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Honestly, you should be just Steering people away from Govee, And towards BTF lighting lights. that have individually addressable Leds. I wish I had a. gone with BTF first. instead of Govee. I wasted so much money on Govee😒😔😡And then I finally saw a project video on. BTF lighting matrixes. and immediately got sooo mad at myself. For not realizing this sooner. I always knew that Govee lights looked weird. As in, not as good as my computer lights because. everything on my computer is individually addressable🙄🙄🙄 I chalked it up to maybe it's just cause it's stuff on my computer. Nope. I just didn't know any better. Now I do. And there's so many people that used to be like me not knowing any better. Govee does not sell individually addressable strips. WHY! Because they want to rip people off and sell them the cheaper strips like its premium. When it clearly isn't, stop promoting them. They should at least have the option to sell individually addressable lights, but they want you to buy the cheaper ones and make more money off you. Plain and simple, it's a company that doesn't care about you at the end of the day and wants to make as much profit off of cheap cheap, non. individually addressable lights. Stop promoting them.
just a note: please read the power specification of the PSU, put the current limit on it into WLED (instead of an arbitrary 2000mA) and set the voltage of the LEDs correctly (in the dropdown on the WLED LED settings page, select either 12V or 24V, I don't know which one they used) so that WLED can correctly calculate how bright it can drive the LEDs without tripping the PSU's overcurrent protection. I do not expect you to have any issues but by using a non-ideal value you may be artificially limiting how bright the strip can run. In the video, the strip looked brighter before your WLED conversion and it doesn't have to.
I've been using Govee products for my setups for a long time, and only recently started getting into the world of microelectronics and wiring. It was really cool seeing these two things in one video, especially in a way that can increase the strip's functionality so much!
How about a parking guide in a garage? Guide and alignment and stop point based on sensor inputs that adjust light sequence, color, speed. Different colors to go left/right, different speed and color for distance remaining to go, some sort of color or pattern change for stopping. That could be fun.
Love your video content but please show us WHY I should watch each video. Preview the lights in action and say how wled or whatever makes it better, now here’s how to get that. I often find myself skipping your videos or fast forwarding to the end and then rewinding.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback. Appreciate it! I always go back and forth on showing a little of the end results at the beginning or saving everything for the end. My 2 most popular videos in terms of views didn't show anything at the beginning and saved everything for the end so I think that's why I've leaned towards saving everything until the end.
Fully agree. I think what you're referring to is called a hook (?, in writing at least). These are great, well planned and executed videos but adding a hook would make things much clearer what the point of the video actually is.
@@ChrisMaherDIYinteresting, though I’m not sure 2 cases is significant enough to assume that is a part in the videos being a success and the viewer retention for the videos/intros would probably be more telling than raw views. It would be cool if TH-cam would allow a/b testing for videos so you could compare how changes to the editing of the same content truly affects retention
These are awesome! I ended up sticking the 6ft versiom between wood slats! Souch easier then buying the channel and diffuser band Light strip all seperate...Soo convenient and fit perfect luckily. And the fact it has 3 m ..means no drilling...added bonus
This is such an incredible and simple walk through of a moderate level modification to a good product. I might be sold on these strips for my bedroom. Would love to see your suggested uses video that was mentioned at the end there.
What is it about lighting that has me wrapped up?!? This channel has me worked up constantly! Lol. Your content is unmatched!!! Keep it coming brother! I’m especially excited to get the Nanoleaf ceiling panels after your video. My wife is down for it, so you know it’s going down!
Hahaha... I just bought this strip a couple days ago and definitely did not plan for it to go around my desk. I was a little confused that that's what the marketing was centered around, but figured it's just an led strip, right? I just put it on my wall as a decoration, but now kinda regret not doing something more unique, like wrapping it around an object (don't want to deal with ripping it off the wall now, the adhesive seems pretty strong).
Thanks so much for this video! I have a similar situation with two segments of led strip and was just trying to figure out how to make them work together and BAM! Your video shows up on my feed. Awesome
This just got added to my list for my next setup. great way to highlight the advantages of a product. While I probably won't do the conversion you did, I love that I could if I wanted to. lol
Excellent video, ever sence I saw your rest led build I wanted d to do something just like that but felt extremely uncomfortable and I felt it was really complicated. I’m sure I could to it with enough patients but I have to say these look like the perfect tool to cover a lot really quickly. I was hoping to know if it’s possible to soder two strips together to make them seamlessly fit and flow together. That way if you wanted to cover a lard area like the top of your room it would look perfect. Thanks for the awesome videos you have been inspiring me for a long time and I hope you have a blessed day!
Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words! That is definitely something I want to try doing. Being that these are 24v, i think power wise they would look just fine having 1 injection point at the beginning of the 10 meter run. Hopefully I will be able to include that in a follow up video!
