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Old 01-28-2017, 01:39 PM
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I'm wanting to install led strip lighting under the bed rail down both sides. Does anyone know a good place to get some quality stuff?

I already have a switch, just need to solder it to the new lighting.
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Have you seen our site? We recently added heavy duty LED strips to our site a few months ago. Under the LED Strips section. Waterproof and durrable. Just mount them with the double-stick tape and run some wires to them.

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If I want to run a 48" led strip down each side of the bed can the ends be wired so I have just one power source, or would each one need their own power supply?
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One 12VDC power source is fine.
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Just so I'm clear on this...the non powered end of one strip has a dedicated place to solder or connect wires that would run across the front of the bed and solder to the other strip at it's non powered end that would power the other strip.

I already have a powered switch to hook to the power lead to the first strip. Hoping I'm making sense trying to describe this. Thanks.
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No the wires are only at 1 end of the strip. So you'd mount both LED strips on either side with the wires facing the same way, then maybe extend the wires on one end.

You can't daisy chain them.

Just a red/black wire coming off each end.
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Ok, I'll have to think about running another power supply wire. Thanks for your help.
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you can get 16' rolls on amazon,ebay for $20.
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16' would be better for how I want to install it. How do you think the quality is? Any link to them?
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https://www.superbrightleds.com/

Ive used this company in the past and the present and have had nothing but good quality/products from them. Ill be adding some LED strips in my bed after im finished with all of the OEM ambient lighting. Be sure to compare the different levels of lumens.



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