Regardless of the size of your terrace, garden, room, or balcony, good lighting is always key to making the space more appealing. In addition to having general lighting (that of the ceiling), these spaces must have ambient or decorative lighting that will transform the spaces into magical corners. you can use some DIY LED strips for this purpose.

1.What is an SMD LED strip?

SMD LED strips are called surface-mounted device LED strips, which means that it is a device with LED Chip that is directly mounted with the light strips. The benefit is you don’t need wires to connect it. The surface-mounted technology is the reason you can make LED light strips.

2.How to cut SMD LED Strips?

Led Light strip is of different voltage:
● 5V- used for a single set of lights
● 12V- operated for three lights and
● 24V- used for a group of 6 lights

The best way to cut wires of LED lights is by first identifying the position of cables between the scissors. Carefully sustain a straight line while cutting. Remember to cut the COB strip in LED carefully.

3. How to connect SMD LED Strips?

LED strips can be connected together with the help of soldered joints. After measuring and cutting the wires, use a cutter to shred both ends of the wire. Black color is for negative and positive is red color wire. Before making the final soldering for connection, you should first do soldering of wires and copper. The next step is welding the red wire to the positive connection and the black wire to the negative one. Lastly, weld two long wires to provide power to the LED strip.

4. How to power the LED Strips?

The LED strip will be powered up with the power supply with enough voltage. Most power supplies are measured in AMPS, while LED strips are measured in watts. The given formula is used to convert units.
A (amps) x V (volts) = W (watts) or to easy W / V = A.
For example,
If the LED strip is 5W and the power supply is at 2m, then
5W / 2m = 2.5 W / m.
With 10 meter long strip,
2.5W x 10m = 25 W power
Now, you can plug two colored wires into the output connection.

5. How to Create a DIY Color on LED Light Strips?

There are many techniques with which you can color your LED strips.

● Technique 1

Color the tape or strip of the LED and let them dry. Then connect the LED light and check if any LED is white. Unplug the LED, apply tape to the uncolored LED, and make it colorful.

● Technique2

The easiest way to color the LED light itself is with a permanent marker or paint the light. Include the base also while coloring the LED. You can do double coating for darker results.

● Technique 3

The latest method is to use lights with a remote. You can buy the app with the remote, which is installed in LEDs, and then you can use the remote to turn on and off lights or to change colors or transitions.

6. Things to Know Before Choosing LED Strips

● Color temperature
While buying any LED strips, consider the color temperature as different LED strips have different temperatures and colors, for example, 2400k is of orange color.
 

● Waterproof LED strip lights.
Choose IP20 for indoor LED strip lights, while for outdoor use, IP65 or above.

● Voltage
LED strip lights have two versions with respect to voltage 12V or 24V DC.

● Brightness.
High brightness in LED strips is essential for installing in daylight areas.

● CRI or color rendering index
CRI is used to measure the ability of a light source to concentrate the original colors of items.

● Length and width.
While buying any LED strips, it is important to look at length and width according to requirements.

Conclusion
As we see, the DIY options for LED light strips are infinite or almost, and we have only scratched the surface a little in search of possibilities. It remains to exercise the imagination and bring the luminaires to any place whose appearance we want to change. For more information, you can contact us or visit our website.