We both really enjoy your videos, and they have been a huge inspiration for us. Actually, almost two years ago, we decided to make your LED mushrooms, and that was what snowballed into our own channel. Your video and content quality leaves very little to be desired. If we ever create videos half as good as yours, I'll consider the KZbin project a success. Thanks for all your videos, Matt! /Hansi
@DIYPerks7 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's quite something! :) Thanks for the compliments.
@ZiRR04 жыл бұрын
WOAH both youtubers i like wowowowo
@lukeiman35914 жыл бұрын
@@ZiRR0 you late Me sooooo late
@ZiRR04 жыл бұрын
@@lukeiman3591 lmao
@HangmanOfficialUploads4 жыл бұрын
DIY Perks in a nutshell: "So what we'll need is a thin sheet of aluminum"
@bryannichols70254 жыл бұрын
I was surprised it took him 34 seconds to say aluminium. He's gotta step that up.
@HangmanOfficialUploads4 жыл бұрын
@@bryannichols7025 Yeah, give us that goooood tease... Wait until like... 5 minutes in so we get that long wait before the gratification of a British man saying "aluminium".
@ILLUMINATORProKit4 жыл бұрын
What about those drawrrrings? Can some one explain the extra "r" pronounced in "drawing" in UK English?
@JFat51584 жыл бұрын
@@ILLUMINATORProKit its like any language... just how its said. For some reason US english omits the second i in aluminium, fair enough. But the way you guys say 'carmel' instead of how it is spelled 'caramel' is just as weird. extra r in drawing, omitting an a in caramel, thats what makes all the fun of accents :P
@LexXxusTVLive4 жыл бұрын
@@JFat5158 I respect that. Having said that though... Living in Southern Ontario all my life, I can promise you that we don't say 'caramel' that way. We do have carmel candies that are made from caramel. We say it the way it is spelt. With every single letter and not adding an extra tone into it. These are called regional accents. These are preferred social adjustments in the pronunciation. We also say aluminum the way it is properly spelt. Google "aluminium" and you will see it auto changes it to the correct dictionary spelling. You will also see that is is labeled as "noun, adjective British" when you search the term "aluminium" on www.dictionary.com . Aluminium is the spelling of the regional accented word. Not the authentic spelling of the word. These are not my opinions, these are facts I have acquired from education. It's only fun if you don't teach English.
@StrayZGaming5 жыл бұрын
This guy making art attack for grown ups
@gxgamingandtech20174 жыл бұрын
You reminded me of my childhood thx
@walkie19853 жыл бұрын
Haha 100%
@gullit977 жыл бұрын
You can see him getting progressively more blinded by the increasing light in the room.
@zachhoy5 жыл бұрын
at 11:30 "allowing you to gaze at it comfortably" as he looks like he's about to fall into the sun
@atharvgopaluni4 жыл бұрын
“I’m blinded by the lights”
@Cat_in_Spacetime4 жыл бұрын
11:27
@spicyboy84844 жыл бұрын
jhahahahahhaahahahhaah
@itz_bluebxrry86794 жыл бұрын
XD
@Iabyriinth5 жыл бұрын
This dude makes fantastic DIYOYGYED: Do It Yourself Once You Get Your Engineers Degree.
@flyde65215 жыл бұрын
Not really, he really only cut things, and did the sort of wiring they teach in high school physics
@filesaver53874 жыл бұрын
Flyde its a shame they don’t teach taking a joke in high school
@flyde65214 жыл бұрын
@@filesaver5387 Yes because the above comment is a joke. What ever they taught at your high school about the mystical "comedy" must have been incorrect.
@tjay25864 жыл бұрын
Flyde so your saying the comment wasn’t a joke?
@jayh95294 жыл бұрын
Laby Riinth that's Colin furze
@annies.27953 жыл бұрын
3:53 "As you can see, it looks INCREDIBLY awesome! But.. What is it exactly?" 😂😂😂 I love how we got to this point and didn't even need to question it, tbh it did look so awesome that I'd want to make it even without knowing what it's for!
@antwonsmith707 жыл бұрын
Dude, your projects are amazing. Very glad you decided to share you talent with us all!
