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Hi Chris, I have learnt a fair bit from your videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was hoping if you can help, your products about Muzata are not available in the UK and have been struggling to find anything similar. Have you come across any other products that is similar quality which is sold in Amazon UK or even Alibaba? Any help would be great. Thank you.
You are the MAN for doing all these diffuser tests. I too have been trying to score the most perfect diffused setup, but haven't been able to afford try too many things. I REALLY appreciate you taking one (or two!) for the team, and trying them out for me.
You are very welcome! Its a fun hobby for sure. I just wish these were not so expensive. At some point I'm for sure going to try doing a DIY version of this and see how it turns out!
What a find! Looks like a product for commercial use, but works so well for domestic use too. The diffusion looks so good too, passing light all the way through. I''ve been having ideas to create some similar as fascia boards for our porch and this product may enable that into fruition. Thanks for the share and cant wait to see what you plan on doing with them next!
They really do look amazing! So many possible applications! Looks like they sold out of them already. Hopefully a re-stock will be coming soon! Thanks for watching!!
Lol I still want to get into a big led Christmas display outside but that is just a project that's on a whole other level that i'm not ready for. Maybe someday!
I've been doing the edge lit plexi since the late 90's. However, I did not have access to a new molded aluminum channel to house it so it was also rather tacky looking or made of wood. The advent of formed channel aluminum for this mod makes it well worth buying. Glad someone finally adapted it for acrylic.
Yeah the aluminum channel is really what makes this shine. I'm currently trying to make a diy version of it using wood and discovering what you have already known for a while now lol. Its hard to make it look good using wood lol. Thanks for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Whats the concern with wood? just an aesthetics thing or is it a reflective properties thing if its the latter couldnt you just use a bezel? instead of using the wood structurally? and if its the former, same deal, structural wood and then cover it with a more aesthetically pleasing bezel
@@MrTeathyme If I were to guess, I'd imagine it has to do with the size? Aluminum channel maintains a small form factor, and I would imagine that wood would be quuite bulky? Source: none
Do you know the specs of the edge lit plexi, I want just the panel in order to cut it in different shapes. If you have a recommendationfor a plexi let me know
My gears have been turning too! So many cool things you could make using this! Its a bummer its so expensive but I think the acrylic is the majority of the cost.
My friends and I have started looking into LEDs for our "gamer house", and your channel is an absolute GODSEND for us. Thank you for making the content that you do!
Thanks so much for watching and glad you are liking the videos! Hopefully you are documenting the game house setups because that would be awesome to see how it all comes together! Thanks for all the kind words!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I still try to respond to every comment! I'm sure I've missed a few here and there but its the least I can do! Thanks buddy and hope you had a great weekend!
Thanks so much! That would look really nice! If I knew these existed a while back, I would have probably tried using them someone on my board and batten accent wall video!
Not sure if you just do it because it is quicker, but you can cut off the white heat shrink, and de-solder the existing wiring instead of cutting off and wasting the first and last LED on every strip. Love your content.
Yes! That's what i do, don't cut the whole led off when you can cut the wire, that's just so wasteful. esp if you are soldering them together anyway. also long term the tape is very important on these as its thermal tape. it will help the leds run cooler and thus last longer.
Thanks so much for watching! lol yeah that's just me being lazy and trying to save time. I have done exactly what you have described in the past and its not very difficult but having to do it to about 5 strips on both sides did not seem fun!
Being a PC modder obsessed with RGB lights, these open up a lot of new ideas to go with my custom liquid cooling loop and PC case itself. Especially with my 360mm x 120mm flat, clear reservoir. It's a EKWB EK-Quantum Volume FLT 360 Reservoir, for reference. I'd leave an Amazon link, but UA-cam likes to randomly delete comments that have them.
I love looking at the crazy setups people come up with for their PC builds! That's awesome! I've also heard from a few other people as well that if they leave a link it gets deleted. I have no idea why!
@@ChrisMaherDIY, I have a few uploads of an older PC of mine on my channel you might want to check out. It's got quite a bit of RGB. It was my first lighting PC project. There's some custom cooling, too. I need to upload some new stuff.
