How to make a ceiling light from LED strip
The refined interior emphasizes your inner world. There are many ways and different decor elements to make your home special, but nothing will please the soul like the radiance of a chandelier made by hand using modern technology.
A homemade LED chandelier is very simple to make, and due to the low power consumption of LEDs, it can be used as room lighting all the time. You can make it so that the inclusion is carried out using a remote switch. Changeable modes of lighting colors will delight you and your guests in the evening.
Chandelier design features
Making a lamp out of led strip with our own hands, we have complete freedom of action.You can use an old chandelier and throw away old boring lamps, try your hand at steel wire weaving, and even travel to the carpentry kingdom and equip a wooden lamp with modern LEDs.
Do not forget about old bottles, such a lamp will be made as easy as shelling pears. We will consider several options, and you will show in the comments what you did. The main feature will be the lighting element.
The LED strip has good brightness values, so it is well suited for the main lighting of the room. Another feature of note is the color scheme of the tape. Colored lighting is not suitable as a main light, but as a relaxing light it will do just fine.
Thanks to the use of modern RGB controllers, turning on the chandelier will be absolutely no problem. The remote control comes with the device, it allows you to adjust brightness and switch the colors of the installed tape in the key you are interested in.
The disadvantages of the chandelier, perhaps, include only the fact that the LED strip is powered by a power supply, so there may be slight difficulties with the placement of the device. To do this, it is necessary to veil the device in the body of the future lamp.
Tip: first decide on the size of the power supply, and then make a project for a lamp from an LED strip.
In general, the use of LEDs for lighting is a competent and correct decision.Such a lamp will delight you for many years with its reliable lighting. The main thing - pay attention to sufficient brightness. All LEDs have different light flow. We are interested in bright models.
What problems may arise
With self-production, the only problem may be a lack of experience, all other problems will bypass you due to the fact that you are reading this article. Please note that we have already said that the tape is powered by power supply, therefore, if the repair has already been made, we just need to hide it, and if it is only planned, we recommend that you lay a separate special wire to power the lamp.
This solution will allow you to lay the LED strip controller and power supply in any place convenient for you. Also, something may not work out in the mechanical part of the design. For example, you know exactly how to make a wonderful lamp, but for this you have to drill something, and you have never come across this.
We assure you, and this will not be a problem. It is enough to go to social networks and find a qualified specialist or organization that will ideally quickly and accurately cope with the task, based on your sketch. Usually furniture makers do it well.
If you are not sure that you can connect the LED strip to the power supply yourself, then you can find detailed information on our page.
Making a lamp
To make a lamp from an LED strip, we need to draw up a work plan that will take into account all the nuances and subtleties. We will consider the general plan and show the order of execution using a specific example:
- We decide on the design of the future lamp. If you take the old one and just redo it, then it’s much easier for you, if not, you need to draw a future model or imagine exactly how it will look when completed.
- See what crafting materials you have. If this is a tree - measure it, perhaps something is missing, if it is a lampshade made of threads - the procedure does not change, such a lampshade takes up to 70 m of cotton thread and PVA glue. The wire is well suited for frames, but in order to bend it well, you will need pliers.
- Buy a power supply, RGB controller, wires, missing materials for manufacturing, perhaps drills or wood varnish.
- Get set up and get to work.
- Enjoy the result and brag to your friends.
The simplest LED strip lamp
To implement such an idea, we need a small list of necessary materials. In this example, we will remake an old chandelier with a modern motif in 50 minutes. So, we will need:
- old chandelier with suspension;
- 6 wooden or aluminum rectangles;
- 8 m of the brightest white LED strip, and a power supply for it;
- Wire for connecting tape 4 m and connectors;
- Drill for metal with a diameter of 2.8 mm and a drill;
- Short screws (length 25-30 mm) 20-30 pcs.;
- a strip of foam rubber (in a sewing store).
Having collected all the material, we proceed to the practical part. We will need rectangles measuring 30 cm high by 25 cm wide. They can be made from wood or aluminum profile.
In the case of a wooden profile, the LED strip is covered with foam rubber and a glowing effect is obtained, as in the photo. The tree is painted in the desired color. You can improve the design and give it a more modern style by using an aluminum profile with a diffuser. In this case, you do not need foam rubber.
You will need connecting brackets, a 45-degree clamp, and metal screws. The design is assembled, and the tape is inserted into the profile and closed with a diffuser.
So, first of all, we free the chandelier from the old application and unnecessary elements, we only need a bare frame, and we will attach frames to it. We start the production of our rectangular lamps. LED strip paste in such a way that the tape does not adjoin to the body of the chandelier at the place where the frame is mounted. cut it at the site of the incision.
Drill three small holes in the rectangle - two for attaching to the chandelier, and one for the output of the LED strip wires. Once the squares are ready and the tape is pasted, connect each section on one side and gently guide the wire through the hole.
The power supply is well located in the lamp bowl. Connect all ends of the supply cables with correct polarity and connect to the DC output of the power supply. The power supply itself is connected to a 220 V network instead of the old light bulb.
When everything is ready, fix the rectangles on the lamp body. To do this, you need to use metal screws, having previously drilled small holes in the lamp housing.
Thematic video: LED chandelier using improvised materials.
Briefly about the main
So, we hope this article helped you understand the basics of DIY LED chandelier making and gave you some fresh ideas. You can apply any solution and it will be competent and bright. It all depends on your imagination. We wish you creative success and good mood.
We will be waiting for your comments on this article.Perhaps you will find something to add to this material, we will be very happy and grateful to you for this, and other visitors will see and be armed with useful and supported by you information.
