Turning My ENTIRE Ceiling Into a Light Fixture
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Turning my entire office ceiling into one giant lighting panel like the bat cave in Batman: Dark Knight.
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Disclaimer: Do not try this yourself. This setup is a potential fire risk and not recommended. I do not leave this plugged in when unsupervised, and did this for my own curiosity and entertainment. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I goofed up at 8:00 I know!! I meant to say our electricity costs 10 cents/kWh, and 7.632kWh per DAY. Daily/hourly cost is still correct. OOPS! 😂
Comment below how you think I should add RGB lighting!
**Reminder: Do not try this at home. I do not leave this plugged in unsupervised, and mostly did this for entertainment purposes. I understand the safety risks involved!**
How can one make this safe?
@@justinstephens72 you would need something like this installed by an electrical company or get a home owners permit to have it inspected and approved. Use non-chinese made, state/province approved electrical equipment etc.
Add rgbs it would look so dope
@@Coltography pin both his question and this answer, please. This is too epic. A lot of people are going to try to it, lol.
If you ever add RGB, use addressable LED strips and run snake game on your ceiling! ;)
8 million addressable LED's and you could turn your ceiling into a 4k monitor.
Just sayin'.
No. 100
@@F17A
,more precise actually only one since 4k is just a line, 4096 ,
and you multiply with 2k lines (2160) you get 8294400 pixels
Honestly, I'd be happy with VGA resolution if it means you'll actually do it. 😁
@@ehombane 4k is usually 3840 wide instead of 4096
Do it
Every walk-in closet , kitchen, and garage needs this.
Colour changing leds with a remote and you can dim it and have mood lighting lol
That amount of total lumens is overkill for every situation, but it surely looks nice.
Not to mention sewing , craft and laundry room. I'm so sick of a shadowy house under the trees. Can't see sh--.
@ not rly... the more light the better you can see.
@@poiiihy Here's a real truth about light: the stronger the light, the darker the shadows.
Also, don't look at the sun, or you won't see anything at all.
“It’s not perfect, it’s pretty half decent”
Bro that looks perfect to me lol
Literally what I was thinking. It looks perfect.
Probably because it's too bright for the camera to register ceiling brightness gradients. You can see them only briefly on the video, but your eye would notice. Still, looks awesome!
You should put sensors under each one so it lights up when you walk under it.
nice idea
Damn , a month too late ,that was my thoughts too when i saw the thumbnail
An Inverse Billie Jean.
I wonder if motion sensors would be accurate enough for this job. Of course one can just cram a lot of them per area, but the question arises if it's even worth it
@@waiitwhaat no its not to me seems dumb just add rgbwww
This is by far the cleanest, most concise implementation of a lit ceiling I’ve ever seen. Outstanding job dude 🤙🏼
Your ceiling is brighter than my career.
that ceiling is brighter than my phone at 3 am when i check the hour
Lol lol...🤣😅😥😭 my career has no brightness😭
Haha, I can help you guys out with your career 👍
in other words his ceiling is brighter than his career
lolz
I'm done with this ceiling. Thanks for the inspiration ❤️
I was searching for this after your video. make a video on your ceiling as well in malayalam?
@@AjmalHameed I'm on it 😇😇
@@MalayalamTechOfficial ushaaarakk.. waiting for it ❤️
Atha njanum aloiche ith malayalam techinte allenn....
Compared to workshop lighting that's generally made with fluorescent tubes, this is better on every level
Until now I didn’t realize I want a ceiling like that...
Means now u do
Exactly lol
I want one ... with RGB leds ... 🤗
Me too!
You will repair this led every month
Why on earth would you not want to keep this forever. THIS IS AMAZING!
Totally . Its amazing . I want one .
I would to. The only problem is the cost of it. But if you find a cheap way to power it. Maybe solar you got a winner.
This would be great for the garage to
Yeah totally I would keep that permanent! As for cost, you don't always need to leave them all on, but the ability to fully adjust as needed is really cool.
I assumed he is renting
@MATT S maybe a Panel with individual addressed LEDs will replace it so he has some kind of Screen as a Ceiling Light.
