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I'm doing a job which needs LED tape under shelving, 6 shelves with ~1.2m of RGBWW tape under.
I've used downlightsdirect and downlights.co.uk for tape before with no issue, but quite pricey at 12.68/m. They are also probably a bit over powered for what will be ambient light under shelving, but they only do 24V 23W/m in RGBWW.
That also means the more expensive driver.
I'll be dimming it via the controller so not such an issue, but all adds up - anyone used other suppliers of cheap (12V?) tape and found it reliable?
It needs to be RGBWW because I've never found a solely RGB option that produces a good white, and it will likely be white most of the time, with occasional splashes of colour....
I'm also looking for a decent controller for smart use, tending towards the Shelly RGBW2 as I know their stuff is pretty reliable. It also might give me the option of running a separate switch for on off as well as the smart stuff - annoyingly the switch in place is wired straight through so can't keep it without cutting the power to the unit every time.
Any othe recommendations from experience?
I've used downlightsdirect and downlights.co.uk for tape before with no issue, but quite pricey at 12.68/m. They are also probably a bit over powered for what will be ambient light under shelving, but they only do 24V 23W/m in RGBWW.
That also means the more expensive driver.
I'll be dimming it via the controller so not such an issue, but all adds up - anyone used other suppliers of cheap (12V?) tape and found it reliable?
It needs to be RGBWW because I've never found a solely RGB option that produces a good white, and it will likely be white most of the time, with occasional splashes of colour....
I'm also looking for a decent controller for smart use, tending towards the Shelly RGBW2 as I know their stuff is pretty reliable. It also might give me the option of running a separate switch for on off as well as the smart stuff - annoyingly the switch in place is wired straight through so can't keep it without cutting the power to the unit every time.
Any othe recommendations from experience?
