Mood lighting the games room, step by step
Components are here
Everything has arrived. Here is a closer look at what I got:
Three of these boxes and inside we see the basic components in each box (from left to right):
- Power lead (UK plug)
- Wifi interface (and sticky pad for attaching to a surface)
- A bag of cable clips
- the card with QR code links to the manual and product website
- the remote
- a 5m reel of leds mounted on a stickable foam backing
Three kits (with Amazon Prime delivery) were less than £75.
The extruded aluminum, diffuser strip and bracketsA close up of the aluminum extruded strip which is a flat U shape with track grooves on the back for the brackets and a groove on the inside for the diffuser. The strips are 2.5m long and white as this is the colour of my ceiling. The diffuser is made of PMMA which is also known as acrylic. I went for an opaque one because I wanted to minimise the visual of individual leds and get a broader spread of even light.
Along the top of the image are the two brackets, the self-tapping rawl plugs I’m using to get a secure fix in the ceiling and the end cap for the strip (only need these at one end as the led plugs will be poking out of the other end).
These strips have lots of options on length, colour and diffuser types. Each strip worked out at just under £30 with delivery.
Multi-strip connectorThis is the 3 gang connector with one of the WiFi controllers. The 3 point connector is additional to the standard box contents. It is needed for the ceiling lights which will be two separate strips operated through a single controller.
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