Bright Home Lights Review

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Our last video was a buyers guide for various kinds of permanent Christmas lights. Our number 1 pick, called Bright Home Lights, drew a lot of questions because there really aren't many videos about it. So in this video, we're giving you a deeper dive into Bright Home Lights, how they work, and where to place them on your house.
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@drheili 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your testing both near and far from the wall. I just bought an almost identical product and was trying to figure out where to place them. This certainly helped. Thanks again.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful 👍🏻

@TOMKATPEDALS 7 месяцев назад

I used to work in commercial rgb lighting, designing and programming solutions like this. Glad to see it come to the consumer level!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@timdorr4005 7 месяцев назад

I'm thinking of going this way too. Thanks for the video.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful 👍🏻

@ziggyz5577 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video. Helps out with all the different products to choose from. 👍

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful 👍🏻

@jessebates6643 Месяц назад

Amazing details bud. I am purchasing some for my home thanks to this video. I was amazed with the electrical connection recommendation also. I’m an electrician and I’m even impressed with that. Much better connection!

@handydadtv Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful 👍🏻

@marauder2575 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the video. I definitely prefer the track look vs the govee stick on lights. I ordered tracks and lights from a seller on aliexpress that I am waiting for to use with my diguno controller. I think I ordered them with 5 LEDs/m to save some money but I also didn't think I needed a high density of lights. I appreciate your demonstration, helps me be better prepared for when they arrive and I end up installing them in the snow...

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Let me know how the shipment looks when it arrives. Damage is my biggest fear because you’ll get no support from China.

@blainehouser4354 6 месяцев назад

Great Video! I’m Definitely Putting these up! One n Done!

@handydadtv 6 месяцев назад

Good choice. 👍🏻

@johnamenn4300 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video! This looks like a great option. FYI- Check your video description, you listed the wire connectors twice but the links are for the controller and the connectors. 😃

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Oops! Thanks 😊

@michael-e5l 6 месяцев назад

what a great video!

@handydadtv 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much 😊

@bdlii 7 месяцев назад

Not sure about Govee but I agree they look better at edge of soffit. These look like a viable option and appreciate your research and opinion.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@thisballcaplife9696 7 месяцев назад

Is there a end cap? These are pretty slick. I like how the channel covers the wires.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

They don’t supply end caps. The best practice is to make them with scrap channels.

@JoeAiello789 7 месяцев назад

This is Excellent! You answered questions I've had for 2 years! I chose white vinyl siding specifically so I could change house colors at night. Now I know I want them as far away from the house as possible. A question; would angling them about 20 - 30 degrees 'light up' the house better?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Angling them would greatly complicate the installation and the lights wouldn’t be visible from the street. I wouldn’t.

@TheJamesJones 7 месяцев назад

VCC (Voltage Common Collector) is the higher voltage with respect to GND (ground). VCC is the power input of a device. It may be positive or negative with respect to GND. When the only positive power supply is used then VSS (Voltage Source Supply) means ground or zero.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@sah1448 7 месяцев назад

Another great video, thank you. I see they sell a warm white and a cool white. Their site says that the cool white can be made to look warm, but I'm guessing the warm cannot be made to look cool. With that said is there any reason to buy the warm instead of the cool?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I assume cool can be made to look warm by adding yellow. I suppose warm could look cooler by adding blue. I personally prefer pure warm white for accent lighting so that’s what I would get. If I ever need cool white, I’d use RGB to make it.

@darrenmoore7091 7 месяцев назад

I have a two story home with a couple of triangles for the upstairs roofline, is there a way to do a Y configuration to do the full triangle? Thanks!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Watch this about the limitations of a Y connector: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zhqqC9orh0s.html I don’t recommend splitting the data signal. It would be better to double back so they are connected end to end. Then you can easily create individual segments in WLED to animate them exactly how you want.

@calvinpell6204 7 месяцев назад

Hey. Quick question, my Fascia hangs over my soffits at different lengths. I am going to make it all uniform this week. What is the suggested distance that the fascia overhangs for the optimal look of the lights? (What is max distance between where your tracks sit and the fascia covers them?)

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

These lights don’t have a specific spacing requirement like Govee. The best practice is to hang them towards the outer edge of your soffit to make them less visible. It doesn’t matter how far they are from the house.

@jbwalo 7 месяцев назад

Where would the power injection wire come from? (The controller or another source). Also, power injection wire would be ran through the channel starting at the beginning?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

The best practice is to run a parallel wire from the controller for power injection.