Jump in. You'd be surprised at how approachable it is and regardless of how much money you make/have you'll appreciate the crazy amount of savings. Also, you don't necessarily need to solder. Clip on connectors will solve for 90% of all joining solutions and the newer ones provide a close to seamless connection. You'd need a magnifying glass to tell. And if you didn't want to mess around with power supplys there are quality ready made solutions out there for even powering a single tiny strip all the way up to 16ft (depending on 30/60/120 of course. And you'll still see a 50% savings over Govee after buying diffusers and channels.
Hey Chris, another great video!!! Thanks for showing us this light strip. I’m interested in more ways to use this strip around the house video when you can get around to it 😊
Ive seen a few unbranded versions of these style, its pretty clever how the diffuser is used, there are various types depending what the use is for but look the same. I think the ones you have, have a L or a V shape inside and the LEDS are pointing down which hides the 'spot'. Nice video. UPDATE: You cut it and its the mushroom shape one :D
I also agree with some of the other comments listed here that I wished they would give us the option to integrate with others like WLED or better yet X-lights that would be so awesome.
Hey man, I love this video, but do you know how to get WLED working with the PRO version of this strip? The wiring is a bit different, there’s a 4th wire, completely bare with no shielding. Unsure how to get that working in wled yet.
sometimes the 4th is just a backup data wire, so you can squish it into the data output of your controller. Depends on what IC they use in this version, maybe worth a try.
I saw these at Best Buy when I was there yesterday. I had almost bought one but had the same thought when I saw the small profile. Looks like I'll be grabbing a few because I now regret not buying one!
I’d love to see how multiple strips could be physically connected (and the technical electricity specs/adjustments needed). Would also love to see if the new Govee curtain lights could be upgraded with WLED.
I think these lights are fantastic. I have just started to move away from HUE. And slowly changing everything out. One thing I would love to see you do is a video on the outdoor Neons. They look great as well but I need a 15m run but they only come in 10 and 20. So would love to see if something could be done with these.
@CrowdContr0l consider they build 99.5% of the stuff we take for granted, yeah! I would be more concered with mongs that supposedly lead us and are doing stuff for our interests. I mean, you could ask do I trust big tech like Google over China. Nope, they are both doing the same thing. Just that one is accepted over the other. Shame you cant post pictures on here. Hue is made in china 😂😂😂😂
You're right in my head with all your lighting. I love accent/architectural lighting and you are right in my wheelhouse. I use WLED a lot, but there are times when I'd like some Govee sequences as well. I've been thinking, if there was a way to have a diode on the data line maybe, so you could leave both the ESP and Govee pieces connected full time and not have to physically switch between the 2, if that makes sense. Obviously both can be powered down in their respective apps, so maybe it could work?
All your videos are super appreciated and very informative/professional/thought provoking! You have taught me a lot. Have you ever tried this same process with any of the other Govee RGBIC products other than the Permanent Outdoor Lights? I attempted the same with one of their Neon Rope Lights and so far have only been able to get the first few LEDs to light up, but when I tried it on an M1, things seemed to work fine.
Fire safe, Fire safety, use the geek light product in buildings on hallway baseboard when fire alarm is sounded the green arrow affect points building occupants toward closest exits.
What’s the point in making a separate controller? Seems like a lot of extra work considering you can just plug and play with the app. Yes there’s certain niche cases like you said, but in most cases just get a longer set if you want a larger portion to be “seamless”. TLDR: unless you have a niche diy need, the regular software works fine. It doesn’t do certain very specific effects and it has a few limitations but not any that most won’t be fine with.
100% agree. Govee does very well because they make good products and their app is full of features. However, WLED software has a huge following and is in my opinion the best.
Because you’re limited to whatever the longest they provide is. The controller is preset to handle the amount of LED’s the regular rgb strip has and nothing more. If you want more than 16.4 ft, you have to go with WLED.
Yes please make another video. Also how much does it cost to do all that to the gocee lights. Buying the chips and such along with the price of the lights.
Hey Chris, awesome videos man! I really love quality of videos, as they inspired me for my own project. But I would like to ask for your guidance. And I think it would be helpful for other people as well I have a standing desk and monitor raiser. I'm thinking to use one 16ft strip to light up the desk and monitor raiser Question: Can we cut this strip in the middle and resolder it back but extending it with cords, so there would be a gap in the middle? I'm trying to light up 2 separate pieces of the desk and make it seamless Thank you in advance!
@@bohdantkachenko9505 thanks for the kind words! I have not personally tried it with this kit but my guess would be that you can. I think the solder points are close to 2 feet apart so that might be an issue though if things don't line up nicely.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thank you for the prompt reply! If I'm lucky enough and the soldering point is close to the place where I need to cut it, how can I find it? I had another idea just to cut out the silicone diffuser and use the actual strip facing the desk to make it somehow seamless but the result won't be the best as with cutting and extending with wires
Not sure if you are aware. However govee have just released on pre order the neon wall lining rope light ( this was released in the last 24hrs) so they have started to show other ways of using the rope lights around the house.