I am most impressed with how you got that led strip adhesive to stick on that ceiling
Damn right
Its the shittiest quality adhesive 😂
🤣🤣🤣
That was great information and an amazing look when all done. I love the way you showed the voltage drop and then all the total readings in the end compared to the specs. Very informative.
Really good editing. Didn’t feel the need to skip through anything
Every part was very useful and content rich
Loved the technique you used to give a professional look to those brass buttons - I'll have to remember that! Thanks for the shoutout btw :) nice work on the project! Right up my street.
Wow the man himself! Thanks so much Matt. As someone that's watched all your videos, I feel you should know I'll be switching these out for higher CRI strips in the future, thanks to the education provided in your videos. 👍 You're a huge inspiration.
Love your work guys
Me seeing this guy here is like woaaaaaaaaaaht?
:D
DIY Perks you rock, mate.
Anyone else read the comment with his voice in your head?
I really enjoy the Resonance - Homme music in the background
It's very...Home-y, if you will.
Thats not Resonance! Its We're Finally Landing by Home !
@@tesslora 4:13 There's Resonance
Home is an amazing artist. Check him out.
Summoning salt vibes
Unbox Therapy: huh, this looks neat
Time stamp checks out
"Pretty half decent"? Are you _kidding??_ This is *perfect!*
I didn't think I was gonna make it through ten minutes of "I put up some lights" but your presentation is great. Thanks for starting with "WHY??" lol
I just love the subtle dark humor thrown in. Really cool build!
Amazing! Loved how u do the ending on the calculations as well!
Have you made a floor yet? I’d like a portable “Billy Jean” type of LED flooring that lights up a dance floor.
Yeah, but then you'd have to learn to dance as cool as Michael Jackson. That ain't gonna happen.
@@guygordon2780 Just walk backwards and punch your nuts every 10 seconds
All jokes aside, Michael could move.
2001 a space odyssey vibes
BRO
2:30 Good to know I’m not the only one that snorts brass powder
Doesn't everybody?
Browder.
Who else was looking for this comment ???
Great build. With the ESP you already have in your build you can easily connect it to IFTTT and automate all the sections.
WAAAAw i loooove iiiiiit !!! looks sooo nice and you are totally correct that the light dispertion is gorgeous!
The ceiling from the street looks like it leads to the afterlife
i agree
how do you know it doesn't???
@@TheWindows72306 I never said it doesn't
U mean PURGATORY?
It would be cool to change color temperature as the day goes to night, might help as well to keep track of time using the lights 👍🏼
Lit at noon and blackout at night? :)
plagosus more of a cascade from 6600K to 3000K - MacOS Catalina has a dynamic wallpaper that does the same :)
I do this with my LIFX setup, it's very nice - although I simplified it to 10pm and midnight. I have it go to a very dim red at 2am so we don't bump into things for those late night gaming sessions :D
Aw yisssss like a lotta phones come with that night mode automatic blue light removal throughout the day. I wanna do something like this at my place, maybe even have a light sensor outside so the inside lighting just basically mimics it.
Unless it's dreary and cloudy outside...
I did this a while back, works great!
here's how I did it:
-opened window blinds
Unfortunately I'm retricted to using different shades of blue, orange, and gray.
Loved the video and then when I recognized Home "Resonance" coming in for the background track that was an added EXCELLENT BONUS! Love that whole album!
Thanks Greg, wish I could exclusively use home for all my videos his stuff is fantastic!
Wow! What a crazy project! So creative
Somebody from the street: "who tf stole the sun"
As an electrician, you earned my respect and a sub, can't wait to see more projects in the future!
Wow!
As an electrician, why isn't this safe? I mean I am seriously considering going for it.
This lighting setup looks perfect for Stop Motion Animation! I dont know anything about electronical unfortunately or I would do this myself!
Cool project man. Great job!
Pretty half decent... Wtf dude?!
Thats so crazy, I dreamed of something like this for a long time!
Came to the comments with the same thought as the first half of yours. This vid/project is excellent--
I'm glad this video introduced me to another guy who's interested in film, lighting, and synthwave
You honestly seem like the type of person who'd really enjoy wiring up a pixeltape project and controlling it from Madrix or Resolume
this is one of my fave synth wave tracks th-cam.com/video/3uI9Hh26OTs/w-d-xo.html
Always wondered how this could be achieved. Thanks for sharing! And yeah rgb's would be cool to see the changes made gradually or in patterns.