@Abyeon7 жыл бұрын
He's the bear grylls of lighting
@Joe-dt7wp7 жыл бұрын
*Grylls
@VEC7ORlt7 жыл бұрын
Drinking his own, nevermind...
@_BangDroid_7 жыл бұрын
making his own flux
@M3iscool7 жыл бұрын
Wow, it must be a really smart bear to grill it's own food. Edit: Dang it, he corrected it to proper spelling. :(
@stefflus087 жыл бұрын
yeah.. but being compared to Grylls is hardly a good thing. So, spot on.
@jdh37826 жыл бұрын
I love the way you brought this together! I have spent many years supplying and advising customers on LED lighting application. These DIY options are fantastic and I will be using this to illuminate my garage. I'd love to share when I complete it. Thanks for the great ideas!
@nikhiljain36125 жыл бұрын
You have such a calm manner to you. Watching your videos somehow puts me at peace.
@willrogers37027 жыл бұрын
The last one would be great mounted to a ceiling. I'm glad you are making more videos again!
@GLACIOUS134 жыл бұрын
Same thought. Sized to match my ceiling tiles. This is the solution I've needed for a house that I've just purchased (yep, January 2020 I bought a house) florescent tubes/ballast, I'm not a qualified electrician but, I can build a computer. This is going to be great!
@GLACIOUS134 жыл бұрын
Same thought. Sized to match my ceiling tiles. This is the solution I've needed for a house that I've just purchased (yep, January 2020 I bought a house) florescent tubes/ballast, I'm not a qualified electrician but, I can build a computer. This is going to be great!
@AcrimoniousMirth7 жыл бұрын
Sees perfectly good screw terminals, solders to the back of the board anyway.
@billysprague35704 жыл бұрын
For the LED ring to cement, try adding medium size cotton balls to act as clouds, the light shines nicely through them.
@Sunny-Gupta14 жыл бұрын
You are such a very smart and creative person, I am watching your every video from yesterday.
@recklessjunkie2 жыл бұрын
His smile is always so infectious and overwhelming like a boy on Christmas morning
@automation72953 ай бұрын
Are you saying that men aren't supposed to smile?
@TadpoleSS154 жыл бұрын
“very soft and good to gaze at” *literally heaven*
@Viscontiorama7 жыл бұрын
I'm almost done building the first project ! Great idea , the shadowless lighting is huge for me and the high CRI I love, wish it were brighter even though I doubled the run of leds on the arc, I also used cylindrical molds for space efficiency and used and Xt-60 connector for the power and I made a wood top instead of the rocks . Wish the leds were more tightly spaced it would be awesome considering the built in heat sink of the project
@vornamenachname37257 жыл бұрын
What about attaching another strip next to the first one but with the LEDs themselves staggered?
@austin59777 жыл бұрын
Just a suggestion for future videos, you might want to let people know that you can use wood tools on aluminum because of the metals softness, just so people don't spend needlessly. Thanks for making incredible free content!
@CrestofPotential4 жыл бұрын
The seller for the lights he's using now has captures from videos on the channel as pictures on the product listing. Respect
@yagoa7 жыл бұрын
To connect positive and negative at opposite ends(as in the last project) is very good practice since it prevents voltage drop along the strip. Especially if you are creating a circle of led strip(no edge with a strong and weak side). Also very nice to hear someone who knows what they are talking about when it comes to LEDs
@TDPEquinox7 жыл бұрын
Make sure to test the dimmer system for the first one before putting it in cement!
@davidson2727what7 жыл бұрын
The amazon reviews for the dimmer say it is awful.
@guyh34037 жыл бұрын
And sticking a potentiometer in a wet environment is quite bad.
@BulletMagnetMan6 жыл бұрын
I'd have just used a couple of metal brackets to be honest and housed the components in a metal box. Cement seemed a little OTT in my opinion. Was it for mobility perhaps?
@crawfish0695 жыл бұрын
@@BulletMagnetMan The cement base was used for weight to hold the whole thing in place.
@DarylVanHumbeck7 жыл бұрын
One suggestion for the first project is to use some glow-in-the-dark garden stones (I managed to find some in a local dollar store) for some of the stones to give you something to find each end in the dark.
