to extend Where the lights are so we just plug one end in here and all of these have little arrows to make them real easy to line up So there's that Line arrows up and now we have an extension cable now. That's what we actually use behind us because the Controllers we didn't want them out. We put them in the cabinet that I have in the studio I think you've seen in studio tour so all the controllers are in there and in there for a reason I'll actually show you here in a minute So here these are all the little connectors for you straightforward now. Let's talk about wattage Each roll of 16.4 foot roll is 32 watts per roll This is trimmed down because this is the extra leftover from the other one each one does come with one of these ends already on it So you can actually just daisy chain these together out of the box. No soldering. No Nothing but a couple joiners or extensions depending on how you hook them up and you can make this happen And then you have the control box each control box can handle 72 watts so this control box itself is rated to handle 72 watts you can get To pretty easily on there without you know breaking it so that'd be 64 watts You'd be just coming underneath so one controller this controller at least the model on here can handle that now They do make beefier controllers can handle more we went with a controller for each line of lights So that are behind me so we can actually control all three if I wind up the view you'd be able to see all three here in the studio and You'd be able to control each one individually now talk about control First these actually use a standard 12 volt Power adapter none special there. We got one of these triple things and these triplers are the same ones They use for security cameras. We'll leave a link where we got those but then comes the controller part there I are now being I are is interesting because you can change the lights and the way they work by Pointing it at it and away we go. We get different colors We got programmable colors where you can just use the up and down arrows to adjust the colors But something we found really entertaining and also the reason the controllers are in the box over there is watch this TV remote volume. I'm actually changing the volume on our TV And it also changes the lights So it turns out that channel changing up and down changes it to blinky And then we touch the numbers on it It goes to different patterns. So I'm fascinated that a TV remote and this is a cheap and signet TV that we have here But the TV remote will actually make these do different things This became a problem is when we turn the TVs on and off doesn't happen to turn lights on and off But it made the lights back here go crazy So we decided the controllers need to be in a closed environment so when we turn a TV on and adjust things which is part of how we Monitor to cameras that this wouldn't be an issue So or just in general accidental changing of it because we want to and we as it is actually funny because me and Marvin Well the first time you put the lights up we didn't even think about it being on flashing or how it got there I'm like no no I took the remote and I did this and when we turn the TV on to do this filming we like wow It actually goes through and the remote works to change it. So that's kind of interesting Now these lights allow you to do all kinds of fun creative things with them because they are so Like this can wear as a tie But they're really flexible bending them is not going to break them So you can bend them as long as I've been them at the LEDs that are under here You can bend them really far so you can see that bending them does not cause any breakage with them. Yeah Under the Hold on get all this out of the way So here I'm bending a pretty much a right angle and the light still works. Let me get it all the way see if it'll break This is our extra one. Nope still able to keep in action I imagine I'm I could flex it to the point of breaking, but if you're running this around on tight angles for your project You can do that pretty well with these without having to worry about them breaking Cutting them really easy Just use a pair of you know snips and snip them no big deal there Not hard to come in fact We were cutting these with scissors because this was the other room and the scissors were handy Now let's talk about the diffusers now This is a diffuser kit. We'll leave a link below for this. This is a angled one. So this is a Corner diffuser and they come with this cool They make a great noise too by the way. So when you take them out of the diffuser or put them back in I like that noise they make We usually peel the sticky back off and just stick them in with the sticky back To here, but you can just do them like this and set them in the downside If you set them in like this as they get closer versus further you get that More diffuse less diffused look So you kind of want to sticky back them to the back of the diffuser and the diffusers come in a couple different styles So this is a leftover piece which we use to cover the hacksaw Because it was to measure the length and make sure it went through the length of the Back behind me. Then here is another diffuser type. This is the flat back diffuser So if you have a flat back diffuser If you want to flush mount it to a wall a window seal mount it outside and go around At angles definitely you can do it that way now these come with these little corner bracket holders Now this is a corner bracket one But they also have ones that are for the flush mount. I just out of my reach But trust me they exist And all these do is once you do you snap them in And they got a little hole and we put screws in them to hold them Not all the way through the foam because we wanted them off the foam a little bit But into the wall to hold these and they just clipped around it in a way they go So the clip just snaps on so you go through you mount these all to the wall the corner Wherever you want the lighting and these make it so much nicer. So as cool as these look I know they mess with the camera a little bit being direct putting them in the diffusers Much better look definitely cooler Better better like overall because it blends them together a little bit Now make sure when you're ordering these these are particularly called the 5050 lights these these type of LEDs But that's it the kits come with what you see here. I'll have links in the amazon Links below so you can figure out what you want to get they do have some adjustable brightness and customizable colors on here But when you're doing some of the diy colors, uh like when we set certain ones When you're not doing a solid color, it's not it doesn't have any much fine grain control over the brightness So you kind of get what you get but they're not blindingly bright. They look really cool so if you're looking to accent a room or You know a little project you're looking for or put them in your pc case because they are 12 volts and you can if you're clever Uh easy enough to cut off a standard little adapter like this and Make it so it runs off of your 12 volt inside your computer And then line your case with these and be able to customize the colors with a remote Steve's done that. I think we've done some projects like that before. I know it's somewhere on the channel I posted a video of one of them we built for a client that wanted these customizable colors inside their computer to go around the edge and because they're so flat like this They work great. Also quick tip hot glue easy way to adhere these without making a mess So you put a little hot glue peel off the sticky back stick this to the hot glue These because they're rubber almost like a hot glue filling rubber on them Sticks great to them and hot glues. You know semi translucent. So if you get a little over to the led It's not going to block the lighter make it look too funny So hopefully this was helpful if you're curious about diy led projects or how we did some of the ones that you've seen around the shop here Um That's what all that's this is most of what we use especially for the ones in the studio lights behind us And for many future projects, I plan to colorize my office a little bit right now So all the leds in my office that I have are just white I wouldn't mind throwing a little accent color under here because you know rgb looks cool and it's it's the It'll be the look how the 90s look was maybe this is our mid 20 it is our 2018 look is the led lighting and all future What we think is future looking the way that 90s people thought the swoosh things that are on solo cups are cool All right. Thanks for watching. Hope you like to content here like and subscribe and all that fun stuff If you have comments questions, uh, leave them below. Thanks