camping led strip lights

Can you please tell the bugs in the NW of WA that they shouldn't find my white LED strips attractive. From my experience they love white LEDs, and the yellow strips are better but still attract them, but usually the smaller ones. It does seem to depend on the season and weather. If its summer storm season its almost impossible to use white lights, other times of the year no problems.

That's interesting. Nest time I am up there, probably next year, I will certainly tell them. We traveled that way with led exterior lights two years ago. One light had a choice of all white or supposedly non insect attracting yellowish, or both colours. We couldn't see any difference re attraction of bugs. We got a small number to the white, but nothing much. We were there around April/May. I wonder if there are different wavelengths of white LEDS?
Mike

I got some cheap strips from ebay with the 3M tape.

The surface prep was lacking on the LED strip and the '3M tape' was just a 3M adhesive strip, not actually a foam double sided tape. It didn't stick for long or stuck to the surface I was attaching them to and the light strip pulled away and the adhesive strip was too thin to bridge any imperfections.

I did have some 3M automotive double sided foam tape and a bottle of metho though.

At $15 for 15m of lights, they were still a bargain though.I stuck them in my canopy, outside my canopy, in the tent, under the tent, bloody everywhere. When they are all on I think my vehicle can be seen from space, and I still have a meter or two left on the roll!

that was 5M for $15, fat fingers.

hi
just u tubed yea it looks easy .
The issue I have now is the hardware where to get ??
The clip on connectors that are used to go on the strip [alternate to solder ]
The other is the jack connector either with a wire tail or jack plug with screw terminals.
First preference is they are waterproof .

swampy

HI
Thanks for your reply .
Companion epak 2mtr
.7--2.2 amps
only 520 lumens low output
low price for a 2 mtr unit

swampy

Been going to get some strips for a while.....

Just a big question as to what's actually in the strip.

Some have current limiting resistors, not good, just a cheap & dirty way of controlling the current & wasting a fair bit of power.

Some use current limiting power supplies & these ones are almost 95% efficient.

Easy to pick one you get you eyes on them in some cases, not so easy in others.
If there's any sort of temperature in either the strip or the controller it's probably just using resistors to limit current.

Actually tried a couple of COB panel leds in a few places, like interior lights, including the rear one in the Pajero.

They seemed to work fine & with excellent light, simple, bit of double sided tape was supplied to attach them.

Then I notice the one in the rear of the Pajero had failed. Thought there goes 2 bucks & wasn't too concerned until I removed it.

Discovered the negative wire had come off due to the soldered connection melting.
The double sided tape was also all melted up & brown.

Played with a few others I had & found it didn't take long for the things to heat up to in excess of 100°C, (The wet finger test).

They are great panels, but need the resistor removing & a proper current supply used in its place.