Would love to see a follow up and possible ways to integrate this into triggered events... maybe like a Arduino with motion sensor... so you walk into a room or up to your desk then these lights come on, or any other ideas and tutorials would be great!
As always, I enjoy watching all of your videos. Could you make a follow up on the Govee desk LED’s showing how to cut and extend, or if this is even possible?
These companies need to stop relegating their hardware to their own atrocious software suites and release them with open-source control options like WLED. Govee, Yeelight, you name it.
You realize that is the point of selling cheap electronics to the world, to get their apps installed on personal phones, right? I wonder why they would want to do that.
@@CrowdContr0l Yeelight is anything but cheap. Sorry. If you want to get into that ecosystem, it's gonna cost you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars just to get started.
@@Xanderman Bro, I have Chinese reps from Shenzhen on my Facebook friend's list. The same company who makes Govee also has a factory that makes s3x toys. They send me everything from massive spools of LEDs to vibrators with rabbit ears on them. Edit: For free. I used to chat with the company owner on Whatsapp before China blocked it, when Govee was still small time back in 2017. Now we use Wechat.
Hello Chris, first off, great video! You really inspired me to try new things with this video. I have a question that hopefully you would have an answer to. Do you know if the ESP32 module will work with the Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights 2? I would like to install a permanent lighting fixture outside my house that I can automate to illuminate in different set of colors during certain holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Independence Day, etc through Home Assistant. I'm sure I can use the default Govee controller to do all this as well, but I'd prefer HA to control everything for me.
odd question but the govee M1 strips have 4 connection points...... I have many left ove M1 strips from cutting. The govee cobtroller only has 3 wires,... red,white, black. do you know which wire goes to the M1 pads? thanks in advance. love the videos
TIP - If you use the whole length around the edge of your desk…or you have any portion left with the white cut location dots, a black sharpie will tone those down so they aren’t (as) noticeable…👍👍
Great videos! I want these likes in my office but I need to jump a gap. Do you think you can cut this in 2 and connect them via wires to jump this gap? Like you did with the M1 strips
Great video. Would be awesome to see how you’d use these to light up hot toy and statue displays. Shelving units that collector use can be 48x72 and they use two of them; so getting a continuous string of led to work with shelving would be cool to see. That way each part of the shelf could be isolated into a specific color that matches their setup. Cheers.
Thanks for watching! At some point I do want to do a epic display case lighting video. If done right, it can often time be the main attraction in a room. Its on my long list of projects I want to do!
Thanks for watching! I have not tried it but for sure something I want to. I hope to do a follow up video with creative ways these can be used around the house.
Interested how many can be linked end to end. Looking for a solution to put lights under the eaves of the front of my house. Low profile lights up all year for all holidays is nice.
Just bought three using your link for a shed to office conversion. Going to put them behind crown moulding. I’m assuming WLED will work with three strips? Also - what are you thoughts about how bright the strip is? I couldn’t find data around output. My plan is for this to replace can lights (in combination with floor lamps and task lighting)
Chris you are one of my favorite content creators thanks for what you share on TH-cam. I got a govee outdoor neon rope light 10meter strip. And I'm hoping to buy 2 more as I can afford them. I was thinking wled is a good way to control all 3 strips as one. I plan to line the rim of my pool with them. Too bad there isn't a single govee 30 meter strip. Anyways I don't wanna disect my light strip and I can't see how many leds are in the rope lights for the input on the wleds software... this is probably a newb question but I hope you can hook me up. Thanks
Hmm, now I’m curious if you could get a similar effect with a generic diffuser and LED strip with a similar downward-facing trick for that seamless diffusion-but at a lower cost 🤔
@chrismaherDIY great video and it got me thinking about my Govee RGBIC Lightbars. I have the Backlite 3 on my tv which is 85 inches the wire supplied with the light bar is barely long enough to get to the outside edge of the tv. I was wondering if I could extend those wires which would also allow me to but them behind the wall so I don't have to look at them. Otherwise it really isn't a useful product for me. Do you have any insight on that and great video as always.
@@mikeregas3342 thanks for watching! In my experience you can always extend wires. I'm sure there is a point if you try extending them super long there will be issues because of voltage drop and data not being able to travel the distance but for what your wanting to do I would be shocked if it didn't work.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks for the fast follow up. I plan on adding a few extra feet to each side, maybe 8 feet max or so. just so I can run them in the wall. I will let you know how it goes.
If you wanted to have 2 runs mirror each other like 2 sides of stairs would you just combine the data line of the 2 runs or is there more to it than that?
I have had 2 of these already and I made sure to be careful with them. However they are not very durable. After about 1 week of usage the same half of the light strip stopped working completely.
