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Max SINGLE jump/splice is about 12’. Anything beyond that won’t work without a booster/light spliced in. You can have multiple jumps throughout your setup, so long as none of them are longer than 12’.
Hey man, I just purchased these exact lights for our new home but I have questions after watching your video and was hoping to get your advise😅 how do I contact you? Would much appreciate it brother!
People are crazy charging them prices. I called a guy he said 3k because I have a 2 story home. I hung up the phone put my boots on and got on my own roof for free 😂
I get people need to make a living, and if you don’t want the hassle of DIYing, and have that kind of money to spend on some lights, sure. I, myself, do not!
And I’m ok with it taking me days/weeks cause lights just aren’t priority in my life. And of course you have all the things you learn along the way, more like setbacks, but the majority can be overcome. Patience and an understanding going into it that you will mess something up, somewhere….unless you have an extremely simple house/design.
Wire is wire at the end of the day. I’m sure it would work. I’m not an electrician so I don’t know what the differences are. I just know the 18 works because thats what I used.
@@sdlightningboltz I have several in this run that total well over 20’, for a total length of 170+. I am confident you can make wayyyyy longer and still be ok. Update: using a homemade jumper you can’t go further than about 12’ without a booster on a SINGLE jump
They come with 12 ft extensions... any 1 run much over this length will cause issues/flickering. This because of the middle DATA cable. If you need to make a 20ft run I would splice 1 of the lights in the middle so it boosts the signal strength,
@@CraigCarns-ek6xithis seems to be accurate. Had someone attempt a 15’ jump and had issues with lights not working on the other end. They spliced a light in the jump and it fixed the problem. I will test how far you can jump without a light/booster on Sunday and report back.
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Max SINGLE jump/splice is about 12’. Anything beyond that won’t work without a booster/light spliced in. You can have multiple jumps throughout your setup, so long as none of them are longer than 12’.
Hey man, I just purchased these exact lights for our new home but I have questions after watching your video and was hoping to get your advise😅 how do I contact you? Would much appreciate it brother!
Reddit is probably best. u/DIY_Dad_TX. Or if you’re comfortable asking here, it may help others. Up to you.
People are crazy charging them prices. I called a guy he said 3k because I have a 2 story home. I hung up the phone put my boots on and got on my own roof for free 😂
I get people need to make a living, and if you don’t want the hassle of DIYing, and have that kind of money to spend on some lights, sure. I, myself, do not!
And I’m ok with it taking me days/weeks cause lights just aren’t priority in my life. And of course you have all the things you learn along the way, more like setbacks, but the majority can be overcome. Patience and an understanding going into it that you will mess something up, somewhere….unless you have an extremely simple house/design.
Will splicing between lights affect the lighting scenes or have any other adverse effects on the lights? I would be concerned that it would.
Nope.
I saw another video where the guy use 16 gauge single wire? Would that still work?
Wire is wire at the end of the day. I’m sure it would work. I’m not an electrician so I don’t know what the differences are. I just know the 18 works because thats what I used.
What’s the max extension length you can make?
@@sdlightningboltz I have several in this run that total well over 20’, for a total length of 170+. I am confident you can make wayyyyy longer and still be ok.
Update: using a homemade jumper you can’t go further than about 12’ without a booster on a SINGLE jump
@@Dads_DIY_TX Thanks for the reply!
They come with 12 ft extensions... any 1 run much over this length will cause issues/flickering. This because of the middle DATA cable. If you need to make a 20ft run I would splice 1 of the lights in the middle so it boosts the signal strength,
@@CraigCarns-ek6xithis seems to be accurate. Had someone attempt a 15’ jump and had issues with lights not working on the other end. They spliced a light in the jump and it fixed the problem. I will test how far you can jump without a light/booster on Sunday and report back.
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