I was thinking something like this would look amazing in a case mod - might have to work on something for this as I have a couple cases this would look perfect in.
Yeah that animation I thought turned out super cool looking as well! I think it was the fire animation on WLED if I remember correctly. Thanks for watching!!
New comer to the channel here! Thank you Chris for the tutorials/how to videos, as well as different project ideas. I just renovated my basement and will be taking on a beginner project. Can't wait!!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! You are certainly welcome. I definitely enjoy doing it! That sounds like such a fun project and i'm sure a million different ways you could add some fun lighting to the basement! Let me know how it turns out!
Wow!! THANK YOU!! 😁😁 Not only was I going to enquire about your favorite diffuser, was actually going to suggest, time and finances permitting, a kind of "Best To Install" diffuser video less than a week ago.... It's unfortunately STILL on the online Todo list, BUT, at #2 😅 Again, fantastic content my friend! And I huge shout-out to your wife, as I'm perfectly aware of how much support she's gotta put in for this series to output the way it does! 😁 Cheers!!
Great timing!! Thanks so much buddy and appreciate it! Thanks for all the support. Lol fortunately my wife has been amazing with how messy the house looks during some of these projects. She's a saint!
I think something about half the height of this installed near the ceiling with white adjustable color temperature LEDs would be a great subdued led light strip. Program it to adjust color temp throughout the day
im doing one of ur older diys with the corner acrylic piece but on the corner of my wall to ceiling. wish i woulda found these before bc that is so much cleaner
That's so cool you made it yourself! Lol yeah I wish I would have found these earlier as well! I'm honestly not sure though when they came out. Maybe they just came out recently and would not have even been available at the time. Thanks buddy!
Yeah, its tough to find things that are available all across the world. I think Muzata is mainly selling in the US and Canada. Hopefully they will expand and make it more affordable in different countries because they really do have some awesome products!
Great! I’ve used silicone, epoxy, and acrylic in different lights. Putting 2 strips in a V-channel facing each other, but staggered one LED, makes a smooth blend too.
Hello Chris, I would like to begin by expressing my admiration for your fantastic videos. Your projects are so well executed that I could not have done them any better myself. Secondly, I would be thrilled to see a video from you about Hyperion/HyperHDR. And sorry for my bad english, I'm not a native speaker
Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support! That is for sure on my list of projects I would like to attempt. I've watched a few videos on it already and it looks amazing!!
I’m wanting to use these but was curious how they look if you put two of the diffusers side by side. Are you able to see a seam in the lighting pattern or does it stay seamless? Have you done this before?
That's a great question! I should do a follow up video at some point. They are machine cut with precision so when they are butted up next to each other they are practically seamless unless you get super close to them.
@@ChrisMaherDIY thank you. I have some coming which I’ll be placing side by side. Hoping it’s not to noticeable. Thanks for posting that video. I’m doing a project and was kind of scratching my head on how to proceed with LED lighting. Those diffusers are just what I was looking for. Ordered them right after I saw your video. 👍🏼
@@ChrisMaherDIY and how do you wire them up when going long distance? At some point the LEDs need too much power and you can’t feed them all from one or two ends
@@p__jay if you go to 0:34 in the video, you can see there are 2 "slots". you use the top slot for the LEDs and run a four conductor 22 gauge ribbon cable in the bottom. im thinking you could use the channel itself as the negative and all four conductors of the ribbon cable as the positive. four 22 awg wires are equivalent to one 16awg wire.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah its a major bummer! They sold out really fast and the company has yet to refresh inventory. Althogh they told me they would be back in stock sometime this month (in the US) so we shall see!
Thanks! Yeah I hope they do too. They sold out pretty fast. They must not have had much inventory built up. I'm planning on re-releasing the video once hey are back in stock so hopefully that is soon! Thanks for watching buddy!
Chris, those look great! I'm wondering if it is possible to cut the acrylic in an arch shape to 'update' an triple arched antique Brunswick bar to look more Art Deco? Thanks.