@toddy25197 жыл бұрын
Or you could simply paint the stones with glow-in-the-dark paint. I get mine from GLOW Inc in different colors...even use one special paint they have for the sights on handguns!
@crawfish0695 жыл бұрын
I put glow in the dark paint on my flashlights to help me find them in the dark. It works great as I use the better 2nd gen gid paint.
@VasilisKaramanlis7 жыл бұрын
You are one of the most creative person i have seen!
@TheBowersj7 жыл бұрын
1 Strip uses about 1.2 Amps or about a third of the energy of your typical CFL at same brightness. Thank you for sharing your wonderful projects.
@jedics15 жыл бұрын
You sir are a legend, your sanding of the plastic sheets gave me a great idea to solve a problem where I can't find some frosted polycarbonate panels for a project...Im just going to buy clear ones now and sand them until they are frosted..Thanks, Ive got a few ideas from your channel now :)
@robinturnbull17314 жыл бұрын
I love your use of words like “gloop”, ‘plop”, “snazzy”
@nadezhdasaleh34355 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing Matt. Although I don’t craft with aluminum there were some good conceptual tips I picked up in this video that I’m planning to try in my own tinkering projects. Hoping to see more of your inspirational ideas.
@Ar7ific1al7 жыл бұрын
The one with the crumply aluminium foil actually does look a lot like a frosted glass window. It's really quite nice looking. Very cool!
@pinnocksmarthomeinstallati25433 жыл бұрын
DO you know that you are a lighting designer, and I know that air BNBs and home designer would love your ideas. I like the second and third lights.
@olgasmith94292 жыл бұрын
Please, never stop making videos!
@SophiaF34994 жыл бұрын
My dad made a standup lamp recently after he got the idea from the 2nd light you made here. He rolled the led strip, spiraling downwards around a aluminum tube, wrapped those sheets into tubes, using a few bicycle spokes at the top to hold them up and infront of the LED's. It looks pretty damn awesome
@amorphuc5 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt. Thanks for sharing the ideas. Very cool.
@jamespaige90816 жыл бұрын
I really like this tutorial format where we don't actually know what you're making until you're done making it. It's almost refreshing.
@2DRINKSMINIMUM3 жыл бұрын
you have a lot of time to waste, don't you?
@BigCityPalooka5 жыл бұрын
OMG. After two and a half MILLION views, I guess you don't need me to tell you how fabulous these ideas are...but... MAN, they're FABULOUS! Thanks so much for making this! Cheers. :)
@MitchM2403 жыл бұрын
It cracks me up what this dude thinks is simple. He’s a wizard.
@kaiyode35995 жыл бұрын
"I'm going to watch this video and make this stuff!" *second step requires soldering* lmao nevermind
@takix20075 жыл бұрын
Actually, it doesn't. Did you notice how there were screw connections on his dimmer circuit? That's how you can connect everything without soldering... I would recommend adding a tiny drop of super glue to prevent the screw from unscrewing itself when everything is wired correctly.
@Levy_Wilson5 жыл бұрын
It's a good excuse to learn how to solder. A Weller soldering iron can be bought for as little as $30.
@meme58875 жыл бұрын
Soldering really isn't hard. You can pick one up for $10-15 on Amazon and solder for a couple bucks. Plug it in, wait for it to get warm, put tip to what you want soldered and apply solder. It's like a glue gun except you hold the glue lol.
@rozberry88675 жыл бұрын
Soldering isn't rocket science.
@BecauseGames4 жыл бұрын
I'll never understand why people are scared of soldering
@purplemonkydishwasher5 жыл бұрын
Hah, I used a thick window-blind slat instead of aluminum for the Arc light, and it worked great! Cheers!
@juliacatoe9695 жыл бұрын
I clicked on this video expecting level 1 difficulty DIY projects. Then he busted out the soldering gun and man was I surprised. Still watched the whole thing though
@docolemnsx5 жыл бұрын
These aren't exactly level 1 but they're level 2...
