Adding LED light strips for China Blue 50 watt cabinets? Sources and specs

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looking to add more light after installing my camera, Riuda 644 controller, any help would be greatly appreciated, harryb

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The easiest is to buy a USB LED stick. 20-50 LEDs with a USB cable. Plug into the controller or a wall wart

Something like this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32800621610.html

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After using / comparing LED strip to T5 tubes, I highly recommend T5 tube lighting over LED strip inside of the machine. The distribution of light and output is much better.

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I used camper/motorhome interior lights on mine. Cheap & bright.
Similar to these…
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HRTWGFK

I put one in each corner angled down to the bed and it’s plenty bright in there now.
One of the things I did that I REALLY like is to mount a box and 120v duplex receptacle inside the machine and plug a 12v wall wart in to it to power the lights.
The AC outlet is wired to the mains input with a toggle switch on the front panel to turn it on and off.
That allows me to turn the lights on independent of the machine being on so I can set things up and work inside the cabinet and have plenty of light without the machine running and being noisy. I really like that.

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Thanks Bo , i am very much appreciative

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Thanks Jeff , i am looking into them.

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High Hank, i had never consider them… good info

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I used 2 linear led modules of 280mm long (tridonic) with an led driver, whole cellar gets lit up.