Great project!
So.. regarding the RGB. You can add green to the footers around the whole perimeter. And blue to the "header", near the ceiling. That gives you a nice relaxing garden to work on. xD
For added effect, at the end of the day/morning you can have a strip of orange/red light up in the header (sunset). The ceiling light could also change temperature as a function of time in the same way too.
Create a body-tracking mode. Tiles would light up only where a person is currently located.
Edit: Spelling
I've been meaning to do that in my home for a while.
Would be cool until the light up by themselves at night
@@BOfficial Creepy...
Do that on the floor, and you got this: th-cam.com/video/Zi_XLOBDo_Y/w-d-xo.html
Erik van der Neut lol, that billie jean😂😂
I was looking the video and thinking "I NEED THIS IN MY WORKSHOP". Sad thing I don't have a workshop.
same here, Hong Kong has too little space.
Made me laugh so hard
Same!
you killed it
I need this in my flat. I fucking HATE point sources of light. Can't read a fucking book without my own head blocking the light.
Nice work, the garage looks fabulous.
Wow, you described it perfectly... awesome work bro
i like how he says nothing permanent so he doesn't get any shit in the comments... but in all reality we know it is 😂
LOL >_>
TheNonSmokingTire FACTS!
Nothings more permanent then a temporary solution
Coltography need a entire list down to the relays and wires this is going in my kitchen
Soul of Envy I never heard anything more true before lmao
If i ever own a house i am gonna show a contractor this video and say do this.
+1
Don't say the "do", just say "this", and start crying in his lap.
Narrow spectrum lighting in my house? No thanks I value my retinas.
Just get LED panels and dont install any normal tiles in a drop ceiling.
The method used in this video doesnt save money, or time.
Yeah yet how much will they ask, it should be expensive
Awesome video! I love this! And the cost breakdown at the end
Once again youtube surprises me with some of the most talented people and their amazing creative projects. This is stunning man. More than happy to sub.
bruce wayne just called and he want his garage back lol
i am literally watching the dark knight right now and i saw this comment lol
he needs to have a model of the batmobile on one of his shelves
@@ge2719 Are you saying Bruce Wayne...
...is the batman?
Usually those little touch sensor modules have empty pads that you can bridge together and change them from momentary switches to toggle switches, then you could hook those up directly to the relay board and not use the microcontroller. Awesome video tho, the switch plate is dope
Holy shit, you just made my night. This is why I love TH-cam. You're absolutely right, there's even a little symbol for it and everything! Thanks so much!!
Was hoping he'd read this comment? And he has! Which is great cause that was exactly what I was thinking as I watched this.
Btw internet people's those of you who are disturbed by the fact that home techies like us would want to remove a controller? There's a simple explanation in this thinking process. We aren't getting rid of controller. We are freeing up a whole controller to be available for a project where it can actually be utilised to a better capacity.
I'm forever looking at things and thinking why didn't they use relays and jumpers to make "physical" logic gates? 🤔
Nearly every combination of computer mathematical logic can be configured into an electrical circuit utilising a few cheap components? I.e basic logic like AND, OR, NOT etc.
Most people wouldn't need much more than those logics with most of the projects that want to take on at home?
@@Coltography would love to know where I could get some of those touch sensors you used in the switch
Jarmezrocks me not knowing a thing or two about this makes you sound like a genius, holy shit so much info to take in, sounds so complicated.
Awesome work 👍🏾. definitely need to do this myself
Thanks, nice project!
2:30 Snorting brass powder.
That good good bro only $500/kg
Earned my sub right then LMAO
Go for a catscan after
@@ANDUAN93 same
"this is not permanent"
"if I want to add automation in the future"
Hehe
This is freakin' awesome! Kudos!
This would be a great project for when I detail my cars in the garage. Thanks!
TH-cam recommended this to me. Stayed because I appreciate the creativity. And I especially appreciated the taste for synth wave
Same.
Street view of just how overkill it looks is gold 😂
Wow. This is incredible!!!
Coolest DIY project I've seen. I hope I can pull this off in my garage
Coltography: "Now I just can't tell if this looks plain awful or kinda nice?"