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1:52 is mistake, led strip PCB is made of copper which has excelent thermal resistance with purpose to transfer the heat! not sticking the copper PCB to the alluminum frame will decrease the lifetime of the LED strip.
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these look really cool, got the gears turning for an updated version of my beer tap handle, but it'd also be interesting to see how they hold up if the channel and acrylic are cut at an angle
I'm wondering the same thing! I have many ideas and some would require them to be cut! My guess is they will cut just fine but I would still be a little nervous to try! lol.
With some slightly slimmer channels, i'd say they would make some fancy door/window trim (or trim for the entire upper section of the wall). For me i'm thinking about covering up a whole wall with them, behind the seats. Great video, keep up the good work.
I've had my eye on this particular product for a very long time but they are just way too expensive but I bet there's a certain someone who can diy them alot cheaper 😉😉
Theses are pretty amazing. Would love to see this in an out door project like lights along my driveway. How would you waterproof the ends if I tried this and what wire and controller would you use. I'd like to you govee as the lights are waterproof but if you have better ideas?
I was thinking the same thing on how they could potentially be installed outdoors! I'm honestly not sure how that would be done. The space for the leds to go in the channel is very small and i'm not sure if any of the waterproof led light strips would be small enough to fit. I've never tried to waterproof an led strip either at the controller level so that would be new to me as well. If govee sells led strips that have at least 90/led's per meter I would certainly give that a try and see if it worked but as far as I know they dont. I think the majority of the strips they sell are only 30/leds per meter. The end results would not look as good since the leds are spaced further apart than the ones I use in the video and are recommended.
@@ChrisMaherDIY cutting down the acrylic isn’t a problem with a jigsaw/circular saw with a straight edge and using a Govee waterproof model LED strip would work. As for the LEDs per meter thing, maybe extra sanding on the acrylic itself might help blend the ‘Pixels’ together more.
WOW, what a find, that is an awesome effect, and immediately I am rethinking a part of my lounge, in particular the gap at the bottom of the cupboards, I was planning on just the strips stuck underneath shining down but this would look amazing, I would have to spray the aluminium black to fit in with the cupboards and although it would take away some of the reflecting I still think it would look better. Hope your well 👍🏻
I know what your saying! If I saw this product earlies, I more than likely would have tried using it at the bottom of my board and batten accent wall design. Its fun to have options!! Thanks as always buddy and hope you have a great weekend!
@@ChrisMaherDIY You too Chris, This LED journey, I remember, as I imagine you do about 15 years ago when the very first strips became available, but they weren't the flat SMD sort they were small 3 or 5mm diodes on a 30 cm strip, and quite expensive!, but how far we've come, it makes you wonder what's in store for the future!,
I admire the high quality of your videos! Just one note, in the video you mention that you get two of the channels per box, but the link you furnished goes to a product with only one diffuser channel. $55 for the one and $99 if you want two. Not a complaint. I know things change rapidly on Amazon.
Oh my goodness you are right! Thanks so much for letting me know. I just updated the links. My sincere apologies and thanks again for catching that! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@oneiros1401 ohh bummer! My guess is they must not be available in your country. Looks like it's still available in the US. What country are you from?!
Hello Chris.. AMAZING VIDEO!! i know this was posted some time ago.. Where can i find these panels today? i can't seem to find these ones on Amazon anymore. Thanks
Firstly, love your videos! It's provided me so much inspiration for my own place. I.really hope these come back in stock. I want to make these for all the baseboards in my place, I think it would look awesome! Have you tried taking the aluminum piece to any local shops to see if any could fab it up for you? You already have a copy you just need it reproduced. Hopefully they come back in stock soon, been checking everday! 😅
Thanks so much for the comment! Appreciate the support! I have not tried that but its a good idea! I've been trying to make a diy version but re-creating the slim profile of the aluminum with wood/other materials is proving to be pretty difficult lol. Hopefully they come back in stock soon!
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Must be US only, always unavailable in the UK :(
Hi Chris, I have learnt a fair bit from your videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was hoping if you can help, your products about Muzata are not available in the UK and have been struggling to find anything similar. Have you come across any other products that is similar quality which is sold in Amazon UK or even Alibaba? Any help would be great.