@GetFitReedman5 жыл бұрын
@@8a8 helps to also have a solder gun :)
@GetFitReedman5 жыл бұрын
@@8a8 I couldn't say ;)
@thewatcher6115 жыл бұрын
but, don't do it like him. you should heat the parts to be soldered. He's not getting the part hot enough, and that makes for a cold solder joint. Which is bad. or, will be bad as current passing thru it heats it up and breaks it. use rosin core, it heats easier, and sticks well.
@jemma-joon5 жыл бұрын
Not all viewers r level one, level 2 ppl deserve some love too
@nrdkraft3 жыл бұрын
I got happy when you mentioned Star Trek, good on ya😄
@luxdraco25973 жыл бұрын
just got a cool idea watching your video - I have used the aluminium c channel before for lighting in van setups - as it hides the led strip in most situations when viewing the light. The idea is 2 x c channel, facing each other, and in the middle bettween them is aluminium angle - placed downward such that each c channel light reflects off of it and outward to the viewer. Thanks for all of your awesome diy videos.
@simokojamesphiri79245 жыл бұрын
I feel like this bloke is my spirit animal
@DigitalBhangari5 жыл бұрын
1:20 The screw terminals: am I joke to you?
@Real_MisterSir7 жыл бұрын
Awesome project yet again, Matt, you are always an endless inspiration to us fellow creative people (and all those who just enjoy watching because of your quality content). I thought about how it would be to create the first project in this video, but use UV lighting instead and let it shine down on all white pebbles - sort of creating a night-time "bioluminescent pebble beach" effect. Not so much a working light, as a mood light of some sort. Well, long story short, as said you are an inspiration, keep up the great work! :) - Greetings from Denmark
@JonathanLaRiviere4 жыл бұрын
I never realized how little I knew until seeing how much DIY Perks could do. SO COOL.
@TheToke6 жыл бұрын
Your videos are great. Anyone making instructional videos should watch and learn.
@elviswjr7 жыл бұрын
Step 1: Buy some LED strips. Step 2: Buy some Aluminium. Step 3: Build a light fixture.
@steevstrickland5686 жыл бұрын
Buy some Al-u-men-knee-umm
@l4p4k16 жыл бұрын
@@steevstrickland568 At least it isn't Al-loo-minnam :P
@sldlevey22006 жыл бұрын
Chiyo ... ,
@sldlevey22006 жыл бұрын
BlurryBlu hkkopppokok$mmmk Pollll
@Ibrahim-ut6pn5 жыл бұрын
In 1807 the English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy underlined the existence of the element arguing that "alum" was the salt of an unknown metal which he said should be called ‘aluminium’. again ALUMINIUM yes americans you pronounce it very wrong,
@MiniCuis4u5 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!👍5🌟 's I absolutely love his accent and the way he pronounces aluminum. 😄😍
@annakeye5 жыл бұрын
*+Minnie Curry* Aluminium; pronounced A-loo-min-ee-um. Difference being and for reasons I cannot comprehend, there's a letter 'i' missing when the USA citizenry speak of this substance. He mispronounced "project". We of the British commonwealth say pro - ject. Yet he said it the US way as proj - ect. Oh and at risk of exceeding the reading tolerances of many, we say, "caramel" with three syllables but I often hear "car-mell" from the USA. Sounds really odd to me. Funny how language evolves and changes in a relatively short space of time.
@brantayor72965 жыл бұрын
its a diy video not a porno seriously
@charliewilson32347 жыл бұрын
Oh hell yeah! About time you put something out. Hello from Texas!
@maryjaneevadiamond63595 жыл бұрын
I think these lighting ideas are simply amazing, the trifecta of DIY LED lighting.
@IsaacC207 жыл бұрын
Dude. The wall sconces are an AWESOME idea.
@loopiewho5 жыл бұрын
I made you desk light and its so nice to have my work space fully lite now thx
@creatip1234 жыл бұрын
As a beginner builder, I'd advise to hook everything to the power source, and make sure it lights up the way we wanted it to be, before making it static. Making it static = burying the dimmer in concrete, or hot gluing @10:17 If something goes wrong with the whole built, or you forget 1-2 steps (which I often did, again, as a beginner builder), it's a lot easier to fix if it's not static.