Are there any plans for a video on non-addressable LED strips for a 'down to earth' room lighting setups, substituting traditional lights where raves aren't a nightly occurrence?
hey so I have a few questions how can I turn a 4 pin led light into a wled setup but done for a car audio accessory I really think it's simple but im stuck i don't want to order the wrong things if I was to order thst board you used for controlling the lights dothey require wifi or just bluetooth
You know what would be interesting? If you used a number of these strips to create a low-res display. Imagine laying a given number of the strips side by side, horizontally, so that they cover a rectangular area of the ratio you want your display to be. In this setup, each LED cob would represent a single pixel, and each strip represents a "line" of the display, in the same sense as a normal video display/TV. So, instead of 480i, you'd have something like 48i. Low-res, as I said, but each "line" would be "drawn" simultaneously, so you wouldn't have to worry about the "refresh rate." Anyway, it's just an idea, and something I think you could probably pull off...
I have an idea ! I’m a Drummer, what if you made this to go on each drum of the drum set individually , buy make it run continuous ( jump) from drum to drum and run bass drum seperate. ?
When you had the two strips connected to the esp32 and the esp 32 to the power supply, do you still need to plug in the usb? Doesn't the board get the power from the power supply through VIN and GND?
I want to know how to put multiple strips of these to use as Christmas lights without brightness degradation. I can only hook up two to each other before having negative effects.
Please for the love of the Gods stay consistent with wiring practices! Especially if you have colours that are already being used in the application, if you don't have black that's fine but use green, blue or brown for the negative/ground connection.
Love this video, at 1:49 my heart still trying to cope with you cutting the cable. By 5:17 my head started spinning trying to figure out how you knew which wire was which end to what end was what this that 😵💫. At 6:28 i was on awe by 6:54 headache set on by 7:40 my head exploded. 🥴 so many letter were said im lost 😂 😂😂. Love your content i love lights. Lol Could you just sell me yours. Lol😂
Question, what's the difference between the Govee rope lights and their desk lights? Seems to be similar except the desk lights have a thinner profile?
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wow good looks
I would like to see more applications using these.
put it on your desk! product review without actually testing the product for it's inteded purpose..... no one cares......
Shoot I bought the wrong product. I bought their COB Strip Light Pro which looks pretty good from the videos in my opinion.
Honestly, you should be just Steering people away from Govee, And towards BTF lighting lights. that have individually addressable Leds. I wish I had a. gone with BTF first. instead of Govee. I wasted so much money on Govee😒😔😡And then I finally saw a project video on. BTF lighting matrixes. and immediately got sooo mad at myself. For not realizing this sooner. I always knew that Govee lights looked weird. As in, not as good as my computer lights because. everything on my computer is individually addressable🙄🙄🙄 I chalked it up to maybe it's just cause it's stuff on my computer. Nope. I just didn't know any better. Now I do. And there's so many people that used to be like me not knowing any better. Govee does not sell individually addressable strips. WHY! Because they want to rip people off and sell them the cheaper strips like its premium. When it clearly isn't, stop promoting them. They should at least have the option to sell individually addressable lights, but they want you to buy the cheaper ones and make more money off you. Plain and simple, it's a company that doesn't care about you at the end of the day and wants to make as much profit off of cheap cheap, non. individually addressable lights. Stop promoting them.
just a note: please read the power specification of the PSU, put the current limit on it into WLED (instead of an arbitrary 2000mA) and set the voltage of the LEDs correctly (in the dropdown on the WLED LED settings page, select either 12V or 24V, I don't know which one they used) so that WLED can correctly calculate how bright it can drive the LEDs without tripping the PSU's overcurrent protection. I do not expect you to have any issues but by using a non-ideal value you may be artificially limiting how bright the strip can run. In the video, the strip looked brighter before your WLED conversion and it doesn't have to.
I've been using Govee products for my setups for a long time, and only recently started getting into the world of microelectronics and wiring. It was really cool seeing these two things in one video, especially in a way that can increase the strip's functionality so much!
Thanks so much for watching! I 100% agree! I couldn't have said it better myself!
Would love another video of more applications of these!
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
@ChrisMaherDIY I would love for you to make a follow up video as well! Thinking about remodeling our office and these lights have peaked my interest.
#MeToo - looking forward to seeing more uses for these lights.
How about a parking guide in a garage? Guide and alignment and stop point based on sensor inputs that adjust light sequence, color, speed. Different colors to go left/right, different speed and color for distance remaining to go, some sort of color or pattern change for stopping. That could be fun.
Love your video content but please show us WHY I should watch each video. Preview the lights in action and say how wled or whatever makes it better, now here’s how to get that. I often find myself skipping your videos or fast forwarding to the end and then rewinding.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback. Appreciate it! I always go back and forth on showing a little of the end results at the beginning or saving everything for the end. My 2 most popular videos in terms of views didn't show anything at the beginning and saved everything for the end so I think that's why I've leaned towards saving everything until the end.
