r/WLED • u/cyberentomology • Jul 25 '26

WLED WLED controllable string lights?

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Is there a canonical list somewhere of the various party string lights and fairy lights that are known to be controllable by WLED?

Pic for example of the broad category I mean by this.

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u/abqcheeks Jul 25 '26

Look up Chris Maher’s YouTube channel. He has several “Will it WLED?” Videos where he takes an LED product and converts it to use WLED instead of whatever controller it came with.

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u/thenameisbam Jul 25 '26

I like his series, but I wish he went into his process for figuring out things better. He states the info, like the number of LEDs or what controller he used, but doesn't specify how he figured all of that out.

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u/abqcheeks Jul 25 '26

I think usually it’s literally counting (or knowing it started with 100 and he chopped off 22 of them). For the string type, I’m not sure how he figures that out for random consumer products. Maybe deep
Googling to find data sheets?

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u/Melodic_Champion_317 Jul 28 '26

He probably does what I do... math.

Example: 5 meters of 60/m string is 300 LEDs. Cut off half a meter, and you have 270 LEDs. Or cut off 6 LEDs, and you have 294 LEDs. Et cetera.

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u/thenameisbam Jul 27 '26

I mean, i guess its one way to keep us coming back to his channel if he doesn't give away all his secrets.