A sampling of the 3D printed LED Lights I've created in the past couple months

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600 WS2812s running FastLED to make an infinity mirror coffee table

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Christmas is gone, but the joke remains :)

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My first led tape project. Installed 5050 led tape under the handrail, pretty proud of it.

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Starting to hook up LEDs to my house. Hand writing the programming for the scenes on a raspberry pi. This one will count down to the new year!

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Am in love with this mushroom led 😍😍

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Living room 3 months in at my new apartment

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Still got 1 more strip to add and conceal wires in soffit once it warms up. But happy with my lazy install thus far.

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The Night Life! Led bike lights

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I want to make a DIY version of this $200 corner lamp, any suggestion of what strips to use for the same effect ?

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[Help] Best way to achieve this with ESP8266 control/HA Integration?

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Anyone got a tutorial on how to build an infinity hypercube?

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Check out my new LEDS I got

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The custom Jack Daniels chandelier i made for my friends country bar theme man cave. Made of ten 1 litre bottles and one 3 litre bottle in the middle. G4 led bulbs in the center of the bottles.

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my hobby is electronics. What should I do with 86 seven segment LED display digits?

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LEDs and Fog in the City

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Where to get IKEA guz5.3 LED Bulb

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Whoever needs these LEDs, I will send them to you for free. I don't want to generate waste in the trash if someone needs them.

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Please help me find those

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is this bad can this do bad stuff

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I made a thing! (Desk lamp)

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Made a backlit Avengers logo!

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Am I doing it right? (WS2812B)

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Monster LEDS almost burn my house down

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ROPE LIGHT DIFFUSERS - CURRENT DIY PROJECT

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The logic behind this classification

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Another set of permanent Christmas lights done. Not selling, just showing them off.

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32.8ft Govee Smart Led Strip is showing slightly different colors for each strip. Can this be fixed or is it a defect?

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Light fixture requires one incandescent bulb in order for the LED bulbs to work.

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First stab at stitching together strips. Almost as clean as a factory joint, off by a few thou I think. One down seven more to go. I also desoldered the bulky factory connections. Plan to inject power every 50cm.

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I will continue buying the cheap brands and refuse to learn my lesson.

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Did my home theater up with LEDs and thought you all may appreciate it

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So I got my first batch of leds and esp8266(d1 mini)

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Made a water bubble wall and added LEDs to the side to spice it up

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Can someone suggest a way to DIY this?

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Help! I need better led strips

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Christmas tree lights uneven brightness

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Can anyone tell me what this “mesh” like material is called? It seems to help evenly convey the light generated from the LED strips along the edge of the frame.

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Anyone else wonder if home lighting will ever evolve beyond LED?

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Gen 2 of my leds boards. Samsung 2835s and 5050s.

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I build a RGB led in my Coffee Corner

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Led strips back to back in a round tube possible? Or is one strip enough for 360° light dispersion?

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Any idea where to get long, bulb light strips?

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New to the LED scene, installed these Govee lights for my TV and Speakers.

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I’m looking for a flexible led filament, any length, any width, any voltage between 3 and 30 VDC, but it has to be of a color temperature of 1800K. I want to build a “vintage Edison style” light bulb, and the ones for sale are advertised as 1800K, but I haven’t been able to find those led filaments.

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How do I connect these strips to these extensions? Details in comments.

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What is this type of LED light called? Instead of dots of lights, it’s a continuous strip of light.

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Almost finished with a cosplay prop. Did a test fit of the 5mm LED (20mA; 2.2V; 2000-3000 mcd) + CR 3032 battery array. Fits nicely in the holo cavity, but it's way too bright. Is there any material you folks recommend that I can use to diffuse the brightness?

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Leds used in professional tube lights?

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Trying to connect this LED to the dimmer, but where does the white wire go?

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I bought 12v light bars for my tractor, they are 324w each, so I bought some 10awg wire to handle the 30 amp load, but the factory wire is smaller like 16 or 18awg. Why is this, is 10awg otherwise overkill for this install?

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moved into a new house. went to change the bulb and found this led strip type thing. can anyone identify this and how I change it?

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LEDs facing up or to the side for ceiling cove?

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Looking to build this and wondering if someone can help? What sort of LED kit would I be looking to buy so I can control different colours at the same time like this?

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Someone please explain what do they mean by 9w=75w

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How to create a (Renter Friendly) Geometric Wall using Strip lights? Ok so I wanted to create this geometric design using washi tape on a wall in my apartment. But then I had an idea to create this design using led strip lights! The problem is that I have absolutely no clue how to do it. Any ideas?