Same. Great comment
Fully agree. I think what you're referring to is called a hook (?, in writing at least). These are great, well planned and executed videos but adding a hook would make things much clearer what the point of the video actually is.
@@ChrisMaherDIYinteresting, though I’m not sure 2 cases is significant enough to assume that is a part in the videos being a success and the viewer retention for the videos/intros would probably be more telling than raw views. It would be cool if TH-cam would allow a/b testing for videos so you could compare how changes to the editing of the same content truly affects retention
@@E3_Kruger and your comment there is the “hook” unlike the original poster who didn’t quite explaining himself properly
Love the teardown, would love to see more on where you would use these vs your standard setup
These are awesome! I ended up sticking the 6ft versiom between wood slats! Souch easier then buying the channel and diffuser band Light strip all seperate...Soo convenient and fit perfect luckily. And the fact it has 3 m ..means no drilling...added bonus
This is such an incredible and simple walk through of a moderate level modification to a good product. I might be sold on these strips for my bedroom. Would love to see your suggested uses video that was mentioned at the end there.
What is it about lighting that has me wrapped up?!? This channel has me worked up constantly! Lol. Your content is unmatched!!! Keep it coming brother! I’m especially excited to get the Nanoleaf ceiling panels after your video. My wife is down for it, so you know it’s going down!
Hahaha... I just bought this strip a couple days ago and definitely did not plan for it to go around my desk. I was a little confused that that's what the marketing was centered around, but figured it's just an led strip, right? I just put it on my wall as a decoration, but now kinda regret not doing something more unique, like wrapping it around an object (don't want to deal with ripping it off the wall now, the adhesive seems pretty strong).
Absolutely awesome! Would love to see a follow up on more ideas!
Excellent video, going to be perfect for some ideas I am thinking of. Really appreciate you taking the time to show this!!
Thanks so much for this video! I have a similar situation with two segments of led strip and was just trying to figure out how to make them work together and BAM! Your video shows up on my feed. Awesome
This just got added to my list for my next setup. great way to highlight the advantages of a product. While I probably won't do the conversion you did, I love that I could if I wanted to. lol
Yes, please to a follow-up video showcasing the Top 5 ways to use these lights. 👍🏻🙏🏻
Excellent video, ever sence I saw your rest led build I wanted d to do something just like that but felt extremely uncomfortable and I felt it was really complicated. I’m sure I could to it with enough patients but I have to say these look like the perfect tool to cover a lot really quickly. I was hoping to know if it’s possible to soder two strips together to make them seamlessly fit and flow together. That way if you wanted to cover a lard area like the top of your room it would look perfect.
Thanks for the awesome videos you have been inspiring me for a long time and I hope you have a blessed day!
Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words! That is definitely something I want to try doing. Being that these are 24v, i think power wise they would look just fine having 1 injection point at the beginning of the 10 meter run. Hopefully I will be able to include that in a follow up video!
@@ChrisMaherDIYdefinitely look forward to that!
Jump in. You'd be surprised at how approachable it is and regardless of how much money you make/have you'll appreciate the crazy amount of savings. Also, you don't necessarily need to solder. Clip on connectors will solve for 90% of all joining solutions and the newer ones provide a close to seamless connection. You'd need a magnifying glass to tell. And if you didn't want to mess around with power supplys there are quality ready made solutions out there for even powering a single tiny strip all the way up to 16ft (depending on 30/60/120 of course. And you'll still see a 50% savings over Govee after buying diffusers and channels.
Hey Chris, another great video!!! Thanks for showing us this light strip. I’m interested in more ways to use this strip around the house video when you can get around to it 😊
Ive seen a few unbranded versions of these style, its pretty clever how the diffuser is used, there are various types depending what the use is for but look the same.
I think the ones you have, have a L or a V shape inside and the LEDS are pointing down which hides the 'spot'.
Nice video.
UPDATE: You cut it and its the mushroom shape one :D
I also agree with some of the other comments listed here that I wished they would give us the option to integrate with others like WLED or better yet X-lights that would be so awesome.
Yes a follow up would be illuminating!
Hey man, I love this video, but do you know how to get WLED working with the PRO version of this strip? The wiring is a bit different, there’s a 4th wire, completely bare with no shielding. Unsure how to get that working in wled yet.
sometimes the 4th is just a backup data wire, so you can squish it into the data output of your controller. Depends on what IC they use in this version, maybe worth a try.
I saw these at Best Buy when I was there yesterday. I had almost bought one but had the same thought when I saw the small profile. Looks like I'll be grabbing a few because I now regret not buying one!
Thanks for watching! Yeah I was very skeptical at first but I'm a believer now! lol.