Thank you.
Chris will the govee M1 strip fit this?
@@wickedlammy it will not. The Govee m1 is a little too big!
@@wickedlammy also it wouldn't look that great even if it did fit since the Govee m1 has 60 LEDs per meter.
Wow, finally a diffuser that actually diffuses LEDs!
Its definitely a good one! Just wish it was not so expensive!
not me accidentally stumbling across your channel and going down the rabbit hole of custom lighting my entire apartment
Hahaha its a fun hobby for sure! Hope you enjoy it as much as I have! Thanks for watching!
I just instantly liked this because it's 3:31. Thank you for getting to the point quickly.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you liked the video! Lol yeah I generally like to just jump right in!
You are the MAN for doing all these diffuser tests. I too have been trying to score the most perfect diffused setup, but haven't been able to afford try too many things. I REALLY appreciate you taking one (or two!) for the team, and trying them out for me.
You are very welcome! Its a fun hobby for sure. I just wish these were not so expensive. At some point I'm for sure going to try doing a DIY version of this and see how it turns out!
What a find! Looks like a product for commercial use, but works so well for domestic use too.
The diffusion looks so good too, passing light all the way through.
I''ve been having ideas to create some similar as fascia boards for our porch and this product may enable that into fruition. Thanks for the share and cant wait to see what you plan on doing with them next!
They really do look amazing! So many possible applications! Looks like they sold out of them already. Hopefully a re-stock will be coming soon! Thanks for watching!!
@@ChrisMaherDIY still no re-stock this is so sad
youtube algorithm blessed me with this one. appreciate your hard work bro
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I'm glad you are liking the videos!!
Your place must look amazing when Christmas comes around
Lol I still want to get into a big led Christmas display outside but that is just a project that's on a whole other level that i'm not ready for. Maybe someday!
By far the best LED diffuser implementation I have seen so far.
Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!!
I've been doing the edge lit plexi since the late 90's. However, I did not have access to a new molded aluminum channel to house it so it was also rather tacky looking or made of wood. The advent of formed channel aluminum for this mod makes it well worth buying. Glad someone finally adapted it for acrylic.
Yeah the aluminum channel is really what makes this shine. I'm currently trying to make a diy version of it using wood and discovering what you have already known for a while now lol. Its hard to make it look good using wood lol. Thanks for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Whats the concern with wood? just an aesthetics thing or is it a reflective properties thing
if its the latter couldnt you just use a bezel? instead of using the wood structurally? and if its the former, same deal, structural wood and then cover it with a more aesthetically pleasing bezel
Not with LEDs you weren't
@@MrTeathyme If I were to guess, I'd imagine it has to do with the size? Aluminum channel maintains a small form factor, and I would imagine that wood would be quuite bulky? Source: none
Do you know the specs of the edge lit plexi, I want just the panel in order to cut it in different shapes.
If you have a recommendationfor a plexi let me know
ohhhhhhhhhh wow very nice find!!! my gears are turning!
My gears have been turning too! So many cool things you could make using this! Its a bummer its so expensive but I think the acrylic is the majority of the cost.
Those diffuser panels are dope as hell. Thanks for sharing
You are welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
My friends and I have started looking into LEDs for our "gamer house", and your channel is an absolute GODSEND for us. Thank you for making the content that you do!
Thanks so much for watching and glad you are liking the videos! Hopefully you are documenting the game house setups because that would be awesome to see how it all comes together! Thanks for all the kind words!
impressive! not just the build, but also the fact you reply to basically every comment
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I still try to respond to every comment! I'm sure I've missed a few here and there but its the least I can do! Thanks buddy and hope you had a great weekend!
Can't get enough of this content one day I will have time to sit and make some of this stuff!
Thanks so much!! Glad you are liking the videos and appreciate you taking the time to comment!
this one looks elegant chris! would love to put it on walls as accents...
Thanks so much! That would look really nice! If I knew these existed a while back, I would have probably tried using them someone on my board and batten accent wall video!
Dude !!! I'm mesmerised ! Your work is amazing ! Very creative !
