DIY Solar Power Box Running Low Voltage RGB LED Pathway Lights | Dig-Quad RGB WLED System

We are building a DIY solar power box/generator that runs our low voltage outdoor pathway lights year round. Great for areas around the house that are difficult to get power to or have too much shade for regular solar lights.
This system is powered by a 12v LiFePO4 battery and has an input for solar panels, the RGB LEDs are run by a Dig-Quad board running WLED. It can run nightly for at least 12 hours powering extremely bright high powered RGB LEDs that blows away those dim solar powered lights. And the colors and patterns are all completely customizable for any season. I'll take you through the entire process, from selecting the right components to installing and building beautiful outdoor lighting!
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Parts List
LiFePO4 Battery - amzn.to/3M9sYLR
Solar Charge Controller - amzn.to/3Qtc1OY
Solar Panel 100W - amzn.to/3FrpAIm
Low Voltage Disconnect - amzn.to/404Uhg1
WiFi Relay - amzn.to/3M9KTSw
WiFi Relay 4 Port - amzn.to/3s2enuQ
Thermostat - amzn.to/473nQB4
Victron Battery Monitor - amzn.to/3QuOxc4
DC 12v Stabilizer - amzn.to/3Sb0K7l
Wire In-Ground 14/2 - amzn.to/3s43wk0
Cable Glands - amzn.to/3SbkeZn
12v 60mm Fans - amzn.to/3tK3uOI
Bud Air Vent - amzn.to/406fFSa
DigQuad - www.drzzs.com/...
LEDs 9W WS2811 - www.aliexpress...

[@Direkt_Xero_Gaming]

Looks like a gamer backyard 😂

[@NicholasHoggan]

I'm not sure why you don't have more views and likes. You videos are awesome. I hope it begins to pay off for you. Subscribed.

[@HarbeckLights]

Thank you!! Much appreciated!!

[@asus12351]

very cool. Love it, I built something like this to run the outdoor lights on my house.

[@HarbeckLights]

Thank you! Sounds great!

[@johndallara3257]

Coming from a person who wants low voltage lights and a few 12v low flow > 150gph water pump to run on a 100 watt solar system ---> a complete parts list would be great. Living in the midwest my longer term goal would also be to have a pluggable run on low voltage lights for the occasional power outage. Specifically the low voltage disconnect, relay and temp controller. I'm sure they need to be matched to the system.

[@JerryTurner]

I agree, I was hoping in the details there would be an actual parts list. I was thinking the same setup, having some lights as well as a fountain pump that would run into the evening all off solar.

[@HarbeckLights]

A full parts list is now in the description!

[@gilbertromano4318]

Great video! how can we access to the parts list Thank you@@HarbeckLights

[@jimlundborg]

Really like the video. This project and others on your channel are things I could see myself doing. As others have mentioned adding a parts list would be really beneficial, even if that list doesn't list the exact parts you used, just something to get us to know what to look for.

[@HarbeckLights]

Full parts list added to the description now!

[@ShymonMusic]

Thank you for using my music! 🤩🎶🔥

[@annachi2343]

Thank you for posting this! I have a long driveway through tall trees, so I wanted to use a panel I can elevate to reach the sun, and have a battery pack because I get a lot of low light days here. Came to KZbin to research how I’d build it and boom! You’ve done all of the legwork and shared it with us! So awesome, many thanks! Happy to be a new subscriber. I’m wanting to add two additional features for my purposes if I can figure them out and would really appreciate any advice you or other viewers might offer. To limit light pollution in a forested area, I’d like to add a motion sensing on switch as cars enter and exit our driveway (ideally for each light independently as a car approaches it, but all on a once is great too), and a also timed shutoff after a minute or two (ideally with a dimmer on and dimmer off)… can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I should go about that? Thanks!

[@HarbeckLights]

Much appreciated! Yes there are a few different ways to add motion activation especially when using WLED. You probably have two general methods, a standalone method and another method were it's connected to a home automation system like Home Assistant. Here is an example of a more standalone method - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4LNYp2AdsagY5o

[@jacksprat2200]

That is a big project. High cost

[@youmightliketoknow]

Thanks for sharing. Nice production values, it looks like a doable project that a lot of people would appreciate although I'm guessing it gets expensive quick.

[@HarbeckLights]

Thank you so much! Yeah the battery is the biggest expense for sure, but all the little things do add up as well. 🙂

[@rf4215]

You interested in building me one of these? Minus the color changing light effects and the lights themselves.

[@nathandube7598]

Hi there, love your content and fantastic project, it was just what I was looking for. I am going use your project as the basis for my project. Would it be too much to ask you to share a wiring diagram for the board. I'm a novice, so the documentation will be really helpful. One more question. I m planning to up the battery capacity to possibly two amps as I want to support more lights and make the system expandable. So I need to up the charge controller too? I bought the same one you have but think I need to up the amps. I ll have 200 watts of panel to power the batteries

[@tatianaharbeck7184]

Awesome ❤

[@hyrule25]

Can you explain why you need the wifi relay? Can't you turn off the lights from wled, the dig-quad?

[@HarbeckLights]

Correct you can turn off the lights from wled, but even though the lights are not lit the led chips still use a small amount of power (this can add up if you have a lot of pixels). So using the relay cuts off all power usage. It's definitely not necessary to use the relay but saves some power over time.

[@hyrule25]

@@HarbeckLights ah gotcha! Thank you for explaining!

[@npike]

Thanks for sharing! how are you handling when it rains with those fans?

[@HarbeckLights]

Thank you! For the fans I'm using a small air vent cover that fits a 60mm fan - the one I'm using for this build is the Bud IPV-1115 (they have other sizes as well). www.amazon.com/BUD-Industries-IPV-1115-IP32-Vent/dp/B00L3QTZRY

[@rf4215]

@@HarbeckLights The Coolerguys Dual USB Fans (Dual 60mm)???

[@thomasjujube]

Cool

[@HarbeckLights]

💙❤💚

[@AndersonConstructionTeam]

I love this idea! I’m curious where you bought the box to put everything in? Also I’m curious how would you do this setup without having WiFi accessible?

[@HarbeckLights]

The box is the DEWALT TSTAK Tool Box and I got it from HD. And for the setup without WiFi, I've seen some people enable a WiFi Hotspot on their phone and then connect WLED device to that hotspot. This allows you to use the app and also the internet on your phone normally.

[@AndersonConstructionTeam]

@@HarbeckLightsYeah! I love that idea. Just have both the WiFi Relay & WiFi Port mounted inside the box, & just control using a hotspot. Thanks!!

[@koolmoedee10000]

Are you using the dig quad to control the relay? It has that functionality built into the board and is supported by WLED. Is there a benefit to putting the regulator behind the Dig Quad and not before it too? Love how compact the build is, we have just installed solar and I want to put something similar together for my holiday lighting and existing WLED setup

[@HarbeckLights]

I did look into using the dig quad to control the relay and that would have worked just as well. Main reason for the order was to allow the low voltage cutoff to cut off the power to everything including the DigQuad board just as a slight extra precaution even though the DigQuad would not pull hardly anything.

[@BeemanSgp]

May I know how much is th3 cost to setup the whole system.?

[@HarbeckLights]

It's definitely not the cheapest build but considering you can install this anywhere without having to run long wires from an outlet it's pretty good. The battery is the biggest cost around $120, but if you wait until some holiday sales you can get some good deals. I ended up spending around $350 since I had some of the wires and lights already but ymmv.