Questions Regarding LED Light Strips and Bias Lighting

[sapped1]

Hey Guys,

 

I’ve recently read about the benefits of Bias Lighting and how it can help in reducing eye strains. I am really intrigued by this and wish to set it up for my 24 inch PC monitor and 2 60 inch TV we have at home. Although LED light strips are very new to me so I just have some questions regarding this, sincerely appreciate your help with this!

 

1.      Since I’m buying it for 3 different components, will I be fine with just buying a super long LED strip and cutting it into 3 pieces? Or do I have to buy 3 separately?

 

2.      Because the voltages here in Australia is different than what’s in the US, will I have any issue buying these ones from Amazon and plug it into Australian TV/monitor/USB/power sockets?

https://www.amazon.com/Backlight-Lighting-Waterproof-Compatible-Upgraded/dp/B07JK9FDRP/ref=zg_bs_17534489011_33?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F40KAH155D3YQFS6PQVT

https://www.amazon.com/Led-Strip-Lights-PANGTON-VILLA/dp/B072QWJRBS/ref=zg_bs_15704861_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KX6Q1M4HXRYA0G8F89FR

 

3.      The two popular ones I found both mention they are very safe being 5V, is 5V generally better than the 12V ones which are more common? (I.E. less chance of breaking, setting on fire etc.)

 

4.      Since I have multiple devices that need the LED light strips, is it better to buy ones that’s Bluetooth connected or remote controlled?

 

5.      Are there any specific Bias Lighting modules you would recommend for long sessions in front of the computer, and also for watching TVs? Or are the ones I linked decent enough for the job?

 

Sorry if my questions sound silly haha, bias lighting generally sounds awesome and I’m really eager to learn more about this. Thanks for all your help with this!

 

Best Regards,

Johnson

[sapped1]

Is anyone able to help out on this? Sincerely appreciate any help that can be given! : )

[cluelessgenius]

20 hours ago, sapped1 said:

1.      Since I’m buying it for 3 different components, will I be fine with just buying a super long LED strip and cutting it into 3 pieces? Or do I have to buy 3 separately? 

most of them are cuttable. some after every led some only every 5 leds or so. the bigger thing is you need to power them / control them seperatly so you need 3 power supplies or 3 controllers depending on how fancy you wanna get you could also get an adressable strip and have something like an arduino or raspberry controll it but i might be getting ahead of myself .

yes you can get one long strip and cut it if its cuttable and you got 3 different power supplys / controllers.

 

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3.      The two popular ones I found both mention they are very safe being 5V, is 5V generally better than the 12V ones which are more common? (I.E. less chance of breaking, setting on fire etc.) 

not sure about safer. generally if you want the same birghtness a 5v strip will have to pull more amps than a 12v one so id say its the other way around? im no electrician. but them busting up in flames has to do with pulling to much current (so amps) through to thin of a cable. one tip from me is if you have a really long strip where you might be concerned about that, connect power to both ends of the strip to make it at least somewhat easier on those really thin power lines inside the strip.

 

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4.      Since I have multiple devices that need the LED light strips, is it better to buy ones that’s Bluetooth connected or remote controlled? 

usually the cheap ones come with an IR remote with some colors on it so it would depend on where youre pointing the remote or rather which strip can see your remote signal at the same time. some come rf remotes which dont reqiure line of sight but youd have 3 different remote lying around. and i guess even fancier ones come with bluetooth. i havent test those since i tend to get adressable ones and write my own software on a pi to control them. 

 

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5.      Are there any specific Bias Lighting modules you would recommend for long sessions in front of the computer, and also for watching TVs? Or are the ones I linked decent enough for the job? 

havent looked at yours. cant tell but ideally you want at least dimmable ones so you set them slightly dimmer than your tv / monitor / whatever.