Thanks so much! Its easy to make videos with cool stuff like this. They will look good no matter what i do lol. Thanks for watching buddy!
This summer I'm going to finish my game room. I've had ideas in my head that I've only found solutions for on your channel! Thank you!
Not sure if you just do it because it is quicker, but you can cut off the white heat shrink, and de-solder the existing wiring instead of cutting off and wasting the first and last LED on every strip.
Love your content.
Yes! That's what i do, don't cut the whole led off when you can cut the wire, that's just so wasteful. esp if you are soldering them together anyway. also long term the tape is very important on these as its thermal tape. it will help the leds run cooler and thus last longer.
Thanks so much for watching! lol yeah that's just me being lazy and trying to save time. I have done exactly what you have described in the past and its not very difficult but having to do it to about 5 strips on both sides did not seem fun!
Being a PC modder obsessed with RGB lights, these open up a lot of new ideas to go with my custom liquid cooling loop and PC case itself. Especially with my 360mm x 120mm flat, clear reservoir. It's a EKWB EK-Quantum Volume FLT 360 Reservoir, for reference. I'd leave an Amazon link, but UA-cam likes to randomly delete comments that have them.
I love looking at the crazy setups people come up with for their PC builds! That's awesome! I've also heard from a few other people as well that if they leave a link it gets deleted. I have no idea why!
@@ChrisMaherDIY, I have a few uploads of an older PC of mine on my channel you might want to check out. It's got quite a bit of RGB. It was my first lighting PC project. There's some custom cooling, too. I need to upload some new stuff.
I was thinking something like this would look amazing in a case mod - might have to work on something for this as I have a couple cases this would look perfect in.
Cringe flex kid
Edge lit acrylic would also look awesome on something like a distro plate
Damn that red one looks like blood flowing thru water, what a cool effect.
Yeah that animation I thought turned out super cool looking as well! I think it was the fire animation on WLED if I remember correctly. Thanks for watching!!
This guy is right on the money. Nice work!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
These are absolutely beautiful
I agree! Thanks so much for watching! My favorite diffuser ever! Just wish they would come back in stock soon!
New comer to the channel here! Thank you Chris for the tutorials/how to videos, as well as different project ideas.
I just renovated my basement and will be taking on a beginner project. Can't wait!!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! You are certainly welcome. I definitely enjoy doing it! That sounds like such a fun project and i'm sure a million different ways you could add some fun lighting to the basement! Let me know how it turns out!
Please productize these and make a plug-and-play product. I’d definitely pay for it!
Thanks so much for watching! If I ever give it a try I'll let you know!!
Quality! Thank you
Bob
England
Thanks so much buddy! Thanks for watching!
Wow!!
THANK YOU!! 😁😁
Not only was I going to enquire about your favorite diffuser, was actually going to suggest, time and finances permitting, a kind of "Best To Install" diffuser video less than a week ago....
It's unfortunately STILL on the online Todo list,
BUT,
at #2 😅
Again, fantastic content my friend!
And I huge shout-out to your wife, as I'm perfectly aware of how much support she's gotta put in for this series to output the way it does! 😁
Cheers!!
Great timing!! Thanks so much buddy and appreciate it! Thanks for all the support. Lol fortunately my wife has been amazing with how messy the house looks during some of these projects. She's a saint!
WOW! Super cool! Thank You!
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!
I didn't know I needed this. Now I have to have this.
I have the normal sized Muzata channels everywhere in my gaming room and they look flawless, but somehow these steal the show.
Have you posted a video of your gaming room?! I love seeing stuff like that! But yeah, these definitely have that extra wow factor!
Oh wow- This looks so amazing.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you like them! I just wish they would come back in stock soon!
I found my staircase project, thank you!
You are welcome and thanks so much for watching!!
Chris you never miss, incredible to see your growth !
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the support buddy!
Hey Chris, since these are out of stock/discontinued are there any other panels that you like that are similar?
Did you found anything like that?
Anything?
These look so 😎
Impressive b-roll footage! 👍🏻
Thank you. 🙏🏻
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Wow, that's beautiful.
Not sure how I ended up on your channel, but that’s really impressive.
