My DIY Version of the Muzata Spotless LED Diffuser Channel - 8 Feet Long!

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[@yuritimashkov241]

thank you for the tutorial , do you have setups for humid environment?

[@handlaidtrack]

I think this is the perfect solution to lighting up my workbench area more. Got to watch more videos of the leds in action during gaming/watching movies. Never knew that was a thing.

[@thusorantao3238]

tht paper made things easier for me, i mean im on budget with no power tools but this video gave me all the courage

[@LikelyLagging]

Another diffuser idea is if you have a junk tv laying around you can take it apart and there are several sheets of light diffusing thin plastic inside. It works great.

[@vishaldamodar9541]

I like his intro, no bullshit straight into the topic!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you liked the video!

[@leemyers8407]

Another idea for the paper diffuser, instead of cutting a roll of paper use a roll of paper that is for calculators or even register tape.

[@seekpii1653]

Someone tested it? I think it didnt get over 70°C to get dark

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and that is a great idea! For sure easier if its the right size and didn't' need to cut it!

[@xraybravo7180]

@Jeremiah Bullfrog can yiu elaborate a little more what is it that yiu can use instead of paper ?

[@simonknight2973]

@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 thanks for suggestion. Those aren’t available in UK. What’s the need for non thermal please and what’s the ideal width in comparison to channel? Is it an extra 10mm for the bend either side of channel?

[@Lewyland]

Another great option could be paper drywall tape. It’s thicker so may diffuse too much, but a 75’ roll is $2-3.

[@matt.audiotech2370]

Really like the paper idea!! I’m planning on several 25-30’ continuous runs and want it to be seamless. Now I can achieve the effect without seeing seams. Love your channel, thanks for the great content!! Keep up the good work

[@salsal435]

Another EXCELLENT video Chris!! I bought similar channels at home depot about 2 years ago, they work great you just need to clean them well, I placed them facing up on my wall since I didn't want the led's to show {no diffuser} and it worked great. Now that you tried the paper as a diffuser I'm thinking about other areas in my place. Thank you Chris!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you liked the video! Yeah, so far the paper has worked great! It would be fun to know what the price was for the channels 2 years ago! I think at home depot they were like 13 dollars for the 8 foot section. Not horrible but still would add up if your getting a lot of them!

[@dakidd327]

Nice vid! My concern is using the paper in a kids room😢

[@frederickrodriguez593]

Broo, that's a diff lvl. New subscriber.

[@aaronbrougher1780]

As always, another great tutorial on unique/alternative ways to diffuse LEDs. Well done Chris!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks buddy! Always appreciate the support! Thanks so much for watching!

[@iN3ViT4BL3]

I subscribed a few months ago and your videos keep keep me coming back. Love your mention of RGBW, they've been out for a while now, but few folks know about them or use them. Also very ingenious to use addressable LEDs to build your custom lighting schemas, additionally, you're using an ESP32 to accomplish this affordably also giving you the option to wirelessly make changes to your light configs or sync the lights up to the smart home. Cool project and thank you for the video.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for the support buddy and glad you are enjoying the videos! yeah, I am really starting to love the sk6812 strips with the extra White led. Little more expensive but much better white and not as hungry on the power! Thanks again!

[@EMMANUELC-zc6so]

My man! I am beyond IMPRESSED! I was looking how to step up my LED light skills and WOW! I'm so happy I came across your channel. I rarely leave comments but I had to give credit where credit is due. Two hours flew by watching your videos and now I'm excited to order all these parts and lights. Learned more in two hours than I have in 5-7 years. I look forward to seeing more content and creating some of these AMAZING projects! Great content, great step by step DIY tutorials. Nice editing overall GREAT VIDEOS. Thank you! You gained a new subscriber and friend! 😃

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and all the kind words! I'm glad your enjoying some of the videos! As long as people keep watching, I'll keep making them! Thanks again for the support buddy!

[@cyberkyv]

Thanks for starting this new year with a good video Chris. I never imagined that paper could help make a decent diffuser, but I think that over time and depending on the humidity it could become damaged and would have to be replaced with some frequency. But it's something interesting to try, to start a project inspired by your work that you share in your channel. Thanks again for the effort you make to share your ideas.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

You are very welcome and thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video! Yeah paper is for sure not the best material or the strongest. I know a lot of paper you can buy now says like non yellowing so at least there is that but yeah, if you have this in a place where kids or pets could bump into it, I'd probably go with just a normal diffuser. So far they have been holding up perfectly but then again, its only been a couple weeks lol.