@Cat_in_Spacetime4 жыл бұрын
11:27 yeah I like that feeling Looks looks pretty good and nice guy.
@lucasloud7 жыл бұрын
Best channel on KZbin.
@el_teodoro4 жыл бұрын
Just got my desk and I've been rewatching all your vids. Please make more!!!
@brenae42346 жыл бұрын
I’m just here for his pronunciation of aluminum
@rossboyer88796 жыл бұрын
In English of course
@BulletMagnetMan6 жыл бұрын
which is, of course, with two I's. You know, the correct way. ;-)
@brenae42346 жыл бұрын
Tarquin Farquhar typos are legal. I hope you vote today!
@BulletMagnetMan6 жыл бұрын
@@brenae4234 Hehe. I know. I'm a certified Grammar Nazi. I'm not American so no I won't be voting. Good luick though. The planet is depending on you to kick that ginger muppet out of office asap.
@libbylandscape35606 жыл бұрын
Love his pronunciation, I wait for it. lol ❤️
@RedDragonGecko7 жыл бұрын
Be nice if you listed some of the power supplies you used.
@patrickmichael29686 жыл бұрын
RedDragonGecko 12V. 1amp DC. sufficient for up to 15' strips 12V 2amps DC for long strips (over 15') The ultra bright white light setup he used is a 5amp power supply. Which would normally be overkill. Hence why it is so bright.
@morsecodereviews15537 жыл бұрын
Yup this channel is awesome. In fact, this is one of the channels that inspire me to create my own DIY show.
@KenYoungIII4 жыл бұрын
This dude...I wish he were my best friend. Creative, intelligent, and a fine attention to detail. Dull rocks not good enough. Let's give them a wet look.
@BEDOUIN9916 жыл бұрын
Matt you're one talented brother.
@peemsta7 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt, Another great video. Just a quick question.....what thickness aluminium did you use?
@christophercain73435 жыл бұрын
Wee Peem 8 inch
@edessini31247 жыл бұрын
For better and bigger alternative to acetate sheet is any broken LCD old TV, they usually have 3 to 4 frosted sheet inside up to the TV size.
@massimookissed10237 жыл бұрын
Hey, sticking LED strips to the wall is more creative than what I've done with mine. Mine are *waiting* to be stuck to the wall.
@faizi24414 жыл бұрын
mr. You are my mantor for DIY ❤❤❤❤
@rodrickngonyoku50423 жыл бұрын
The lamps in the second project look fantastic
@Theexplorographer7 жыл бұрын
The final light would be AMAZING as a ceiling fixture.. thanks Matt. Great vid!!
@TheParallellinial5 жыл бұрын
Cool! 3 things I neither need or want in my life!
@prokillergrape58237 жыл бұрын
Can you give me the exact color of your walls in the office?
@soggybread54287 жыл бұрын
gray
@prokillergrape58237 жыл бұрын
BlueXCross wow thanks I would have never of guessed.
@dylantruong8977 жыл бұрын
BlueXCross you're a fucking genius.
@DanielMosey7 жыл бұрын
That's why you asked for the colour, because you would never have guessed the correct colour.
@djdrew117 жыл бұрын
Actually, he's in the UK, so it's Grey.
@FlorianLinscheid7 жыл бұрын
These will be definitely done at some point in my house. Amazing ideas. And thanks for pointing out the importance of good quality LEDs! That is the most important aspect of using LEDs as actual room light instead of pure decoration.
@LoveGagaAndYou7 жыл бұрын
please don't ever stop making videos and giving ideas like these ! amazing work !
@vgamesx17 жыл бұрын
Not saying that you don't get what you pay for, but I've personally not had an issue with cheap LED strips, plus I don't think too many people care very much about the CRI rating of their lights, oh and if they do have issues then at least it only costs you another $5 or whatever to replace it rather than $30.
@mikeb18347 жыл бұрын
The only people who don't care about the CRI of their LED strips are people who have never experienced good CRI LED strips. And really, how poor are you that $30 for high quality LED strips is too much? How much do you spend on filling up your car with gas? How much do you spend on food, or going to the movies? Are you really that cheap that you wouldn't spend a little more for something you will use every single day and that has a significant effect on everything you do? If you are that broke, then you shouldn't be worrying about doing anything with LED's and instead should be watching KZbin videos to learn skills that will let you get a real job where you aren't having to cheap out buying junk LED's that will burn out and will make the color of everything look off.