Yes, I would love to see a follow up video on what other interesting uses for around the house 😊
Can you explain what the benefits are of this conversion?
Getting that white light is just awesome. Have been looking for a kit like this, too bad it doesnt come with white out of the box
Brilliant. I love your channel you are so talented. I have this desk strip and the diffused look is fantastic.
I’d love to see how multiple strips could be physically connected (and the technical electricity specs/adjustments needed). Would also love to see if the new Govee curtain lights could be upgraded with WLED.
I think these lights are fantastic. I have just started to move away from HUE. And slowly changing everything out.
One thing I would love to see you do is a video on the outdoor Neons. They look great as well but I need a 15m run but they only come in 10 and 20. So would love to see if something could be done with these.
You trust random Chinese company over Philips? Good luck.
@CrowdContr0l consider they build 99.5% of the stuff we take for granted, yeah! I would be more concered with mongs that supposedly lead us and are doing stuff for our interests. I mean, you could ask do I trust big tech like Google over China. Nope, they are both doing the same thing. Just that one is accepted over the other. Shame you cant post pictures on here. Hue is made in china 😂😂😂😂
You're right in my head with all your lighting. I love accent/architectural lighting and you are right in my wheelhouse. I use WLED a lot, but there are times when I'd like some Govee sequences as well. I've been thinking, if there was a way to have a diode on the data line maybe, so you could leave both the ESP and Govee pieces connected full time and not have to physically switch between the 2, if that makes sense. Obviously both can be powered down in their respective apps, so maybe it could work?
is there a way to bend it side way, 90 degree angle? like when you install it on top of the ceiling , where the glue is upwards?
These look great I have to get two sets one for each of my sons gaining desks.
All your videos are super appreciated and very informative/professional/thought provoking! You have taught me a lot. Have you ever tried this same process with any of the other Govee RGBIC products other than the Permanent Outdoor Lights? I attempted the same with one of their Neon Rope Lights and so far have only been able to get the first few LEDs to light up, but when I tried it on an M1, things seemed to work fine.
Yes please do more experimenting like could they be used on exterior settings, like windows garage door outlining columns.
Fire safe,
Fire safety, use the geek light product in buildings on hallway baseboard when fire alarm is sounded the green arrow affect points building occupants toward closest exits.
What’s the point in making a separate controller? Seems like a lot of extra work considering you can just plug and play with the app. Yes there’s certain niche cases like you said, but in most cases just get a longer set if you want a larger portion to be “seamless”.
TLDR: unless you have a niche diy need, the regular software works fine. It doesn’t do certain very specific effects and it has a few limitations but not any that most won’t be fine with.
100% agree. Govee does very well because they make good products and their app is full of features. However, WLED software has a huge following and is in my opinion the best.
Because you’re limited to whatever the longest they provide is. The controller is preset to handle the amount of LED’s the regular rgb strip has and nothing more. If you want more than 16.4 ft, you have to go with WLED.
Yes please make another video. Also how much does it cost to do all that to the gocee lights. Buying the chips and such along with the price of the lights.
Hey Chris, awesome videos man! I really love quality of videos, as they inspired me for my own project. But I would like to ask for your guidance. And I think it would be helpful for other people as well
I have a standing desk and monitor raiser. I'm thinking to use one 16ft strip to light up the desk and monitor raiser
Question:
Can we cut this strip in the middle and resolder it back but extending it with cords, so there would be a gap in the middle? I'm trying to light up 2 separate pieces of the desk and make it seamless
Thank you in advance!
@@bohdantkachenko9505 thanks for the kind words! I have not personally tried it with this kit but my guess would be that you can. I think the solder points are close to 2 feet apart so that might be an issue though if things don't line up nicely.
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Thank you for the prompt reply! If I'm lucky enough and the soldering point is close to the place where I need to cut it, how can I find it?
I had another idea just to cut out the silicone diffuser and use the actual strip facing the desk to make it somehow seamless but the result won't be the best as with cutting and extending with wires
Not sure if you are aware. However govee have just released on pre order the neon wall lining rope light ( this was released in the last 24hrs) so they have started to show other ways of using the rope lights around the house.
Would love to see a follow up and possible ways to integrate this into triggered events... maybe like a Arduino with motion sensor... so you walk into a room or up to your desk then these lights come on, or any other ideas and tutorials would be great!
I have a question! Finally you made work just connecting just the LED JUST by self?
As always, I enjoy watching all of your videos. Could you make a follow up on the Govee desk LED’s showing how to cut and extend, or if this is even possible?
These companies need to stop relegating their hardware to their own atrocious software suites and release them with open-source control options like WLED. Govee, Yeelight, you name it.
You realize that is the point of selling cheap electronics to the world, to get their apps installed on personal phones, right? I wonder why they would want to do that.