@serenitynow007 7 месяцев назад

Please upload a video once the lights are installed. I would like to see what the lights look like in the daylight on the house. Great video thanks.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I haven’t installed them but you can find lots of other examples with similar lights.

@seannguyen1866 6 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv I just had my lights, (350 feet) installed. If you are interested, I can take a video for you.

@handydadtv 6 месяцев назад

@seannguyen1866 Of these? Yeah!

@silicondt1 2 месяца назад

On the accent white light, can you have it only light up every 5 or 6 lights or so?

@handydadtv 2 месяца назад

Yes

@Darrylx444 7 месяцев назад

I liked your far-and-near-to-wall holding tests. Have you tried far-mounting with a Govee set, while also tilting the lights to face partially toward the house? Say around 20 or 40 degrees. I think that might get rid of the scalloped shadow effect while still enabling spreading the colors further down the wall, but I don't own any to try (yet). Thanks!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I’ll be using Govee lights this year and they’ll be mounted at the edge of my soffit. I’ll explain in that video coming soon. Stay tuned!

@Darrylx444 7 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv Cool. Subbed!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

@Darrylx444 Thanks for subscribing! Welcome to the family!

@Kember138 7 месяцев назад

I got a question! I recently moved into a new house and there's a duel light swith in the basement hallway. Top light switch runs the entrance light and the bottom runs the actual basement lights. The top switch keeps tripping the breaker? So i traced it all out today and they have a wire coming from a basement outlet running to a junction box. Then out of the junction box it goes to that light swith at the entrance and the other wire coming from the junction box goes to the entrance light. They have all 3 hots wire nutted all 3 neutrals wire nutted and of course the 3 grounds wire nutted.

@Kember138 7 месяцев назад

My ? Is how do you wire this in the junction box so it doesn't trip the breaker? Thanks in advance

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

If the breaker trips when you turn on that switch, you have a short downstream from the switch. The source of power doesn’t matter. Focus your attention on the switch leg and the devices it powers.

@TheJamesJones 7 месяцев назад

You mentioned using the WLED on the Athom vs their system. Were you saying their system is running WLED?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes their controller uses WLED so it’s easy to integrate other props in your display.

@lax4life0013 7 месяцев назад

The controller you used is already wifi compatible? And does the app come with preset lights shows or do you program them all yourself?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

WLED controllers are usually WiFi but wired Ethernet is also available. WLED has tons of effects built-in and the Bright Home Lights app adds some presets to get you started.

@marcelmed4574 3 дня назад

nice video but how do you connect to power? Most homes do not have power in the soffit area.

@handydadtv 3 дня назад

Put the controller in the garage or attic.

@marine8347 7 месяцев назад

Plenty people have in my neighborhood, last year I moved to ID and I really want them, I understood that the neighbor paid 5K $$$ maybe one day I could get them!!!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

These are only $6/foot if you’re willing to install yourself. And you can do it in phases to minimize your initial investment.

@crisjeddi931 16 дней назад

What part of Idaho?? We have a company that installs in Idaho

@felixrachel 5 месяцев назад

Did you use the daylight or warm white temperature lights?

@handydadtv 5 месяцев назад

These samples have warm white. That’s what I prefer.

@felixrachel 5 месяцев назад

Thanks. Enjoy your videos.

@homeboi808 7 месяцев назад

1) 12v for barrel but what amp? 2) What’s the longest for data, 150ft? What about max distance between jumps/extensions. I need to know if I can wire both stories linearly or if I need 2 segments. If a data booster is needed, do you have a recommendation? 3) The controller you used can support 2 segments? What about the BrightHome controller, looks like 4? 4) Is the controller Ethernet only? If so, do you have a Wi-Fi recommendation?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

1. Ignore my demo setup. It was a power supply from an external hard drive. Enough power for demo, but that’s it. 2. For design advice, I recommend posting pictures to Reddit /r/WLED. I don’t know of a max data length, but I recommend a booster before every extension. My preference is handydad.tv/famp with the X-Connect ends. 3. The photo of their controller is a Dig-Quad which has 4 channels. 4. They only mention WiFi controllers. I know the Dig-Quad is available with Ethernet but you might need to do that custom.

@homeboi808 7 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv Thanks!

@uliseszambrano2761 4 месяца назад

What kind of power supply did you use?

