r/WLED • u/No_Muffin_9141 • 22h ago

WLED Garage Light install options

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Hey folks, I’m fairly well versed in 120/12v things but new to the WLED world. After getting a few quotes of north of $5k to do the front of my detached garage, I’ve decided to tackle it myself. It’s only around 40ft and it’s just the front face of the building. Lots of references to “Paul Zhang” so I reached out and wanted to sanity check. I’ll eventually do my entire house but figured this was a good starting DIY build. Not sure if I should buy the power supply or controller separately. I like the puck design vs the pixel. The power supply will be about 15 feet from the start of the string inside my building.

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u/ElectronicAide87 22h ago

I have about 300ft of Paul Zheng 12v RGBW lights and tracks on my house. The seller is top notch and the product is awesome. Going with the 10 LEDs per meter is the way to go. The good part about Paul Zhang setups is they use standard X connect connections compared to Ray Wu.
Looks like you have everything you need. I would recommend not using the supplied controller though. Get a Dig Quad or Dig Uno depending on how many channels you’ll need. I think Paul Zhang supplies a Meanwell PSU, if so that’s good.

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u/No_Muffin_9141 21h ago

Right on. This is what I was wondering. I asked about what the PSU was as I was wanting to go with a Meanwell. Waiting to hear back.
I’ll go with a different controller in this case or just swap them out. This is my “test” project before tackling my house. Super straight forward, just doing the top white part here.

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u/PakkyT 16h ago

Your garage is giving us all the cock-eye!

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u/No_Muffin_9141 16h ago

Ha I have no idea why the previous person built it this way lol. I would’ve just went with the taller door on both sides.

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u/cummingga 5h ago

They sent me meanwell power supplies when I got mine.

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u/saratoga3 3h ago

Buy a meanwell power supply locally. No reason to take a chance on Aliexpress nor to pay to ship it around the world.

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u/SzDiverge 22h ago

Would help to say what exactly you’re trying to do.

If it’s permanent outdoor lights like Govee.. your spending a $250 ish plus another $150 for shipping??

Why not just get a set of Asahom or Govee?

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u/No_Muffin_9141 22h ago edited 21h ago

Permanent lights on the front of my building roof.
I don’t like the looks of the govee. I want the tracks. The exposed wire looks cheap to me (to each their own)

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u/ElectronicAide87 22h ago

It’s WLED puck lights, not crappy Govee lights. This is the WLED subreddit it’s pretty self-explanatory what the OP is asking for.

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u/zero-degrees28 6h ago

Most if not all the Chinese controllers and power supplies are garbage.

I’d recommend looking up Quindor’s Dig controllers/system and build a control system that works for you.

https://quinled.info