@@CrowdContr0l Yeelight is anything but cheap. Sorry. If you want to get into that ecosystem, it's gonna cost you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars just to get started.
Govee has atrocious app ? Clearly you don't own any of their products.
@@Xanderman Bro, I have Chinese reps from Shenzhen on my Facebook friend's list. The same company who makes Govee also has a factory that makes s3x toys. They send me everything from massive spools of LEDs to vibrators with rabbit ears on them. Edit: For free. I used to chat with the company owner on Whatsapp before China blocked it, when Govee was still small time back in 2017. Now we use Wechat.
@@Xanderman Kinda does though, UI hasn't changed since 2020
Great video as always, appreciate the breakdown. However I am confused what's the difference between the two WLED boards shown? Was it just a choice?
Hello Chris, first off, great video! You really inspired me to try new things with this video. I have a question that hopefully you would have an answer to. Do you know if the ESP32 module will work with the Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights 2? I would like to install a permanent lighting fixture outside my house that I can automate to illuminate in different set of colors during certain holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Independence Day, etc through Home Assistant. I'm sure I can use the default Govee controller to do all this as well, but I'd prefer HA to control everything for me.
Love the video...especially the closing music...what is the title?
Yes, would definitely like to see a follow up video
I would love to know how to hook this up to the DMX protocol.
odd question but the govee M1 strips have 4 connection points...... I have many left ove M1 strips from cutting. The govee cobtroller only has 3 wires,... red,white, black. do you know which wire goes to the M1 pads? thanks in advance. love the videos
Since you mentioned you’re from Minnesota. Every time k am driving and I see house with govee I think of yours lol. Cool stuff brother thx
Yes I would like a video on different uses
Would like to see the follow up video with top 5 uses! 👍
Can I connect my M1 strip with this neon rope ? And use it as one strip with the govee controller ? 😊 thank you so much
TIP - If you use the whole length around the edge of your desk…or you have any portion left with the white cut location dots, a black sharpie will tone those down so they aren’t (as) noticeable…👍👍
Thanks for the video. What is the added value of using the domestic controller with wled preinstalled over the ESP32?
Great videos! I want these likes in my office but I need to jump a gap. Do you think you can cut this in 2 and connect them via wires to jump this gap? Like you did with the M1 strips
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Is there a way to sync music with the lights?
Have you considered making the follow-up about other ideas for them?
Great video. Would be awesome to see how you’d use these to light up hot toy and statue displays.
Shelving units that collector use can be 48x72 and they use two of them; so getting a continuous string of led to work with shelving would be cool to see. That way each part of the shelf could be isolated into a specific color that matches their setup. Cheers.
Thanks for watching! At some point I do want to do a epic display case lighting video. If done right, it can often time be the main attraction in a room. Its on my long list of projects I want to do!
@@ChrisMaherDIYI for one would like to see a video about that. Thanks. 🙏🏻
So, does WLED work with iOS and other govee lights? I would assume yes for the other lights, as it's +/- and DIN
Chris - could you connect 3 16 foot strips together and use wled? Would there be a power injection issue? Curious if you tried that yet.
Thanks for watching! I have not tried it but for sure something I want to. I hope to do a follow up video with creative ways these can be used around the house.
With 50ft and only 2A, you're definitely going to need injection. Maybe if you keep the brightness really low.
Interested how many can be linked end to end. Looking for a solution to put lights under the eaves of the front of my house. Low profile lights up all year for all holidays is nice.
Are the waterproof? Would be great for outside.
Just bought three using your link for a shed to office conversion. Going to put them behind crown moulding. I’m assuming WLED will work with three strips?
Also - what are you thoughts about how bright the strip is? I couldn’t find data around output. My plan is for this to replace can lights (in combination with floor lamps and task lighting)
YES for the follow up video! I bought one of these strips just because it was "cheap", and I don't even have a gaming setup, lol!
wow - very informative and definately do the 5 wyas to use it video!
Chris you are one of my favorite content creators thanks for what you share on TH-cam. I got a govee outdoor neon rope light 10meter strip. And I'm hoping to buy 2 more as I can afford them. I was thinking wled is a good way to control all 3 strips as one. I plan to line the rim of my pool with them. Too bad there isn't a single govee 30 meter strip. Anyways I don't wanna disect my light strip and I can't see how many leds are in the rope lights for the input on the wleds software... this is probably a newb question but I hope you can hook me up. Thanks
How man strips could you get connected. Two strips won't cover the distance that I need.
Can this be done with their M1 light strip?
Can you use them as an ambilight behind a Monitor for example ?
Possible to do the same with the govee neon led strip?
I'm building a new house and I hate that this showed up on my feed, now I have too many ideas of where to use these! BUT THIS IS SO COOL!
Hmm, now I’m curious if you could get a similar effect with a generic diffuser and LED strip with a similar downward-facing trick for that seamless diffusion-but at a lower cost 🤔
Yes! I love this episode. I would love to use something like this on my bike or car. Do you think it’s possible???
