Adding Fake Window Lighting To My Office | IKEA FLOALT

I work from home full time and with my home office being located in my basement, I barely get any good natural day lighting from my windows throughout most of the day.
So I decided to fix this issue by adding fake window lighting to my office with these wall panel LED lights from IKEA called the FLOALT. I first had to convert the IKEA FLOAT from hardwire to plug-in light, which turned out to be easier than I expected. By the way IKEA lights work with Philips Hue smart lighting too, so you can control it with the Hue app and create smart home automations. This is how you energize your workspace by adding lights!
Anyways check out the video see how this project ended up turning out.
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[@EricTMeraki]

Hope you guys enjoyed the video! Pls Like and Sub if you enjoy the content! Really helps this small channel grow! Also let me know what kind of videos you want to see in the future.

[@Nespar89]

Please, please connect the ground cable, too! The lamp has a metal body, and if something fails within it, you might get electrocuted, which would suck :(

[@EricTMeraki]

👍 it is just wasn't shown in the video.

[@visionarywatts]

I've toyed with this idea since my home office has a similar lighting problem. I have a window but my large front porch covers all the sunlight but I want a more intense light from that direction. I never thought about converting one of these to a plug. Smart idea! If I ever add one to my space I'll be sure to credit you with inspiration!

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching. The conversion to a plugin is surprisingly quite simple too.

[@SC-hk6ui]

Your video is brilliant and has somewhat transformed my thinking about what I want to achieve in terms of lighting my own desk space. I have been battling with getting enough of the right kind of light for over a year now. But it's videos like this that really help. Thank you.

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching

[@HanBang]

Randomly landed on your video while searching up blackout curtains from IKEA (opposite spectrum of light needs haha) but this was such a clean and straight to the point tutorial 👍 nice work!

[@EricTMeraki]

Hey! Thanks for watching. Appreciate it! You channel seems pretty chill as well. Keep at it!

[@nicolasb6619]

This is such a good review. Thanks!

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching

[@bellevoor]

I want to do this for my windowless classroom

[@EricTMeraki]

Good luck!

[@edwardboot3431]

Sounds familiar, I'm gonna guess you're in special services?

[@iamdarryl]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. This is some good find man

[@EricTMeraki]

Appreciate it homie!

[@Katniss_cosmos]

This is genius, i didn't know they had this.

[@EricTMeraki]

It would work with just about any similar panel light as well if you can't get the Ikea one. Thx for watching!

[@jsonli]

Great vid! I'm thinking of adding a skylight version of this where there was no light fixture before, did you modify the FLOATL frame to feed the cord out fixture and down the wall? Or how did you do that? And what did you use to run the cord down your wall? It looks very clean.

[@EricTMeraki]

I didn't modify the frame, before mounting to the wall, I positioned the cord so it would run under the frame, if that makes sense. From there I used a cord/wire cover I found at my local Home Depot. The one I used has a strong adhesive so if you mess up installing it, it can tear off wallpaper if you have to remove it. Good luck with your setup and thanks for watching!

[@samdking]

Hey, this is a great idea. Does this improve the lighting when using your webcam? Or is it not strong enough to be used as a video light? Thanks.

[@EricTMeraki]

Depending where you place and how far it is from the webcam would determine the strength of the light. I do keep it on for video calls and feel like it does a decent job of lighting up the feed even at the distance it is from my desk.

[@samdking]

@@EricTMeraki great, thanks for the speedy reply. I have a wall about 2m from my desk and am considering adding a panel to improve light quality for calls and screencasts. I think I'll give it a go!

[@EricTMeraki]

Definitely test it out before mounting it to the wall and try out different angles to see what works best for your use case.

[@fjtrades]

Great idea. Question: you need the philips hue smart bridge and hue app to be able to connect to the FLOALT?

[@EricTMeraki]

Yes

[@enquantoeu]

i live at a place with NO direct lighting or view to the street…. it’s an apartment in the middle of the building… that will help A LOT ty again

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching!

[@mamaharumi]

Yo, this is actually super cool. I have a window but I may grab one of these for general lighting in my room.

[@EricTMeraki]

Yeah it definitely works great even if you already have a window. Extra lighting can always be beneficial. Thanks for watching!