@cekpi77 жыл бұрын
Melange Bryce alot of students are using leds to cut down electricity bill or just to make your room look cool
@charlesmaheu71127 жыл бұрын
I think cheap led strips are just fine for decorating. It's not the same thing if you want to light up your room with it, but in most cases, I don't think it's worth spending that extra. I get your point about the fact that it's not that pricey when you consider it though.
@DoomRater7 жыл бұрын
I dunno about the OP but I get under $10k/yr. $30 for LED lights is a awful lot on my budget.
@vgamesx17 жыл бұрын
Melange Bryce I've experienced a few different types of lights and I could careless about CRI as long as the light coming from it isn't some awful greenish or blueish color, besides that unless you absolutely wanted a custom lighting solution it'd be almost waste to spend so much on lights, because don't forget you'll definitely want to put those on some aluminum strips and you'll need a half decent 24W power supply too, so $30 on lights + around $10 for a metal strip + roughly $8 on a PSU and if I really did care that much about CRI then by comparison a decent 8W LED bulb would only cost like $3-5... For about the same price you could basically light an entire house. Yeah $30 doesn't sound like much but you see in perspective, it costs a quite of a lot by comparison of traditional lighting methods, because that's going to be over $30 every one or two rooms, depending on how you want to spread it out.
@zahadiy7 жыл бұрын
waw amazing !!!!!
@Danish_Hafeez4 жыл бұрын
@Prakhar Rajpoot Lmao
@harrison2986 жыл бұрын
11:29 cracked me up, though I can't tell if it was meant to be funny or not :D
@truthseeker54965 жыл бұрын
Your videos are great. Thank you. I think the last light with aluminum foil would be awesome on the ceiling.
@mrbobo62574 жыл бұрын
He's the SUPER LIGHT MAN 🔥🔥
@jacoblepley99667 жыл бұрын
DIY Perks!! Matt!! Can you send me a link to the silicone you used in the Mushroom light DIY? I can't seam to find a correct one in the U.S, would it be possible for you to comment/reply the link?
@certifiedclown62837 жыл бұрын
Link was there a pun intended
@dylantruong8977 жыл бұрын
Treed that's not helpful
@Scott_C7 жыл бұрын
I think it was just clear 100% silicone from the hardware store. I loved that tutorial too.
@rustyfenderson83677 жыл бұрын
Scott Cress
@TheToneBender7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna line my bedroom ceiling with that shit. Then shove a timer on it to go off at 7 am. Maybe that'll get my lazy ass out of bed
@Newport313117 жыл бұрын
You said go off at 7 am. I totally thought you meant you would leave them on all night and have them turn off at 7 am. Darn you English language
@gabealtier7 жыл бұрын
Awesome projects, Matt! Could you specify the thickness of the aluminum used in first project, along with dimensions? Thanks.
@meme58875 жыл бұрын
3inch thick aluminum
@erwinio0077 жыл бұрын
God, because of you, everything in my future home will probably be DIY rather than store bought :,)
@balajisankarkonakalla3134 жыл бұрын
Addicted to this channel.
@brennonoverton53635 жыл бұрын
The second light with the acetate cover would be a perfect set of lights lining the wall of a home theater
@crazymoey60515 жыл бұрын
Nobody actually did any of these.
@petreskovich5 жыл бұрын
I actually have.. but better. Check it out.
@iambored19855 жыл бұрын
Pandora same
@chvrles65 жыл бұрын
He lost me at the giant sheet of aluminum.
@xenerius21515 жыл бұрын
I did the second project and used addressable LEDs and a microcontroller so i can control them with WIFI
@parrot00515 жыл бұрын
I will be I need this for my work table only I'll be using one not two aluminum strip and attached to the sides of the table.
@louissherwood52217 жыл бұрын
11:26 almost choked on my tea haha brilliant.
@jameshubert59884 жыл бұрын
Very, very, very cool. Thank you. #3 I will absolutely try.