Thanks so much!!! Appreciate the kind words and thanks so much for watching!
Had not looked in a while but they are finally IN STOCK
Informative, short and still nice B-roll at the end.
This is a great video!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!
YOU Inspire me. GREAT IDEAS...Thank-You
Lol thanks buddy! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@ChrisMaherDIY anything to help your channel
That looks sick!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Thanks for video, given me an idea to build some shelves like this,my partner won't be happy,she said I am obsessed with leds lol
You are very welcome and that's a great idea! Lol there are worse things to be obsessed about lol!
Can you post the video of the shelves
There's lit. And then there is EDGE LIT!
That looks sick!👊🏽👍🏽. Nice work!
I think something about half the height of this installed near the ceiling with white adjustable color temperature LEDs would be a great subdued led light strip. Program it to adjust color temp throughout the day
That would be awesome and great idea! I'm sure it would not be too hard to do that! Thanks for watching!
GUY!!! UA-cam recommended your video...SUSCRIBED!!!!
Thanks so much!! Glad UA-cam is helping me out lol!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks for your work! giving me ideas around the house. Cheers!
Very cool. Thank for sharing. I am going to try to replicate this on my pool edge
You are very welcome and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! That would look super cool!!!
don't worry my baseboard LED will be on the market again soon 😜
a shame that the products featured are no longer available, would have been nice to try them out
Such a bummer! They said they are re-designing them and will be releasing them soon so here is to hoping that actually happens!
im doing one of ur older diys with the corner acrylic piece but on the corner of my wall to ceiling. wish i woulda found these before bc that is so much cleaner
That's so cool you made it yourself! Lol yeah I wish I would have found these earlier as well! I'm honestly not sure though when they came out. Maybe they just came out recently and would not have even been available at the time. Thanks buddy!
I think they would look great on stairs, but imagine making sliding glass door vertical blinds with those.
I love your ideas!! That would be so cool making blinds with those! Might have to try at some point!!
these are beautiful but it looks really expensive to get them in the UK :( great work as always my man
Yeah, its tough to find things that are available all across the world. I think Muzata is mainly selling in the US and Canada. Hopefully they will expand and make it more affordable in different countries because they really do have some awesome products!
Very Nice... Evertime good ideas and inovate thoughs. God bless u bro
Thanks so much for the kind words and taking the time to comment! God bless you as well!
I was on that quest too, tired of not finding the best, so I made my own!
Lol that's awesome! I love that mentality. Cant find what you want/like so just have to figure out how to make it yourself! How did they turn out?!
Great! I’ve used silicone, epoxy, and acrylic in different lights. Putting 2 strips in a V-channel facing each other, but staggered one LED, makes a smooth blend too.
Hello Chris, I would like to begin by expressing my admiration for your fantastic videos. Your projects are so well executed that I could not have done them any better myself. Secondly, I would be thrilled to see a video from you about Hyperion/HyperHDR.
And sorry for my bad english, I'm not a native speaker
Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support! That is for sure on my list of projects I would like to attempt. I've watched a few videos on it already and it looks amazing!!
I’m wanting to use these but was curious how they look if you put two of the diffusers side by side. Are you able to see a seam in the lighting pattern or does it stay seamless? Have you done this before?
That's a great question! I should do a follow up video at some point. They are machine cut with precision so when they are butted up next to each other they are practically seamless unless you get super close to them.
@@ChrisMaherDIY thank you. I have some coming which I’ll be placing side by side. Hoping it’s not to noticeable. Thanks for posting that video. I’m doing a project and was kind of scratching my head on how to proceed with LED lighting. Those diffusers are just what I was looking for. Ordered them right after I saw your video. 👍🏼
@@ChrisMaherDIY and how do you wire them up when going long distance? At some point the LEDs need too much power and you can’t feed them all from one or two ends
@@p__jay I think there is a space there for the additional wires that could be used to add power.
@@p__jay if you go to 0:34 in the video, you can see there are 2 "slots". you use the top slot for the LEDs and run a four conductor 22 gauge ribbon cable in the bottom. im thinking you could use the channel itself as the negative and all four conductors of the ribbon cable as the positive. four 22 awg wires are equivalent to one 16awg wire.