[@gamergwurl5292]

I’ve been looking for how to install that led for like months and ended up abandoning, the lamp has been waiting in my closet for so long and I just found this, it’s so helpful and I’m so grateful for it

[@EricTMeraki]

👍

[@jaychang100]

Hi love you video, actually bought a Floalt after seeing your video, but i ran into a problem, my Philip Hue won't detect this light, i've been at it for a while.... maybe you can share how you connect it ? btw i don't have a Tradfri is that the problem ?

[@EricTMeraki]

Tradfri isn't required. You have to put the Floalt into syncing mode by turning off and on like 7 times (it will blink a few times that's how you know it's in sync) if I recall and then it should show up in Hue app when you search for it.

[@jaychang100]

@@EricTMeraki thank you so much ! it finally worked ! btw love the clean looking video style of yours, keep it up !

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!

[@udontknowme6525]

Sorry to crash this comment, but do you need the Hue hub to make it work, or just the app? I was trying with the app (iOS if it matters) last night, pretending it was a Bluetooth light bulb, and it did seem to recognize it (blinking etc.) but it never officially connected. Wondering if I need the hub to make it work. If you see this and respond, thanks! PS love what you did with it, plus very well done video. :)

[@EricTMeraki]

You would need the hub still.

[@interestingstuff197]

Are you able to configure it to work as cyrcadian light? Mimicking the sun daily cycle. thanks

[@EricTMeraki]

Not that I'm able to figure it out yet.

[@elii4788]

i just read that philips updated things recently to allow for this. any luck?

[@tquake]

Awesome. I have very dark attic room, this could help me. 🙏

[@EricTMeraki]

Best of luck

[@achan126]

Thanks for the video. I follows your steps with the plug conversion and setting up with the Hue hub. For some reason the lights keep turning back on by itself whenever I turn it off (e.g.via the app). Almost seems like it’s cycling power back on. Did you experience that or have any ideas on how to resolve this?

[@EricTMeraki]

I never had this issue. Do you have any automations in place to power it back on?

[@Gobolinn]

was the TRÅDFRI remote necessary if you already had the philips hue bridge?

[@EricTMeraki]

It's not actually.

[@TT-rl4su]

Where did you get such a long table-top?

[@EricTMeraki]

It's actually a kitchen countertop. You can find it at Ikea.

[@themagpieswarble]

​@@EricTMerakiwhat kind of chair?

[@thoughtwavetech]

Would this work as a fake Skylight in my condo

[@EricTMeraki]

Yeah I wouldn't see why not.

[@Ricochet752]

I’m so glad you did this!!! I have been thinking of doing this for so long I just didn’t know if it would work. Thank you for videoing this!

[@EricTMeraki]

Thanks for watching. Yeah I'm not even a DIY person and found it pretty easy to accomplish if you have the right tools.

[@JaneWillowMusic]

Does it use a lot of electricity?

[@EricTMeraki]

Not anymore than any other standard light.

[@supershiu]

since you can connect it with the phillips hue app, can you set timer to control when the light would go on and off automatically thru the app? or do you have to manually switch it on and off thru the physical switch?

[@EricTMeraki]

I haven't tried it with the hue app with a custom timer, but I do use ifttt that works in a similar way to where it turns on and off at a certain time. I use the hue app to turn it off and on though but not sure about a custom timer.

[@Vavdles]

I wonder if these could make a room feel warmer?

[@EricTMeraki]

It could possibly if you adjust the color temperature.

[@fathimafazlina-xy6gy]

I have similar lighting issue at my kitchen, can i use this in kitchen too?

[@EricTMeraki]

I don't see why not.

[@ziba89]

some people have mentioned that it makes a noise - do you think it does? Is it loud enough to make things disturbing ?

[@EricTMeraki]

I honestly haven't heard anything from mine.

[@GregWoodsLancs]

just in time for floalt being discontinued!

[@EricTMeraki]

Is it? Better get it while it's still in stock! Lol

[@fallofshadows2209]

How are you doing that with the waves moving across your monitors on your computer?

[@EricTMeraki]

It's an app called Wallpaper Engine

[@fallofshadows2209]

@@EricTMeraki thanks, I need to check that out!

[@KevsOutside]

Are you from Okinawa?

[@EricTMeraki]

No I'm not. I have visited Japan though. Planning to again in the future.

[@KevsOutside]

@@EricTMeraki oh ok i seen the little Okinawa piece on the wall and thought i should ask. I’m currently on the island

[@EricTMeraki]

I would love to visit there some day. Have a great one!

[@jsonli]

Do you imagine this working well as a fake skylight?

[@EricTMeraki]

It's meant to go on the ceiling actually, so it could work in those regards.