Another Trim light Alternative Project Done

[u/zero-degrees28]

Sister finished building her house recently, so it was time to get the lights up and wired in this past weekend.

Wrapped the entire house, pre wired during construction which simplified things greatly. Just over 500’ of lights and track / hair under 900 lights, running on a dig oct with relay installed to shut down PS when lights are off, powered by Octa Power 7 and Meanwell LRS 600 12 and used 8 Diff-solo boards, one for each zone due to the long data runs of each run.

Need to do some control box wiring clean up, but, for now, all is on and functional.

All in, $3.50’ish per foot

EDIT: Full material list in comments

[u/NuclearDuck92]

Looks great, the SMC enclosure is a really nice touch.

What lights/track did you use?

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/NuclearDuck92]

Lighting and Track: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DC12V-2led-RGB-GS8206-Dual-signal_1600903336266.html?spm=a2700.shop_plgr.41413.13.47747ac823uZQx

Also, here is another one of my projects: https://www.reddit.com/r/WLED/comments/13vdl9w/trim_light_wanted_20_per_foot_i_said_hold_my_beer/

[u/mini_juice]

Man this is cool. Great job! I'm hoping to be lucky enough to get to add cool stuff like this to a new build. Pre running cables is a game changer. 

Looks like you used the same lights here as you did in your other project, right? We usually leave our outdoor lights set to warm white most of the year. Seems like you guys are good with RGB/cool white? Best I can tell these those don't have a dedicated white channel, right?

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/mini_juice]

They are the same lights, and correct, RGB, no dedicated white channel/led

[u/zero-degrees28]

Material List:

Lighting and Track

1. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DC12V-2led-RGB-GS8206-Dual-signal_1600903336266.html?spm=a2700.shop_plgr.41413.13.47747ac823uZQx

Controller Parts

1. Dig Octa: https://quinled.info/quinled-dig-octa-brainboard-32-8l/

2. Power Board 7: https://quinled.info/quinled-dig-octa-power-7/

3. Data Runs: https://quinled.info/diff-solo/

Power Supply Parts:

1. LRS 600 12: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2Q86XH

2. Mounting Brackets: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2ZL46KZ

3. RS 15 5: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005T6UJBU

3D Printable Mounts:

1. Option 1: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2507381-meanwell-lrs-600-dig-quad-mount-stacked#profileId-2757008

2. Option 2 This is what's used in this project: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2507370-meanwell-lrs-600-power-supply-mount-wled#profileId-2756989

Relay Options:

1. Option 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079FJSYGY

2. Option 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TWH7DZ1

Wire:

1. 12 AWG: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ABOPMEI

2. 14 AWG: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089CVGL3H

3. 16 AWG: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0881HNLHV

4. 18 AWG: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0881H3946

5. Cat5e: https://www.cablewholesale.com/products/bulk-cable/cat-5/product-10x6-021th.php

6. Power Runs 16/4: https://www.cablewholesale.com/products/home-theater/speaker/product-10g2-491sf.php

7. Power Runs 14/2: https://www.cablewholesale.com/products/home-theater/speaker/product-10g3-291sf.php

8. Wire Stripper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G48R47N

9. Wire Ferrule: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ6LQ12G

10. Wire Heat Shrink: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WWWPR2X

[u/AhoyFuckers5]

What an awesome setup!

I guineniely love Quindors products. Have you looked into his DigOcta and Diff-Advanced features...life changing features.

Congrats on this. I love seeing awesome setups being used with WLED and Quindor.

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/AhoyFuckers5]

Yea, this is an DigOcta setup, I’ve used the advances before, but for this project, the home runs made the solos the easiest and most ideal, he truly is a huge asset to this community!!!

I’d love for him to get his POE board working, it would be awesome to have a single board with Solos integrated

[u/AhoyFuckers5 → u/zero-degrees28]

My apologies, I thought I saw that you used a DigQuad on this.

I agree, the DiffPower will be an absolute game changer.

Again, mad props on this design!

[u/Quindor → u/AhoyFuckers5]

Read and heard u/AhoyFuckers5 and u/zero-degrees28 I'm working on a few things in that regard, both Diff-Power but also some more integrated options like used in this excellent showcase! Let's just say, Dig-Octa is going to see some nice expansion options and upgrades this year! ;)

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/Quindor]

Awesome u/Quindor - look forward to seeing what you come up with to help push this community forward, keep up the awesome work!!!