[@Luclin]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Muzata and other channels were prohibitively expensive for what they were. Thanks so much for this video!

[@cochi2221]

Or out of stock

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and glad you liked the video! Yeah they for sure are not cheap! Especially if all you need is a small section! And since I believe they mostly only sell their products in the US, its a bummer for other regions not to have them as an option. But good thing there is usually ways to go about making things yourself!

[@iamonfire1812]

This is neat! I've been wanting to put lights in my office area for awhile now but hadn't settled on exactly how I wanted to do it, especially because I wanted the strips to double as a goal light when I watch hockey games. This is super useful and I'll definitely be watching a few more of your videos you linked!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you enjoyed the video and love the idea for your office area! Super cool!

[@cheekster777]

Happy New Year Chris, wishing you a wonderful 2023.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy! Happy New Years to you as well!

[@Vexies]

Omg that TV looks incredible in that setup

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you like the setup! Its a UST Projector!

[@NinO12752]

It’s been 8 months. So I wonder how did the „paper Diffusor“ hold up to this day? Any discoloration or wrinkles? Or did you even remove it completely and changed it to something else? Thanks to your content I could get a lot of ideas to do myself and I’m happy so far how things have turned out :)

[@lenp00]

Nicely done! I have a nine foot run that I want to install by the basement stairs so your video has given me some excellent ideas, cheers!

[@dadsquatch79]

Looks good man. Simple and quick.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks as always buddy!

[@Alexander-nq3qt]

Really nice, especially because it is so simple.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@fevans2366]

Awesome build and setup !!

[@davidgekler]

Happy New Year and nice build. Paper is a perfect combo with LED's !

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching as always buddy! Thanks! Its not perfect but it still looks very nice!!

[@brunomarinhomonteiro3526]

absolutely amazing!

[@clanoue1167]

Great video yet again. So much inspiration for me to build my own decor.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy! Appreciate the support! Glad you liked the video!

[@ferrarig1763]

Wow you are a super creative mannnnn

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank as always for watching buddy! I appreciate the support! Hope your doing well!

[@111ch1a1d111]

The Muzata diffusers are great, but they're only 1m, so this is really useful when you don't want seams. Even if you had a seam in the aluminum channel, there's no seam in the diffuser, where it's most noticeable. Bravo!

[@michaelglenn4014]

dude you are a GENIUSSSSS

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support buddy!

[@bmiller1958]

Budget friendly content…2 thumbs up!! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching buddy! Glad you liked the video!

[@mohammedjamal1115]

Thank you so much That's very helpful

[@boocoo28]

Man this looks awesome!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@G0S]

Looks so good! Great video!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks buddy! Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching!

[@techbirdz]

awesome bro I am definitely gonna try this trick ASAP

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support and hope it turns out well!

[@mrhaidir1761]

It’s looking good as always 😌

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks for watching buddy!! Appreciate the support!

[@chasewilltin8567]

Yoooo that looks so cool 😮

[@mandymohan]

Magical man

[@IJm3]

Paper! That's genius 😂 Nice

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@ChinitFxt]

Crazy how the paper looks so good lol

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! I still think the regular diffuser channels I've used look better but the paper for sure does not look bad!

[@kerzwhile]

Wow... Very nice!! 👍

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank as always for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support buddy!

[@JonneSchoneveld]

Really cool!

[@honkpirateroberts9153]

You’ve really inspired me to try and make a business out of this. I think a lot of people would pay to have permanent diffuser eve and house lighting for holidays and their security systems.

[@TheRaveAndi]

Yeah, wow!😊

[@boblabla4756]

The end showing the final doesn't even look real. Top notch dude, seriously.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy! Glad you liked the video! Appreciate the love!

[@quesokelso5425]

Nicely done bro!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@nickarmani031]

Bro excellent video, but you should always do a side by side for your DIY and the off the shelf version like Muzata at the end of your videos. Maybe start doing a series for This vs That for DIY vs off the shelf product videos? Thanks 👍

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! That is a great idea! I'll have to put that on my list of videos to make! Thanks buddy!

