Hi all,
I converting a van to a camper and wanted lights for underneath the kitchen cabinet.
I purchased this led light strip for Home Depot (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commerc...-RGB-LED-Strip-Light-Kit-DT8800-16F/312590609). The first one I bought with USB connection just wasn't bright enough.
I checked the brightness of the first led light strip by plugging it into the inverter, and it was plenty bright. I also like that it comes with a remote.
My first question is whether connecting it to a 12v battery would at all change the brightness of the LEDs and my second question is where in the schematic I would cut out the existing wires and connect to a red/black from my battery (which runs through a Blue Sea Fuse Box and would then run to a dimmer switch (this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3MT41G/?tag=cpf0b6-20). I know that the second box (transformer that plugs into the wall isn't necessary, but I wonder if the first one is...whether that connects to the remote or provides any other value), or if the remote goes directly to the light strips themselves, then how to a take a black and a red wire from battery and feed it into a light strip that wants four separate wires (red/black/green/can't remember fourth).
I assume that the dimmer switch would be operable with this, since both would be 12v and that I could use both the remote and the actual dimmer switch, but will that actually work?
Thanks much!
James
I converting a van to a camper and wanted lights for underneath the kitchen cabinet.
I purchased this led light strip for Home Depot (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commerc...-RGB-LED-Strip-Light-Kit-DT8800-16F/312590609). The first one I bought with USB connection just wasn't bright enough.
I checked the brightness of the first led light strip by plugging it into the inverter, and it was plenty bright. I also like that it comes with a remote.
My first question is whether connecting it to a 12v battery would at all change the brightness of the LEDs and my second question is where in the schematic I would cut out the existing wires and connect to a red/black from my battery (which runs through a Blue Sea Fuse Box and would then run to a dimmer switch (this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3MT41G/?tag=cpf0b6-20). I know that the second box (transformer that plugs into the wall isn't necessary, but I wonder if the first one is...whether that connects to the remote or provides any other value), or if the remote goes directly to the light strips themselves, then how to a take a black and a red wire from battery and feed it into a light strip that wants four separate wires (red/black/green/can't remember fourth).
I assume that the dimmer switch would be operable with this, since both would be 12v and that I could use both the remote and the actual dimmer switch, but will that actually work?
Thanks much!
James