@abhishekchatterjee884 жыл бұрын
Hello Matt, With instructions shown for your table lamp over an aluminium strip, I used the electrical wire casing and fixed it on the table edge in shape of an inverted U and pasted the strips inside it. Not as elegant as yours but does create very good lighting for my desk work. Thank you for inspiration. Abhishek Chatterjee
@Zak-ob5ze7 жыл бұрын
You should have a tv show
@gxgamingandtech20174 жыл бұрын
He should be the professer proton of 2020 lol
@KinksKomments4 жыл бұрын
he does, but is a youtube show as well :)
@TDPlayz5 жыл бұрын
When I was 11 a few of my friends and I were chosen for an engineering challenge where you got to use this stuff and keep extra materials! :D we made a robotic arm. Our challenge was designing a superhero with a disability and we had to build something that would help them in battle :) super fun
@penusglottus80327 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt! Great video as always. In the LED strip infos it's suggested to utilize a 10A to 15A dimmer circuit. I see you're using a standard 5A. I'm guessing that the manufacturer suggests such a current regulation so that if the voltage regulator isn't up to task the strips don't receive less current than needed. Are there any indication of this being true? If so would it be detrimental to the strips' health to utilize a 5A dimmer circuit? Would love to hear your input on this matter. Also I'm planning on lay down an extent of 10 meters of strips (two rolls basically) would that influence this matter at all? Thanks, Dave
@gtjack95 жыл бұрын
penus glottus In my experience you need to have each 5 metre length connected via high quality copper wire otherwise the voltage drop by the end of the second strip causes a noticeable and progressing dimming the further away from the power source the leds get. Make sure that the dimmer you’re using is for D.C. 12 volt applications. A household light dimmer will not work for this. The cheapest way to power them is with a second hand ATX Computer power supply from EBay. A 500w variant should be able to deliver up to 25 Amps continuously.
@zenvir16805 жыл бұрын
Thats some sophisticated stuff. I am interested in the idea of first project, simple cheap and effective light for my study table
@fook-n-bear5 жыл бұрын
This video was fantastic. Iearned absolutely everything I need to know. You should get van award. Love your hair. Thank you so much. A visually impaired person apprecieciates your efforts greatly.😨 yay!!!
@joshtunnell82997 жыл бұрын
Can you link the power supply you used?
@tic8575 жыл бұрын
2020 and I'm sitting here thinking "Man, I wished my school didn't remove tech class when I was in school, I could have learned some simple wiring".
@theonetruestickman4 жыл бұрын
It's not too late! Simple wiring is actually simple once you learn a couple rules and have done a couple things wrong the first time. :D You can do stuff like the projects in this video if you remember: 1. Don't do stuff with AC line voltage, always use a low voltage power supply 2. Power supply needs to have the SAME voltage as the device needs 3. Power supply needs to be able to supply equal or greater current than the device needs (this is noted in A or mA - there are 1000mA in 1A) 4. Electricity goes in a loop, normally understood as from positive (+) to negative/ground (-) 5. When you connect + to - without a load device (light, circuit) bad things happen 6. LEDs usually need a driver circuit 7. Just try it out! And look up the things you don't understand.
@rossfromsa7 жыл бұрын
Would one of the diffusion layers from a broken laptop screen work for the second project?
@Aelepy163 жыл бұрын
I like how he makes it so simple. Even though I’m never gonna make it. Love it😂
@nathsoothsuk Жыл бұрын
I love your charming creativity! Keep it up
@royrijpma7 жыл бұрын
that last project is better to mount at your celling.
@SaapeXD7 жыл бұрын
Roy R yes i thought that too
@rebeccatreeseed4106 жыл бұрын
ditto
@markpizarro37777 жыл бұрын
Max Payne giving DIY advices. What a time to live.
@_MANNATESTIMONIES6 жыл бұрын
Hey bro, can you do a DIY 4ft RGB led tube light similar to the quasar science???? : )))
@astrit6 жыл бұрын
One of the most unique youtubers great work.
@cemigci60224 жыл бұрын
i love how enthusiastic(i hope its the corrects spell) you are about your projects