[@LiveeyePhoto]

Wow this is really impressive

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support buddy!

[@domesticautomationllc]

Thanks Chris!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

You are very welcome! Thanks as always for watching!

[@graphguy]

Very nice! Soon you are going to need to move into a 7,000 sq ft house to have room for all your great DIY LED projects!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Lol no kidding! I already had to take down all my other projects to make room for these new ones! Thanks as always buddy!

[@nameinvalid69]

really interesting low cost idea. I just put on my aluminum framing and stick some LED stripe in it, ended up not super stoked about the "spots", especially when my strip density is rather low. remembered I seen this video of yours so trying it out with photocopy paper first - the diffusing effect works, just the fibre of the paper is visible. I might have to try different types of paper, or see if there's cheap white plastic sheet instead.

[@user-sy8rk4fe3w]

Отличная идея! Спасибо!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@sirwhitenl5761]

Just Awesome 👍

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video!

[@andys5203]

Awesome 👌

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@PierreLeroy76620]

I love everything you do damn

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and glad you liked the video buddy! Appreciate the support!

[@MelodiesAndRhythms]

paper, wow that's awesome. The ones on amazon are like 130 bucks for only 10 feet or so!

[@oui.monsieur]

How about diy ambient Wled strip around the projector screen. That way it lights up what ever is on the edge of the screen.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and for the great idea! That is for sure on my to do list! I know there is a program called Hyperion that does this but as of now I think its over my head. But hopefully sooner rather than later I can try to learn the steps and make a video on it! I'm also not sure if it would work on a UST Projector like I'm using now or not so if anyone is reading this and knows for sure, please let me know! Thanks!

[@rcmjc9072]

great job!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support buddy!

[@alexanderbaxter29]

Very nice.👍🏽

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy!

[@rogermartinez6043]

I really enjoy your videos Chris. Keep up the good work! I tried the govee M1 lights recently but I do wonder how their color compares to the BTF strips.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and glad your liking the videos! I have not analyzed things too much but I would imagine the BTF strips are better overall but I'm honestly not sure from a color perspective If I could tell any difference just by looking at them. BTF for sure has options with better Whites than the Govee but as far as just colors, its gotta be close.

[@otherstates9021]

have you ever done anything with thick perspex like the Muzata skirting board strip? where its edge lit from below but creates the neon look nicely - if so what perspex did /would you use? something clear but with a frosted surface? thanks!

[@TboneDuggins]

I pretty much live at Menards lol it's crazy seeing a video that someone goes to a Menards instead of all the Nationwide home improvement stores

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Yeah buddy! I guess I never realized they are not nationwide! They are bigger than home depot and lowes so they generally have a bigger selection of things which is why I go there a lot. Never thought the older I get the more I would enjoy going to these type of stores lol.

[@TboneDuggins]

@@ChrisMaherDIY You and me both man I never thought when I was younger there was any draw to those stores for me but over the last 15 years I've remodeled every house we've lived in in one way or another! That's at least three houses and then a friend's house that we stayed at as well

[@tubbycustard8866]

thanks for taking the time to make this, I might do this myself cause I'm sure its much cheaper and I wont be wasting time returning bad diffusers to amazon. i will say its a bit hard to see how your diffuser work since you didn't use a solid color and had animations, itd be nice to just see solid colors thru the whole strip. I also have a question, with the ESP32, can you have it sync up with other wifi bulbs? i use sylvania wifi bulbs that are also on google home, it would be really cool to sync the led strips with it

[@TheUniverseEZvideo]

My respects!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@DyeHard79]

Great vid and good idea for a deflector wouldn't really call it a diffuser as the aluminum has zero transmissivity but still a nice effect

[@wansto]

Really good effects. Please can you advise how you link each lamp? I guess you are using ESP32 for each, so how do you control the together like that?? Thank you.

[@ParadoxPortalYT]

how do you handle corners with the paper diffuser? I'm thinking about going the DIY route for near the ceiling.

[@kccustodes2618]

I saw one of your vids and got inspired, bought all the stuff from your vid and been working on setting up home office. I finished painting and am thinking of setting up the muzata diffusers this weekend and I started thinking, do I need longer screws to get into studs? I saw somewhere that command strips are good? The tiny little screws that come with the Muzata clips work fine?