Quick efficient demo. Thank you.
You are very welcome and thanks for watching!!
Cool design, thx for the inspiration!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!!
These look awesome! Would you say it reduces the amount of light that's sent into the room, compared with normal defuser strips?
Круто!
Thanks so much for watching !
looks like they out of stock everywhere. Congratz :)
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah its a major bummer! They sold out really fast and the company has yet to refresh inventory. Althogh they told me they would be back in stock sometime this month (in the US) so we shall see!
@@ChrisMaherDIY US only? Too bad.
@@gizlas yeah unfortunately :(
Amazing just what I was looking for hope they come back in stock on amazon. Thank you for the video
Thanks! Yeah I hope they do too. They sold out pretty fast. They must not have had much inventory built up. I'm planning on re-releasing the video once hey are back in stock so hopefully that is soon! Thanks for watching buddy!
This is going to blowup on yt
lol I hope so! Although I think they just sold out :( hopefully they will get some more in stock soon!
It's beautiful, I want that 😊
Thank you brother nice video
You are welcome and thanks for watching!
Chris, those look great! I'm wondering if it is possible to cut the acrylic in an arch shape to 'update' an triple arched antique Brunswick bar to look more Art Deco? Thanks.
Amazing video man - from the topic, to the B-roll shots, to the overall composition of the video. You earned my sub, and this was the first video of yours I've seen 👍
I LOVE when I discover new _(to me)_ , high-quality channels like this one!
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! I appreciate the support and glad you liked the video! Thanks buddy!
beautiful🤗🤗
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the support!
Thx you very much
You are very welcome!! Thanks so much for watching!
1:52 is mistake, led strip PCB is made of copper which has excelent thermal resistance with purpose to transfer the heat! not sticking the copper PCB to the alluminum frame will decrease the lifetime of the LED strip.
Thanks so much for the information and the advice! That's good to know! Appreciate you taking the time to comment!
Awesome!
Thanks so much!
This sick 👍🏾
I LOVED you're works your All of WORKS are Best of bestest Big Fan forever
BEST wishes for you Always 💗
PEACE ✌️ 🕊️ OUT
Thanks again! I appreciate the support my friend!
I bet it look so good in real life
It really does!! I just wish they were still in stock! Thanks for watching!
Always the best bro keep going 💪🏼
Thanks so much!! Always appreciate the support my friend!
@@ChrisMaherDIY ♥️♥️
Lit 🔥
Lol perfect! Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video!
I really like lights and I was watching some dude in UAE but he is not teaching step by step until I find your videos keep the good work man 💜🙏
Thanks so much!! Glad you are liking the videos! Thanks for the support my friend!
Thanks man this is the UAE guy channel make look I want to as him the lights but he is not teaching if you can figure out what he using I will be grateful and sorry for the bothering you
The man channel
ua-cam.com/channels/Yk5_iTAzDBUILMkn0g5Lxw.html
these look really cool, got the gears turning for an updated version of my beer tap handle, but it'd also be interesting to see how they hold up if the channel and acrylic are cut at an angle
I'm wondering the same thing! I have many ideas and some would require them to be cut! My guess is they will cut just fine but I would still be a little nervous to try! lol.
Thanks for your testing. Learn a lot.
You are very welcome and thanks for watching!!
With some slightly slimmer channels, i'd say they would make some fancy door/window trim (or trim for the entire upper section of the wall).
For me i'm thinking about covering up a whole wall with them, behind the seats.
Great video, keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for watching! I was thinking the same thing! So many cool things you could do with these!
How are you getting them to sync? What controller are you using?
Unfortunately, as of Friday, May 20, 2022, they are sold out on Amazon with no predicted return date. 😥
Such a bummer! Hopefully they get a re-stock soon. They must have been going fast!
July still nothing
I contacted support and they have discontinued this product, sadly :(
@@rintaun nooooooooooo! 😭
We need that diy version video soon 😉
I've had my eye on this particular product for a very long time but they are just way too expensive but I bet there's a certain someone who can diy them alot cheaper 😉😉
Yeah they are expensive! I think the bulk of the cost is in the acrylic. lol I for sure am going to have to try at some point!