The entire Internet: "OMG THIS IS FRIKKIN AMAZEBALLS"
This is by far is the coolest thing and the best video i’ve ever watched this entire quarantine period
I think this is perfect for any workshop. Not only does it look badass and sciencey (it reminds me of Portal), it also means you always experience overhead light and don't have to worry about casting a shadow on something you're working on. I'd permanently have it click on the lights from one side of The room to the other, because the sound of it and the looks of it just looks so cool.
This is really cool! Would be awesome in a workshop environment. Nothing to knock down or break when moving large objects around. You mentioned doing each tile in a separate color, LED light bulbs are pretty easy to setup and really bright, especially the flood light variant, if diffused right you could get away with less programming.
RGB gaming ceiling is the only logical next step
It will run crisis.
@@Coltography So "Which resolution has your ceiling?" is a legitimate question now?
People outside be like WTF 😧
I actually want to do this
Just a heads up, step drill bits would most likely stop the plate from snapping like it did.
athornforeveryh flexible wall plates do not break like this.
For drilling that hard type of plastic, and acrylics, polycarbonate and brass, grind the lands of your drill square so that it scrapes away at the material. If sharp and digs in like a chisel, will load up and crack or chatter every time.
JUst by a drill made for drilling plastic!
I'm been looking into something similar to your build. Fantastic, looks great!
0:05 nice blob lol Joking aside, this is some really clean and relatively precise work here, even some calculations were done. Subscribed!
1:30 "I just used a stick with some markers on it to make sure they were evenly spaced."
There's an individual who refuses to be ruled.
you should have been in the 1-2k likes with this comment
Massively underrated comment. Do your job TH-cam!
But he has a measured perspective on things.
The discrepancy in theoretical vs actual wattage could be due to voltage drop down the length of the LED strip. If you're feeding 12V down a copper trace that is effectively the cross section of a 18-22AWG wire, you could lose a lot of voltage (and therefore current draw) by the end of the strip. What's the voltage at the end of the strip?
You could try feeding power from both ends of the strips, thereby improving consistency from end to end?
Very good point!! I am going to try this and see how it affects the results. Thank you for the excellent suggestion.
doubt the spec for the leds is meant for two way power. It’ll probably either have a diode (or burnout) if it is one directional.
If it’s not strictly one directional it’ll likely just heat up the strip until failure or at a minimum the power supplies will fight each other.
You could cut the trace in the middle effectively doing the same thing by powering 1/2 of each strip. Though if these are wired in parallel 10-15ft strips shouldn’t be awful. The strips do look like they’re wired up a little whacky too though.
@@9Llamaboy In order to work at 12V the strip it's internally wired in parallel blocks, there's not such thing as "bidirectional power" or "fighting power supplies" you have a lot of homework to do
@@9Llamaboy In these strips you normaly have a positive and a negative line going from one end to the other, like in a power cord.
The LEDs (or groups of them) are put in parallel between these two lines.
If you draw that on a piece of paper, you will see that you can feed the strips from both ends.
For reference: Look up the TH-cam channel "Intermit.Tech". He showed what happens, when you feed power to a length of LED strip in different ways.
Spoiler: Buy sun glasses.
@@Coltography als you can tune the votlage of the PSUs with the little orange trimmer. measure at LED strips, and tweak until you have 12V there. you may have liek 14V at the output of the PSU and still only 12 at the strips.
This is so sick! Thanks for sharing!
looks awesome - I switched to 24v strips and those meanwell knockoff 24v power supplies (usually for 3d printers) to avoid voltage drops and needing such large wiring and big power supplies. You can even find UL listed 24v strips relatively easily.
Damn, looks like I’ll have to make a batcave soon too 👀
Wow man this is stunning. I might have to try this for my printer room
Your what
@@blu-rae864 you blind his printer room bro
Wai a minute.....
I wish I could have a printer room lol
USE COLOR LEDS lol
Looks freaking good. Ability to control the brightness, is the thing that should happen next before the RGBs :) Nice Work !
Holy... that setup is amazing^^
crazy idea: get individually addressable led light strips (each led should be individually addressable), and then code it to do crazy diagonal waves or something
That will be awesome!!
you could program it, so that you'd have tic tac toe on your ceiling.