[@iiGamezzHN]

Hi Chris! Your video's have inspired me to try my hand at a project myself and i'm pretty happy with how it turned out! I was wondering if you could consider doing a tutorial of sorts on the different lighting effects that you like to use. The most difficult part for me is to find good looking effects. There's so many that it takes a lot of time to see what looks good. Cheers!

[@vex9596]

If you're using WLED, you can import/export the presets. So, if Chris is willing to share them, you can have the exact effects that you can see in his demos. One thing to note is that effects don't translate well between different numbers of LEDs/m (what may look fantastic on strips of 60/m, may look subpar on 144/m for an example). This is especially true when it comes to advanced effects with multiple effects overlapping via segments. Having a tutorial instead would definitely be just as helpful to many people and is a nice idea for a video, good suggestion!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! You were one step ahead of me! I am currently working on a video where I do just this. Hopefully I'll be done within the next week or so! Thanks for watching and glad you were able to tackle a project yourself!!

[@Valuiskihh]

For diffuser I just used broken tv screen diffuser. Works very well

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I'll have to look into that and see If I can find any!

[@CleanEdgeWC]

what's the best way to run these led strips off a power bank/brick? or a small 12v battery? I'm going to be making similar lights with an on/off switch for an indoor storage unit where there's no power. Awesome video. It gave me a lot of ideas.

[@romianm]

Best budget execution I've seen. Keep up the projects and watch your channel grow. One video suggestion... It would be great to have a more polished wiring execution. Think about potential of selling these LED products. No way it gets old with lever connectors and multiple wires all over the place. Would be great to have a project that moves from DIY to polished sellable goods. Great work dude. Keep it up. Subscribed after seeing one video.

[@techbirdz]

best suggestion

[@TechTy]

THIS!!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and glad you liked the project buddy! I agree that pretty much everything I have made could for sure be more polished/complete. At some point If I every do try to sell some stuff I'll for sure have to come up with something that looks much better then just shoving everything behind something and out of sight lol. I do at some point want to get into 3d printing and I feel like this would probably be the reason why I would start! Thanks again for watching and for the great suggestion!

[@bopedersen89]

Happy prosperous New Years brother!! I dig your updates CM login! 😉 You may have forgotten the most important reason for using command strips, or 3M!! Yes, definitely a plus when no clips, screws, drills or permanent holes in trim ... But the wife approval factor has to be about as high as it gets, right? ".... And don't worry hun, if after I spend this entire weekend installing these I. A. LEDs you just hate 'em? 12 hours to sizes, cut to length, solder, program, incorporate into H. A. And 90 seconds to make it look like NOTHING was ever there!" On a semi-related note, do you like WS 0.14? How many years has a 2-day matrices been on the wish list and roadmap? I'm SO happy, for all my needs anyways, WLED is a legit one-stop software shop!! I've had a couple OG Adafruit 2.5 pitch 64x64.... It is clear some of the programs for the 2D matrices were designed for a 64x64! As a video or 3 ideas worth, do you see yourself doing any 2D matrices with WLED anywhere in your house? CHEERS my friend, and heres to a LED lit, ESP32 - P4 400Mghz dual core powered 2023! P.S. - That's right! On board dual-core 400 MHz AND a single-core LP 40 MHz RISC-V processors, and an impressive array of hardware peripherals including display and camera interfaces and a hardware JPEG codec alongside the ones you’d expect from an ESP32 part. It’s got a whopping 768 KB of on-chip SRAM as well as 8 K of very fast cache RAM for intensive operations. But the part that I'm most interested in for this $24USD (estimated) isn't the 50 GPIO pins, or it's new USB OTG 2.0 Integration - it's the addition of on board hardware Pixel Processing Architecture (PPAi I believe is the official acronym) chip! Can you say dynamic progressive effects?!? Hehehe!!! This level of performance and feature set was once reserved for $100+ SoCs just TWO years ago.... Thoughts??

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Lol all my hard work can be gone in 90 seconds. I got a good laugh on that! I'm so far loving .14! I've played around a little bit with the matrix support and its amazing! Probably the biggest update they have ever done! I for sure want to do some projects with matrix panels but I'm not quite sure yet what I want to do. Wow, that new ESP32 - P4 sounds like a game changer! Is it available yet to buy?! So many ways you can utilize it! thanks for the heads up! Crazy how these things have come down in price! Appreciate everything my friend! Happy New Year!