@handydadtv 4 месяца назад

The kit will come with a power supply sized for your installation. I just used one I had laying around for tinkering.

@unfaix 7 месяцев назад

Each group of 3 leds aare considered as 1 addressible in WLED?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

That’s correct.

@unfaix 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Ruthlessbone 7 месяцев назад

Can the be customisable to an adjusted length?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes absolutely. You need to configure WLED with the number of lights on each channel (data line).

@Ruthlessbone 7 месяцев назад

@handydadtv do you have a video on that? Also, do you cut them to specific length and closed the open end so water won't damage the inside of the line?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

@Ruthlessbone This video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7hAfBb0e5Z8.html shows my setup from last year. Not permanent lights, but WLED doesn’t care. I’m waiting to hear back from the vendor to see if end caps are available, but that’s just for esthetics and to keep wasps out, not for weather. The strings and connectors are waterproof. You will definitely need to cut them to fit specific spaces and you’ll need to provide waterproof splices. If you cut the very end and don’t need a splice, you can seal the ends with hot glue.

@Ruthlessbone 7 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv thank you so much!

@begrateful8934 7 месяцев назад

Can you cut off lights on these? Also does the app have already programed themes for holidays? Like Halloween Christmas and so on like Govee?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes you can cut them to fit as needed. The Bright Home Lights app has several preset patterns for various holidays. They’re classier, not as obnoxious as Govee’s. And completely customizable.

@begrateful8934 7 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv how thick are the tracks? Im out in cali and we dont have flat eaves underneath. Of course another thing with California haha

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

@begrateful8934 Thick enough to span your rafters but thin enough to cut with tin snips or a miter saw.

@begrateful8934 7 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv ok what about top to bottom width like the thickness ofnthe track when assembled

@tomdudley5318 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comparison but I did notice that your not comparing apples to apples for example some Companies are using ETL or UL CERTIFIED lights your preferred choice doesn’t. Plus having separate led light vs stings is another difference difference

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Not sure UL certification applies to low voltage lights.

@All_things_NASA 7 месяцев назад

Can you turn the lights off individually

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes

@VampireOnline 7 месяцев назад

What do they look like under the gutters?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I don’t think that installation would be possible.

@DavisWardSuperbMedia 4 месяца назад

Do these function on a DMX network?

@handydadtv 4 месяца назад

Google “ws2811 dmx controller”

@handydadtv 4 месяца назад

Actually these lights are sk6812.

@kevinspragg4397 7 месяцев назад

Can they be hooked to xLights?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes

@seanyiya 7 месяцев назад

This LED string and channel is same from AliExpress.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I’ve only seen 5 lights/meter on AliExpress. And you get no support from China.

@Ghoatt 7 месяцев назад

They use a dig-quad?

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

That’s what it shows in the picture in the install guide.

@douglassebold213 7 месяцев назад

If you dont mind me asking, what was the total cost for your build? It looks great. Im very interested in doing the same to my house.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

I haven’t installed these on my house yet. I just had the two sample strings.

@seannguyen1866 6 месяцев назад

I did 350 feet, for around 3100 in material, labor was 1800 with a contractor who spend 3 and a half days on a 1 story house. I will get another 1000 feet soon for my decks.

@handydadtv 6 месяцев назад

@seannguyen1866 Which brand did you install?

@seannguyen1866 6 месяцев назад

@@handydadtv After your video, I bought the bright home lights. Lol.

@handydadtv 6 месяцев назад

@seannguyen1866 Oh great! Would love to see pictures. Tag me on FB or Insta so I can see them.

@timp024 7 месяцев назад

Is this company still in Business? it seems most are sold out with out any info...and the Facebook page has zero updates..Thanks!!

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

They’re definitely in business. You’re coming in at the tail end of peak demand and most permanent lighting is sold out. My videos didn’t help. Try again after Winter is over.

@VesselofMercy100 7 месяцев назад

I was a installer of everlights “permanent lights”(trained by everlights). ***do not install**** Their lights are made like cheap garbage. I also have experience working with c9 seasonal lights. The c9 lights that are temporary lasted longer than everlights. Within a couple weeks. Bulbs would burn up. I mean literally burn 🔥. Not just “burn out”. Our company dropped them after only a few installs because we made no money fixing them all of the time. Still doing warranty calls even after firing them.

@handydadtv 7 месяцев назад

Oh wow. Thanks for the info.