ghesp
August 29, 2016, 7:36pm
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I’m currently in the process of building a water blade water feature with a pond/tank at the bottom of it.
What does everyone use for lighting? I know I could grab a Wemo Switch or something and plug them into it, but I was wondering if theres anything out there for dimming or even colour?
Depends on your budget. Also, if I recall correctly, you’re in the UK, right? The available devices will be different there.
Here’s one recent discussion.
Looking for a waterproof LED strip that can extend upwards of 45ft on a single controller. As a matter of fact, the full perimeter of my pool is 90ft. Since I have a middle point, I can use 2x45ft strips, it would be wonderful if they were both connected to the same controller and power supply (so that there is only one device to change color to). All strips I can find go up to 32ft per controller. I found one that can go 48ft, but there are three separate strips connected to the same controller. I don’t think I need the power that comes with the 5050 LEDs…
Power supply must be pool rated, grounded to the ground rod I have next to the in-ground pool (pool has no metal frame). Voltage should be 12V or 24V, I’d prefer the lower voltage, for safety reasons. I am able to waterproof connection…
I think a lot of people use the Fibaro RGBW controller, put the controller indoors, and just connect it to whatever outdoor feature lighting you want to use. That’s probably the simplest and would be available for both the UK and the US.
ghesp
August 29, 2016, 7:43pm
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Im in the UK yep. How would the RGBW controller work with a pre-existing pond lighting?
If the power requirements match, it should work fine, it’s just a 4 channel controller.
Below is finally a video link to my pool light install using the Fibaro RGBW Controller. The lights along the top of the pool are two RGBW strips wired together while the waterfall lights are two 24" rgb lights.
When the waterfalls are off, I typically use the controller slider to remove the “color” from the LEDs. This basically turns off the waterfall lights and just leaves the white lights on behind the pool. That way they match the landscape lighting. I have them come on at sunset and go off at midnight, The landscape lights are controlled by my pool automation controller, so they are separate from the Fibaro system. All in all, I think it works pretty well. Now I just need to convert the pool light from halogen to RGB or RGBW LED to get the colors to all sync up.
https://vid.me/2bxO
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ghesp
August 29, 2016, 8:18pm
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Hmm interesting, i’ll have to ask @fraserjr how exactly he’s accomplished that.
Coincidentally thats the exact same setup I am currently building, only a little smaller, without a pool (pond instead) and 1 waterfall
My point was much around how the heck does the Fibaro control the lights if its an RGB lamp or strip. Ie, lets say I get these: http://www.water-garden.co.uk/prod/colour-changing-led-pond-strip-lights
How the heck does the Fibaro work with that
I use the GE Outdoor switch to turn my 12V transformer on and off. It would be nice to have color control for my submerged lights, but I have not found such an item yet.