[@harshkumarlad4240]

That looks amazing. @Chris

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!

[@makeitworktech]

Well done! I was afraid you wouldn't hide the wires for a split second haha

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Lol thanks buddy! I'm not very picky when it comes to wires but that would have bothered me If I had to look at those lol. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@casperfigge]

u should try to try to use a roll off backing papir, it works super good and it is cheep

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and for the great suggestion! That is a great idea! I'll have to try it!

[@cd819]

Did you use the same power supply for both strips ?

[@kim_dongryeong]

Thanks for the great video! 0:35 why are you using 18 AWG instead of 22 AWG?

[@Cptnbond]

Thanks, Chris; no need to buy diffusers anymore. Cheers.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

You are very welcome! Lol I would still prefer the real ones but I have to admit, these do look nice!

[@83giffy]

Do you know how to make these strips or others with midi dmx control?

[@FuzzyWeasel]

do you think you can do a video on making a diy 45° diffuser? I'd really like to see how those turn out because I'm thinking of making my own.

[@jonathaneckmier]

This is awesome! Any ideas for how to cap the non-wire end so light doesn't shine out?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks buddy! I was thinking about that! It wouldn't be perfect but I would probably just use a piece of poster board paper and cut it to size. Its a little bit thicker and more rigid so I think it would work pretty well. Could also probably 3d print something but I still have not gone down the 3d printing path yet!

[@pepe794]

Is there any way to do this same thing only making it weather proof to have on the exterior of a building? Or does anyone sell something like that? I have been looking and can't find any.

[@trilexfix]

Can you also start using shrink wrap tubing for your wires or zip ties something to make them look more pro.

[@simonknight2973]

Thanks for the great video Chris. As someone into sustainability I really like the idea of paper over plastic. Does the paper need to be changed after some time as dust collects? I know LEDs aren’t supposed to get hot, but is there any fire risk of using paper?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I have used paper before in some other projects and it has held up surprisingly well. And even though I have never had any issues at all using paper, theoretically I'm sure there is an increased risk of fire vs the regular diffuser channels.

[@markusedlinger4422]

Do you have an idea which material instead of paper can be used outdoor?

[@Sjaubi-qf6wd]

Awesome video. Was the strip that you were using in the video the same width as the Govee m1. Would the 3/4 channel be to wide for one Govee m1 not allowing it to shine bright?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and great question! The strip i'm using in the video is 10mm wide. The Govee M1 is 12mm wide. The 3/4 inch channel I used in this video would for sure be wide enough for 1 and look great but probably would not be able to fit 2 side by side.

[@EsotericArctos]

I've been using BTF Lighting LED's for a while and I would highly recommend them Even the double sided tape they use works well and stays stuck. Very good and well balanced LED's.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and 100% agree! Nothing but good things to say! Glad you have had the same experience. Thanks again for taking the time to comment!

[@ZeCalanga2391]

wont it start yellowing after months due to heat exposure on inside vs atmosphere outisde (moisture and things like that)

[@cameronottosen8376]

Another great video! Love your content. Wonder if you would be able to do a video on powering a ws2812b led strip with a ZY12PDN USB C power delivery adapter

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy! That's a great idea! I'll for sure put it on my project to do list. (its a pretty long list but hopefully I can get through it at some point!) Thanks again!

[@user-lr7on8fg7q]

Красота! Хотел бы себе так же сделать

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!

[@joserobertocastanedaarriol5610]

Excelent video! I have one question: how do you do to segment the led stips so they can make those awesome effects?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I really dont use segments that much in WLED. I mostly just choose an animation and then a pre set color pallet. Here is a video I made going into what I use in WLED most: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epC4g4h8f9t_hdE

[@iamstickfigure]

Do you think it might work if I used a roll of bond paper typically used in old adding machines (printing calculators)? There's a roll at Staples: Bond Paper Roll, 2 1/4" x 125', which is the exact same width you cut your paper to, and the whole 125 foot roll is just $1.29. My only concern is whether or not it will behave the same way as the paper in your video and manage to be stiff enough to stay in place in the channel without curling inward or something. I might have to go feel it in person soon, and maybe get a test roll

[@adriansmith8264]

Hi Chris new to your channel and found it very interesting as I’m a lover of led projects. I’m ok with the voltage connections but anew is newbie to esp boards, so not sure of voltage to run a esp 8266 at the usb Port and vin as forums are some say 3.3v and others say 5v many thanks Adrian Smith. Brilliant channel Chris keep up the good work.

