Outdoor/waterproof LED strips

Hardware
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I was curious if anyone knew which outdoor / waterproof LED strips worked with HA? I have some indoor ones that use the flux_led component pretty well, but I have no idea how to tell which other brands will work with HA.

Thanks.

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If it has API or used mqtt

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Maybe it’s not what you’re looking for, but I would recommend to built it your own. :slight_smile:

Just take any reasonable priced outdoor strip you can find, and built the controller yourself. :slight_smile: I know, sounds complicated, but it really isn’t. Today there are alot of ways to built such a thing with plug&play components, no need to solder or something difficult. :slight_smile:

If you’re interested, I can post some links, Just a suggestion! :slight_smile:

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@paddy0174 Post some links please its fun to read up on other things even though its not something im going to do.

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Sure. :slight_smile: I used a few tutorials to put together what I needed, especially as these are not written for ESPHome. In the end I now have a few old LED strips controllable by ESPs. And I ordered some new WS2812B LEDs, these work as well very good. :slight_smile:

Here are a few of my bookmarks:

Please take note, all of these are just a portion of making an LED strip compatible with HA. I used these as examples, to put my things together. :slight_smile:

If you need further advise, just let me know. :slight_smile:

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I’m happy with these recently bought deck lights:

(vendor also on ebay).

The “RGBW” model has RGB and Warm White LEDs.

In ”Magic Home"
Home > Devices > DeckLights + long press > Change device type.
Strip Type : was “RGB / W”, changed to “RGB & W”
Sorting Type : unchanged ”RGBW”

With Type = “RGB / W” the UI allows:

  • any RGB value
  • Cool White (equal values for R, G & B)
  • Warm White (zero values for R, G & B)

It doesn’t allow mixing RGB and Warm White.

With Type = “RGB & W” the UI changes with one tab to set RGB and another to set the Warm White level. This allows mixing RGB and Warm White.

The python project https://github.com/Danielhiversen/flux_led similarly can set the RGB values with one command and set the Warm White value with another command (leaving RGB unchanged).

Home Assistant flux_led support uses the above and sort of works, but has some issues:

  • in the “COLOR” tab, when setting RGB, “White brightness” must be zero otherwise error “Failed to call service light/turn_on.” This could be implemented with two calls in the python code discussed above.
  • In the “TEMPERATURE” tab, it switches between the current RGB colour and Warm White around the middle of the slider, there is no mixing of Warm and Cool white. Brightness changes get the same error unless the slider is to the Cool White (RGB) side. Again this could be implemented with two calls in the python code discussed above, one to set the Cool White level using the RGB LEDs and another to set the Warm White level.
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Hey, just wanted to let you know that this is a known issue that is being worked on. We’ve updated the Flux_Led integration to the new UI config and now we are working on fixing and adding all of the features that should be there. Such as RGBW.

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Thanks for this work. I’ll look forward to the update.

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I would like to revive this topic. I have the same question, but maybe there are more/better options available today.

  • Outdoor LED strip;
  • Multi colour (RGB) and Warm White;
  • Compatible with HA;
  • Off-the-shelf product available in EU;
  • Short length (<5m) or cuttable (I know - normally not possible with outdoor);

These are the ones I have found so far:
Govee RGBICWW Outdoor LED Strip Lights
Lichtsnoer LED-strip voor buiten 5 m | WiZ NL-BE

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230V led strip IP66

Single color, but you can order cold, neutral or warm white.

Add this TRIAC controller.

Benefit: 230V enables long runs without voltage drop.

If you’re in 115V land, sorry…

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Hi Jeroen,
Thanks. Good to know that outdoor LED strips can be cut, I hadn’t found one before.

For me a pity that this is already 50 meters (I need just a few meter) and has no multi-color option.

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You can check the Hue portfolio for external use

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Thanks, Hue does seem to have an outdoor 2m LED strip, which would be perfect. Too bad it requires another bridge… I hope they support Thread/Matter soon.

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It doesn’t need a Hue bridge to work in HA. That’s why we have zigbee integrations like ZHA & Zigbee2Mqtt :wink:

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That’s even better! (although it would be my first Zigbee device besides Z-wave and Thread).

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You will probably need a few router devices to get the mesh going (similar to how Z-Wave works), but stick in a few power sockets and I promise you won’t regret it.