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Planning to build my first LED light fixture. I've been lurking here for a while, but I'd appreciate any feedback on the plan that I came up with.

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Made significant progress in my LED staff project last night

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What do I do if there are no copper lines where I need the LED lights to end

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I made this led sign and no only a couple lights are lighting up. Why is this?

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Trying to wire 3 LED strips from one PSU. Need advice/direction.

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I’m dumb and as usual I “cut before i measured” now I need to think of a way to diffuse these LEDs while they’re already installed. Anyone have any tips? Everything i’m seeing involves running the strips through aluminum rails.

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do i just cut the light from where i want? i connected one end of the wire but there's wire on the other side too, do i need to connect that part somewhere too?

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So I finally ran diffuser rails with frosted covers but it’s still making dots. My thought is to line the inside of the covers with scotch tape. Anyone have better advice?

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How do I DIY a diffuser for my track lights?

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Little help please (excuse the wiring)

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I've been asked to make this monstrosity of a circuit, those are all single LEDs I have to run using only one power supply, but can't get my head around the values of the supply. Could somebody help me find the values it needs to run this circuit?

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My daughter wanted a robust, dimmable nightlight. So I build her one

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Need some advice on the 4th LED strip. Not getting lights on, except for the last light (yellow arrow). Thoughts?

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I'm trying to find what the components of this are called. I can only find them built into a base. Building ostrich egg stand.

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Can I plug two separate led strips in the same connector like this?

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5 year old BT controllers started melting. Ground wire was hot, even the main power wire going to the supply. These were connected to two 14ft long RGB LED strips with 5050s that are about 7 years old and have been slowly losing some of the LEDs. I suspect the failing LEDs caused the melting?

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Does anyone else notice LEDs faintly flickering? Tried replacing previous owner’s BR30 Soft white LEDs in these recessed cans with EcoSmart Bright White and I feel like I can constantly sense them and it’s driving me crazy.

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Where can I find the meaning of all this symbols?

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What is this and where can I buy it? It’s used to seamlessly connect led strips. It’s a thin wire that’s insulated in some coating. Our only current option to get it is from a Chinese retailer with a 1 month wait time.

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Bought led strip and i don’t know what to do with this. What’s the issue?

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Wanted to share this LED art project we've been working

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How to power those string-like LEDs? I took them from bulbs 220v AC w/ integrated electronics), but they should work on atmospheric pressure

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Patio LED no longer working. Anyone know where I can find an exact replacement for this? No part numbers on it

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Hi! I couldn’t post in the EL Wire sub for some reason, so I hope someone here can help me tell me what I’d need (as a total EL wire noob) to do my best to recreate this sign? Other than the coloured wire stuff, what else will I need in terms of splitters and power stuff? Thanks in advance!

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110v Leds came with a white power adapter. I think mine is broken. What does it do?

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Bridgelux Thrive V10C viewed through shade 14 green athermal welding lense: a mix of chips are used to reach the desired spectrum

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I am planning to make a LED neon sign using a 6x12 mm strip. It is 460 mm wide and I am wondering if it will work with the tight corners in the design. Would love to get feedback on the manufacturability of this.

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Is this a lousy way to do a 90 degree corner? Trying to get an LED as close to the corner as possible.

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Planning to make a 4-5x bigger version of this. Does it need a heatsink? (to be glued to an aluminum sheet and then onto some wood for sturdiness). I'm using WS2812 144led/m RGB. It's hard to find a cheap aluminum sheet of that size, is the heatsink really necessary? would it fry otherwise?

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Any Idea What I'm Doing Wrong?

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Which lightstrip position is better for soft white ambient lighting?

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How can I make this look better?

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Game over falling off LED strips!

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Is this the correct colour for warm white led strip? Is it only me or is warmness of the white not enough? (5m 2835 led strip)

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I might have blown my LED strip

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Rough prototype pt.2 (because my phones is trash)

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How to hide LEDs on side of bookshelf?

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does anyone know what kind of light projector is being used for the background?

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I’m making this sword and want to light it up as shown. What’s the simplest way to go about it. I don’t know much about LEDs

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Does anybody have a source for 48vdc rgb addressable pixels? Or possibly contact for an electronics engineer or manufacturer that could help with the design of a 48vdc pixel? I am trying to get around voltage drop and having to use power injection. TIA!

