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Installation of a LED patio strip
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Pic 5. Here is where the strip will be mounted. The aluminum strip is about 39" so it turned out that if i started it at the awning i could go over the door and where the first channel ended i could drill a hole to run my wires. This is directly above my switch.
Pic. 6. The wires will come through and into the upper cabinet.
Pic. 7. Getting ready to drill.
Pic. 8. I notched the channel to go around the hole.
Pic. 6. The wires will come through and into the upper cabinet.
Pic. 7. Getting ready to drill.
Pic. 8. I notched the channel to go around the hole.
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Pic. 9. I cut my strip apart and mounted it in the first channel to make it easy. After I had the first one up I installed all the channels and then ran the other half of the LED strip.
Pic 9.1. Strips are mounted. You can see where the wires go into the trailer. I used some silicone to seal it up.
Pic 9.1. Strips are mounted. You can see where the wires go into the trailer. I used some silicone to seal it up.
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Pic. 9.2. I cut the wires where they entered the AC converter for the LEDs.
Pic 9.3. You can see one of the LED ends coming through the wall and the the wire we just cut off the AC converter run through the wall down to the switch.
Pic. 9.4. This is where I started to get confused. Wiring in a travel trailer is not like in a house. All the yellow wires were hot. I did get the answers to how this works later but I needed to keep going on my project.
Pic. 9.5. The new switch plate and switch installed.
Pic 9.3. You can see one of the LED ends coming through the wall and the the wire we just cut off the AC converter run through the wall down to the switch.
Pic. 9.4. This is where I started to get confused. Wiring in a travel trailer is not like in a house. All the yellow wires were hot. I did get the answers to how this works later but I needed to keep going on my project.
Pic. 9.5. The new switch plate and switch installed.
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Pic. 9.6. The 2 ends of the LED strips entering the camper, going into the splitter, and then into the LED module. Again, the black wire is running down to the switch.
Pic. 9.7. Like I said I didn't have the answer yet on how all the hot wires were coming to the existing switches so since i had a light that was mounted under the upper cabinet I pig tailed my power from this and ran it down to the switch as shown in Pic. 9.8.
Pic. 9.9. The switch plate mounted back up.
Pic. 9.7. Like I said I didn't have the answer yet on how all the hot wires were coming to the existing switches so since i had a light that was mounted under the upper cabinet I pig tailed my power from this and ran it down to the switch as shown in Pic. 9.8.
Pic. 9.9. The switch plate mounted back up.
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butchiiii
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Nice job. Thanks for the step by step install. It was informative.
grashley
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EXCELLENT REVIEW! Thanks for posting this! Good Job!
One question - in Pic 5, I believe, there is a wheel mounted to the top of your door. Certainly you do not roll it over on its side often enough to need this!
One question - in Pic 5, I believe, there is a wheel mounted to the top of your door. Certainly you do not roll it over on its side often enough to need this!
Old_Crow
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That's to keep the corner of the door from tearing the awning.
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grashley said:
That's great! Maybe I should have one on the other side too. LoL
gravesdiesel
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I mounted those exact type LED lights under my awning, but I used their adhesive and stuck them directly under the "gutter" so they fire more down than out. I also ditched the 120v AC to 12v DC converter and wired the lights right into a switch, using the TT's 12v DC house power. It works great!
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gravesdiesel said:
I agree graves. No reason to use the AC converter.
I debated on the aluminum channel that aimed the lights down at a 45? but wanted to go as slim line as i could so you wouldn't notice them and also so the wind wouldn't grab them as much.
Maybe there's another project coming with lights like yours on the bottom. ?
grashley
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Thanks, Wally!