For sure want to see a follow up on what you would do with these!
@chrismaherDIY great video and it got me thinking about my Govee RGBIC Lightbars. I have the Backlite 3 on my tv which is 85 inches the wire supplied with the light bar is barely long enough to get to the outside edge of the tv. I was wondering if I could extend those wires which would also allow me to but them behind the wall so I don't have to look at them. Otherwise it really isn't a useful product for me. Do you have any insight on that and great video as always.
@@mikeregas3342 thanks for watching! In my experience you can always extend wires. I'm sure there is a point if you try extending them super long there will be issues because of voltage drop and data not being able to travel the distance but for what your wanting to do I would be shocked if it didn't work.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks for the fast follow up. I plan on adding a few extra feet to each side, maybe 8 feet max or so. just so I can run them in the wall. I will let you know how it goes.
If you wanted to have 2 runs mirror each other like 2 sides of stairs would you just combine the data line of the 2 runs or is there more to it than that?
Is that video with more use cases still coming?
Can you suggest a setup for under an outdoor metal store canopy. We are using 3 WLED 16 foot strips clipped together and feed with power from one end.
I would not recommend use of the GPIO 2 pin as it is a strapping pin that triggers the built in led 7:07
Thanks for the feedback!
What would you recommend?
The led on the controller board?
@@muchthump ESP32(s) have a built in led on GPIO 2
@@trigger9559 Try using google to lookup gpio pins, most between 14 & 30 work fine. I used GPIO 18 & 19 in a previous project, and that worked great!
Bro, I absolutely love your videos, but please could you make a video about how to run LEDs over cat6 or POE?
I have had 2 of these already and I made sure to be careful with them. However they are not very durable. After about 1 week of usage the same half of the light strip stopped working completely.
Are there any plans for a video on non-addressable LED strips for a 'down to earth' room lighting setups, substituting traditional lights where raves aren't a nightly occurrence?
As normal excellent video..... The only issue I have is that the Govee lights are just too expensive, but heck yes make another video with these!!! :)
hey so I have a few questions how can I turn a 4 pin led light into a wled setup but done for a car audio accessory I really think it's simple but im stuck i don't want to order the wrong things if I was to order thst board you used for controlling the lights dothey require wifi or just bluetooth
You know what would be interesting? If you used a number of these strips to create a low-res display. Imagine laying a given number of the strips side by side, horizontally, so that they cover a rectangular area of the ratio you want your display to be. In this setup, each LED cob would represent a single pixel, and each strip represents a "line" of the display, in the same sense as a normal video display/TV. So, instead of 480i, you'd have something like 48i. Low-res, as I said, but each "line" would be "drawn" simultaneously, so you wouldn't have to worry about the "refresh rate." Anyway, it's just an idea, and something I think you could probably pull off...
Can these be used outside like around a Hot tub? are they water proof?
I have an idea ! I’m a Drummer, what if you made this to go on each drum of the drum set individually , buy make it run continuous ( jump) from drum to drum and run bass drum seperate. ?
When you had the two strips connected to the esp32 and the esp 32 to the power supply, do you still need to plug in the usb? Doesn't the board get the power from the power supply through VIN and GND?
Are these als 60 per meter as the m1? Looks like they have afair amount of pixel per meter
Great video! Audio cuts out early during the outry and there's even a spot of your original mic noise sneaking in around 11:50. Easter egg? :-)
Do you think this would work with the Gledopto WLED Esp32 LED Controller?
I want to know how to put multiple strips of these to use as Christmas lights without brightness degradation. I can only hook up two to each other before having negative effects.
I’d like to see what ideas you have for their use. Also what about the Govee Neon strip lights? I would like to see what WLED can do with that one.
Please for the love of the Gods stay consistent with wiring practices! Especially if you have colours that are already being used in the application, if you don't have black that's fine but use green, blue or brown for the negative/ground connection.
Another Great video. I would be interested to see how you can use these in other areas.
Would these be good for doing up a classic van interior for some accent light effects
Love this video, at 1:49 my heart still trying to cope with you cutting the cable. By 5:17 my head started spinning trying to figure out how you knew which wire was which end to what end was what this that 😵💫. At 6:28 i was on awe by 6:54 headache set on by 7:40 my head exploded. 🥴 so many letter were said im lost 😂 😂😂. Love your content i love lights. Lol
Could you just sell me yours. Lol😂
Not hard if you use your brain
Question, what's the difference between the Govee rope lights and their desk lights? Seems to be similar except the desk lights have a thinner profile?
Will the power supply and wled be able to handle 3 of these cut and spliced together in one long run?
Thanks for watching! I think 3 would be pushing it. I haven't tried it but my guess is if it did work you would have to turn the brightness way down!