[@pocketpoolboy]

5v is within the designed range

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and welcome! I think I've always used 5v and have not had any issues. Now if your going to power the leds from the usb port, I think WLED recommends keeping the brightness limiter set to 850mA.

[@normangoodger9047]

Hello Chris... thanks for all the interesting inspiration for LED Strips, however, is there any type of project box that would contain the WSP32 and some of the wiring? thanks for any feedback.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and great question! So I think there is something called athom controller that has WLED pre installed. I dont think they are on amazon yet but here it is form AliExpress: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DlWk90T Otherwise, you could always look into 3d printing at least the box part. I at some point want to get into 3d printing but just have not found the time yet!

[@marcopaolidds]

Best compliments for this set up! I love the effector you got!! tell me how to sync light with image you project on the screen, I would like to make this with an OLED Tv. Thanks for sharing!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you liked the setup! So I'm just changing everything manually. Its easy to do since all my lights can sync together. But there is a program called Hyperion that I want to look into that can do it automatically!

[@ChristopherHartman1]

Could you share what color pallette you use for your cyberpunk/synthwave presets? I can never quite get the colors right and yours look amazing.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and great question! I mostly use the Hult color pallet. I'm actually working on a video right now going over some of the effects and colors I use so hopefully I'll have that ready to go within the week!

[@mHBulldog]

nice, What do you do with the esp32 board? Do you leave it bear or do you put it in a enclosure for protection................. ?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! Great question. I just leave it bear and generally just hide it behind something. I know some people use 3d printing to make something and others have recommended like a travel soap dish. If you dont have something to hide things behind and you dont want to go to the trouble of putting things behind walls, I did make this quick little video on one option: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5O1oWmbmrqqeKM

[@ICanFixThat2]

Great video!!! BTW so dyou think the old fashion paper rolls used in calculators or ink POS printers would work?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video! I think they would for sure be worth trying! All paper for the most part I think would work. Some would probably look better than others depending on thickness and how much the paper fibers are visible.

[@fxdtech]

@here how the hell do we get this man more recognized?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and appreciate the love my friend!

[@fxdtech]

@@ChrisMaherDIY you are more than welcome my man. You have inspired me and motivated me - So, thank you and keep up the great work dude!

[@-djs]

As always Chris that looks fantastic, As you know I am partial to the WW sk6812's myself, I have a quick question, given that WLED had regular updates would it be possible for a quick demo on how to update the WiFi boards, I'm not sure if I should be deleting the old software etc, Also I have heard somewhere that downloading the WLED software should preferably be done using a chrome browser, is that correct in your experience? I hope you are all well 👍🏻 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks as always buddy! I think they are now my favorite to use as well lol. Yeah that's a good idea to include on a video at some point! I found the easiest way is to load up wled on your browser (i use chrome) and go to the device you want to update. Click on config and go to security and updates. Go to manual OTA update. Click and download the most recent software to your computer (either software for esp32 or 8266. Then choose file and find the file that was just downloaded and click update. That's at least the way I have done it and it has worked great! But I should do a quick video on that process!

[@-djs]

@@ChrisMaherDIY That's awesome Chris, thank you so much for taking the time to answer so in such detail. Screenshot and stored! I hope you and your family are well, best wishes for the new year pal,

[@remusgodea4270]

Hy man very nice video! All the line is going on the same time,what is the scheme? Do you connect all the line led to one ESP? Dou you have a scheme with all the connection to the wall? Thx and good luck!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and good question! So the 2 floor lamps are doing the same thing at the same time since they are connected to the same controller with the data split (called running in parallel) However the 2 horizontal diffusers are connected to their own esp device. For everything I am just using the sync feature which is supposed to change all the effects/settings to the main one you are controlling. Now in my experience, when syncing this way, some animation/effects do seem to sync and do the same thing at the same time and then others, do not. I'm not sure why some do and some do not but If I truly did want them to do the exact same thing at the exact same time I would just connect them to one controller and split the data just like I did for the floor lamps. Hope that makes sense and I am horrible at putting together schemes so I don't have any of this written down!