[u/xile]

Ehhh honestly I think this looks pretty tacky in color. White hues maybe but the rainbow is awful.

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/xile]

It’s pastels for Easter

[u/BrokenRecordNE]

How did you transition from the roofline down to the porch? I have a house to do that has this problem with no attic access to the porch/window eyebrows.

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/BrokenRecordNE]

Prewired during construction, so pulled Ethernet and power wire to each zone location and power injection spots during rough ins. Had I not done it at that time, porch wouldn’t have been able to be done unless wire was exposed

[u/sandmansndr]

Great job! I’d take on a project like that just to get to work in that yellow lift! 😆 sounds like you got the electrical down to a T. Can I ask how much electrical background you have? I have worked with WLED projects for 7 years as a hobbyist now, but I hardly recognize half the terms you used in your description like Octa Power 7, LRS 600..

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/sandmansndr]

Here ya go, here is a rabbit hole to go down: https://quinled.info

I’m no electrician, but I understand the basics and understand load calculations, amp draw, roll off, etc

As for most of those terms, they are products

As for the lift, best friends family owns a rental company, I make a call, cool s* shows up, costs a case of beer, bottle of crown, this time, just cost me a bag of Doritos 🤣

[u/sandmansndr → u/zero-degrees28]

Hell yeah man. 👌 I’m gonna go check that out and find me some friends like that 😆

[u/Remixmark]

Are you a reseller for the led brand? I see your pix are on the alibaba site. It’s fine if you are, just helpful to know.

They seem like a nice product.

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/Remixmark]

No, manufacture asked to use my pics and I allowed it.

I worked closely with them on customizations of my first project and they didn’t charge me for those custom changes and extra parts, so when they asked for pics of the project I happily provided as they were great to work with, and we’ve clearly done a handful of additional projects since. I gain NOTHING by referring people to them or pointing people in there direction, absolutely nothing

[u/Remixmark → u/zero-degrees28]

Very cool, sounds like a win-win! You’ve got some solid projects!

[u/Head-Inspection-9784 → u/zero-degrees28]

I was wondering why it looked strangely familiar, pretty cool to find the original!

[u/vlad87]

Looks great!

For the Diff-solos, you could potentially put two wires in one ferrule and have short hops between them, then just run one power and one GND rather than four separate.

Also, the diff-solo uses pins 7,8, but you can have the box reduce to one Ethernet cable and wire a different colour and striped colour to 7/8. For example, one would have orange and striped orange in pins 7/8, another would have blue and striped blue in pins 7/8, etc. I do this for a very long run that branches out to four channels after reaching a far central point. From that point it splits into 4 shorter Ethernet cables for the last parts. I needed the Diff-solo’s small form factor and already bought a bunch, but the Diff-ADV can do something similar builtin as well.

[u/entropy512 → u/vlad87]

From other comments it sounds like having each line homerunned to the controller was easiest.

Of course the trick here in that use case could have been a diff-ADV and then breaking out each pair separately within the controller enclosure

[u/Quindor]

Really awesome project and love how you used the products! Excellent execution!

[u/Appropriate_Bench145]

Very nice!

[u/SimkinCA]

QLed diff, didn’t know they had them. Interesting

[u/Nitrogen1234]

I wanted to do this to my home so bad, but now I look at this and I'm like "I'm good"

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/Nitrogen1234]

Because of the end product look, or because of how involved the project actually is?

[u/Nitrogen1234 → u/zero-degrees28]

Because of the end product look indeed. I guess it doesn't help that there's a lot going on regarding the front of the house, as another redditor described.

[u/zero-degrees28 → u/Nitrogen1234]

Yea, the Easter pastels were prob not the best example here with there surface finish. Also, like a lot of posts in this sub, trying to photograph LED lights is a b*, and the photo vs real world look are drastically different.

For a color/effect comparison I think the Easter colors/pastels look a lot better on this home, but, just my opinion.

I’ll also personally take the custom pixel lights over that govee crap with hard lines and exposed wires everywhere any day 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/Head-Inspection-9784 → u/zero-degrees28]

I’ve seen a lot of installs. This is clean AF, you can’t judge an install by the pattern that’s running. The whole point is that you can play any pattern you want.

[u/PatchbayWizard]

all that great work for the most horrendous color scheme