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I've bought these LED strips for a diorama I'm building, is there any way I can power it via batteries (AA prefereed but others format are fine as well)? It's a DC12V 14W/m FCOB 528LED/m strip.

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1” pex... better, but still getting dots

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LED Lamp - Adaptor Replacement - Having a hard time finding a suitable replacement, any pointers?

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I need to find a replacement piece for the LED on the right for a commercial parking lot light

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Can I use this 75W LIFX LED bulb on my 60W lamp?

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Was told in the neon subreddit this is led. Any idea how/where I can get one of these from or something similar? Thanks

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Is tinned copper wire acceptable for LED strip projects? I'm making a light bar, and I know people warn against copper-clad aluminum, but I can't find much information on whether or not it's bad to use tin-coated copper.

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I want to fix up an old family oil lamp that looks like this but using an LED bulb, how would I go about doing it?

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Suggestion needed: I'd like to replace 66ft of rope light with 66ft of rgbw led light strips for home theater The current rope light runs of a switch controlled outlet. Ideally, I'd like to set up strips controlled by a zigbee controller so I have the option to change colors and dim via app.

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Hello, how can i make something like that pentagram behind the drummer? Or what is it?

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Help identifying/using an LED (more in comments)

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Would anybody be able to check my wiring? First time setup looking to use WLED to control strip.

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Is this safe? Replaced LED for the first time. Other lights have drivers placed like this as well.

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Need help finding replacements for these poorly made drivers.

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Is a 3-way strip connection like this possible? (Explanation in comments)

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What’s happening here? I have a full strip on green, then my next strip fades from green to red with very little brightness. Red completely gone halfway up the third strip

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Need help finding a more reliable controller. This one always breaks within 2 months.

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Is this good for plants? I made each light with one red led and one blue led, about 4W per light, 8W in total

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Can I use this to glue my LED strips onto my PLA sign that I’m making?

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Can you inject power at the end of the strip? It’s almost unusable out of the box (H618F / 2x50ft)

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Is this a valid way of wiring a pair of 3528 12v flexible led strips?

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Would I need anything else if I wanted to connect these two together?

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How do you guys thinking these tail lights were made? They are custom, just curious what LEDs you think they are and how they were attached to whatever kind of board that is? I'm assuming SMD of some sort.

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Will this soldering work or do every solder needs to be separate?

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Linking LEDs to Spotify Question

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Help re: LED rope section won't light?

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No experience, looking for guidance for a project.

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Am I able to wire a single dual color LED to a battery?

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What’s the best way to make this work? I want to loop this under my entire kitchen island , but this corner has put me in a predicament.

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Whats wrong with the left light? Dimmable, both on 100%

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Is this led strip set up with power injection right? WLED

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Upgrading my led setup in my studio, will 24v fry this thing?

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Shelves closest to power are brighter - can I attach a second 12v supply to the other end (top) to increase brightness? They were brighter before I had all shelves lit.

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Anyone know why my esp8266 won't run thes 3 ws2812s with wled

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I can't tell if this is safe or not

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Is there any way to connect 2 of these cheap strips together? I need to control 2 of them through 1 on/off switch.

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How to calculate heat from ~450 LEDs wrapped loosely in “paper”? Info in comments

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So I got more LED lights and connected them to my existing ones using a plastic thingy but the new part is a different color? Why is that? How do I fix it?

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How do I know what kind of LED this is?

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My lamp is broken. One day my LED lamp suddenly was only able to be red and I’ve only had it for like 3 weeks now. When I press different colours on the remote, the lamp either turns off completely or it just displays a darker/lighter red.

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(Repost cause I’m an idiot) These 3 bulbs don’t work on my led strip, the brand of the strip is Govee and the model is H6110. Anyone know what the problem is here/how to fix it?

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How hot is too hot for LED strips?

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Powering and controlling Cree XML 4 channel RGBW led help / suggestions

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How do I apply my led light and aluminium profile to this outward corner of my room? Thanks

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New LED headlight and DRL upgrade to my Subaru Impreza!

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Question: making a simple led wiring to a battery (details in comments)

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I was dumb and already peeled this strip. Its just for fun so I'm looking for cheap and easy. Anybody use paper? If so, what's a good type or thickness?

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How can I dim a led while consuming less power (in a compact build)? More in description

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Creating the right color?

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Need help finding a driver/module for this led to use in my car. Car runs between 12V and ~14V . Also, how hot will this get ? (Going inside a headlight)

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