Coltography: I'm not an Electrical engineer
Electrical engineer
: *hit replay button*
your point?
@@MrBonners r/wooooooosh
@@MrBonners coltography's work is as good as an actual electrical engineer and so the actual engineers are replaying this video.
its more or less a compliment but how could you seriously not see this.
Why the wooosh tho? He honestly didn't understand the point
@@SreenikethanI i think that wooosh is misused
Awesome work mate!
Great design, great presentation. 👍👍
Man your knowledge is pretty impressive. The lights are way overkill, but the 3D printed touch button panel and switch controller panel is really cool.
It’s like a room for people with the most severe Seasonal Affective Disorder
Yeah, he should have a go at doing it with dimmable LED strips. It'd be great to have them fade in slowly pre-wake up and slowly dim to a warm glow in the evening.
I guess that's more practical for a bedroom than a study though.
David Hill - That would be so cool
@@iamdave84 That's Philips Wake-up Light alarm on steroids 😁
@@MACTEP_CHOB in my bedroom I have a warm 4W led bulb in a lamp, plugged into a digital timer. It turns on 15mins before my alarm time on weekdays and has a 20min countdown I use so it shuts off after I go to bed. Cost less than $10 😄
@@iamdave84 Yeah, already ordered smart led from ali. Cost like 5$ can connect from phone and set timers for different days.
Thats sweet nice work bud.. thumbs up
This is absolutely incredible. Truly. I'm stealing this idea for sure!
That looks so good! Thanks for documenting everything, I learned a lot watching this
Neighbour: "Rosie! Come to the window, the aliens are abducting a tenant again!"
😂
Nah, that's what he'll say after guy installs RGBs
This is really nice! Sometimes it is very annoying to have a light behind you, but with this you can have all the luxuries. Thanks for the great idea
Holy cow, such a awesome solution!
Maybe add RGB’s and do like a rainbow effect of different colors like the back of your tv was in previous videos.
There’s no way your electricity cost is $.01, more like .1 / KWh
Dan Abell ???? I never said it cost that. Wtf?
@@theandonlyboss lol he meant to comment that under the video, for some reason he replied to your comment instead, what he's talking about was mentioned towards the end of video, around 7:50.
There's so many ideas. I would think about a clock and rainbow 🌈 🕒
no rgbw lights
Such a great video, and I wanna do this now! Might be a bit late to the party for suggestions here, but for addressable leds, maybe you could lay it on the ceiling, parallel to your white strips. In code you'd create abstractions for each fixture square (based on how many LEDs fit inside each one) . That way you could have a nanoleaf vibe going on in the ceiling! Might need some spacers between each fixture to prevent light bleed to get a clean result, though. Quite a bit of work, but it would be quite insane:)
So cool to get a comment from you guys, been subbed for a while! Thank you - and that would be a ton of work to capture the light leak but I plan on doing something similar, just a little less complex :P Thanks again guys!
Obviously addressable leds would be cool but that makes it much more complicated, first of all it is going to be way more expensive, and most are 5volts unless you get the ws2811 that aren't individually addressable but control 3 at a time, so it's definitely possible just going to be more expensive and a little more work
Fantastic lighting for 'SAD Therapy'.
This is oh so beautifully on the spectrum
7:44 "...for you know, just regular day-today activities"
(shakes hands in the air like crazy)
loved each bit, please more awesome content!!
dope idea, thanks for sharing
Coolest LED project I’ve seen, I wish this was a tutorial I have a perfect spot for this application.
I need this in my life. I've been trying my best to "get enough light" in my bedroom without it looking too weird, and I'm just done trying to keep it looking sane. LED tile ceiling it is.
Leave it like it is. I really like it. You did a great job.
Really, really nice job!
9:37 street view of the apartment looks like you have a mini sun inside your apartment or alien abduction in progress ;)
Dude... WOW
I was literally thinking about your channel today with a "I wonder what he's up to it's been a while" and here you are being Bruce Wayne
Also, please throw a Breaking Bad themed party with the yellow suits, masks, gloves and all 😂 Then your neighbors will REALLY love you hahaha
I started this video thinking this could be something I’d do... I finished realizing I have no chance of doing that 🤣. Great video my man!
Always wanted to do this!! Very cool