Led Strip Lighting Interior Rear

[Vince]

Dear forum,

I want to put strip LED lighting along the inside ceiling edge of the rear of my transporter.

LED strips of 10m are easy to find and cheap on ebay - although don't mind spending a bit of money on quality.

Question is, and I'm clueless with electrics, - can I just wire into interior light cables or would it make sense to put leisure battery in there?

I'm basically just boarding out the whole inside of the van, keeping it very basic. Might use a leisure battery in future but not crazy important at this stage.

I guess I'd need an on / off switch. It comes with remote control though too

LED lights - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rxment-LED-Strips-Lights-Controller/dp/B07G9XLQ4K?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

Thanks,

Vince.

 

[Deaky]

You could connect it to your courtesy light circuit but the power to this is switched off by the van after 20 minutes or so to protect the battery. Next option is to piggy back a fuse in the fuse box. You will need a switch because the led module will put a constant draw on the battery even when the lights aren’t on. Connecting this way has the potential to flatten your starter battery. Safest bet is to install a separate leisure battery with its own fuse box and connect your led’s to that.

 

[The_Lad]

I took the positive feed from my leisure battery, then used a 3pole switch on the door switched neg from the roof light plug and a neg from the leisure battery

The controller I have for the led strips though doesn’t like the voltage while the van is running or has just been switched off and the lights don’t work until it’s all stable at 12v again.

 

[Dellmassive]

View attachment 39743 I took the positive feed from my leisure battery, then used a 3pole switch on the door switched neg from the roof light plug and a neg from the leisure battery

The controller I have for the led strips though doesn’t like the voltage while the van is running or has just been switched off and the lights don’t work until it’s all stable at 12v again.

You can put a voltage stabilizer in front of the LED driver to sort that problem out (12v output boost/buck converter)

@travelvolts - 12v 3Amp max - https://www.travelvolts.net/product-page/voltage-regulator

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[Ads_Essex]

You can put a voltage stabilizer in front of the LED driver to sort that problem out (12v output boost/buck converter)

Like this one https://www.travelvolts.net/product-page/voltage-regulator

I’ve read that domestic 12v LED lighting is not made for the fluctuations that a vehicle DC circuit has, and would be more likely to blow / become damaged from the rise and fall of the current.

Going off on a tangent, I’m probably going to need one for my Propex, because that trips out on the DC-DC reaching 14.5v (and i’d like to get it running just before we stop somewhere, so it’s nice and toasty when we turn the engine off).

 

[The_Lad]

cheers ill look at putting a stabiliser into the 12v line, i think the driver im using must have an over voltage protection built in anyway but would be nice to have the lights work as soon as the engine is switched off while the batteries are equalising

 

[Vince]

Amazing thanks!

10m LED is 24v - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rxment-LED-Strips-Lights-Controller/dp/B07G897PSN?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2&th=1

So would I be able to connect that to a leisure battery? I would buy a 24v leisure battery off eBay I guess? Or should I go 12v LED lights and 12V leisure battery.

Then an isolation switch.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caravan-Leisure-Battery-Disconnect-Isolation/dp/B00P40CVOO

And then connect it all together..

Thanks,

 

[The_Lad]

I would stick with 12v to keep things simple

 

[Dellmassive]

12v & 12v + Switch

 

[Vince]

Thanks loads!!