@@ChrisMaherDIY how thick is the acrylic?
Awesome
Thanks buddy!
Theses are pretty amazing. Would love to see this in an out door project like lights along my driveway. How would you waterproof the ends if I tried this and what wire and controller would you use. I'd like to you govee as the lights are waterproof but if you have better ideas?
I was thinking the same thing on how they could potentially be installed outdoors! I'm honestly not sure how that would be done. The space for the leds to go in the channel is very small and i'm not sure if any of the waterproof led light strips would be small enough to fit. I've never tried to waterproof an led strip either at the controller level so that would be new to me as well. If govee sells led strips that have at least 90/led's per meter I would certainly give that a try and see if it worked but as far as I know they dont. I think the majority of the strips they sell are only 30/leds per meter. The end results would not look as good since the leds are spaced further apart than the ones I use in the video and are recommended.
@@ChrisMaherDIY cutting down the acrylic isn’t a problem with a jigsaw/circular saw with a straight edge and using a Govee waterproof model LED strip would work. As for the LEDs per meter thing, maybe extra sanding on the acrylic itself might help blend the ‘Pixels’ together more.
Good content sir
That's freakin beautiful
Nice job
Thanks buddy!
This looks amazing
WOW, what a find, that is an awesome effect, and immediately I am rethinking a part of my lounge, in particular the gap at the bottom of the cupboards, I was planning on just the strips stuck underneath shining down but this would look amazing, I would have to spray the aluminium black to fit in with the cupboards and although it would take away some of the reflecting I still think it would look better.
Hope your well 👍🏻
I know what your saying! If I saw this product earlies, I more than likely would have tried using it at the bottom of my board and batten accent wall design. Its fun to have options!! Thanks as always buddy and hope you have a great weekend!
@@ChrisMaherDIY
You too Chris,
This LED journey, I remember, as I imagine you do about 15 years ago when the very first strips became available, but they weren't the flat SMD sort they were small 3 or 5mm diodes on a 30 cm strip, and quite expensive!, but how far we've come, it makes you wonder what's in store for the future!,
So beautiful
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment my friend!
great led strips! I do wish they were cheaper to use for larger projects..
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah they are not cheap. hopefully someone can come out with something similar for less!
So cool
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you liked it!
I admire the high quality of your videos! Just one note, in the video you mention that you get two of the channels per box, but the link you furnished goes to a product with only one diffuser channel. $55 for the one and $99 if you want two. Not a complaint. I know things change rapidly on Amazon.
Oh my goodness you are right! Thanks so much for letting me know. I just updated the links. My sincere apologies and thanks again for catching that! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Those links don't even take me to the product you have in your videos... :(
@@oneiros1401 I can't find anything remotely similar. Very unfortunate
@@oneiros1401 ohh bummer! My guess is they must not be available in your country. Looks like it's still available in the US. What country are you from?!
@@jrbarker7362 that's such a bummer! What country are you from? They are still showing as available. I'm in the the US.
thats cool
Thanks so much for watching!
Ur camera work made it look good….
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment! I appreciate the kind words as I do make an effort to get some good pics and videos!!
Hello Chris.. AMAZING VIDEO!! i know this was posted some time ago.. Where can i find these panels today? i can't seem to find these ones on Amazon anymore. Thanks
This gives me… a brilliant idea
Thanks so much for watching and awesome!
That looks incredible!
Firstly, love your videos! It's provided me so much inspiration for my own place. I.really hope these come back in stock. I want to make these for all the baseboards in my place, I think it would look awesome!
Have you tried taking the aluminum piece to any local shops to see if any could fab it up for you? You already have a copy you just need it reproduced.
Hopefully they come back in stock soon, been checking everday! 😅
Thanks so much for the comment! Appreciate the support! I have not tried that but its a good idea! I've been trying to make a diy version but re-creating the slim profile of the aluminum with wood/other materials is proving to be pretty difficult lol. Hopefully they come back in stock soon!