{"id":2015,"date":"2017-05-29T10:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notsealed.com\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2023-07-13T06:51:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:51:42","slug":"philips-hue-light-strips-installation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/philips-hue-light-strips-installation-guide.html","title":{"rendered":"Philips Hue Light Strips Installation Ideas | New Gen 2 Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having used the Philips Hue Generation 1 strip light for about 1 year now, it was time to check out their latest Hue Gen 2 product called the light strip plus. The first truly accurate color strip-light that can do white light just as well as color. \u00a0In a nutshell, I was glad that this product was a simple plug-and-play installation.<\/p>\n

I found that many people were asking questions about how and where to mount their new LED Hue rope lights. So it was time to do a full write-up on the Philips Hue light strips installation procedure.<\/p>\n

My last project was some wireless\u00a0Stair lighting<\/a>, which needed around 4m of light strip LEDs using Philips Gen 1 light strip. We had to modify it a little to get a full 4-meter run out of it, as it comes in only 2m lengths. This was a lot of work. This Hue gen 2 light strip plus solves this problem by making each extra length plug and play.<\/p>\n

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Philips Hue Light Strips Plus Specs<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Power<\/strong><\/td>\n100 \u2013 240V \u2013 50\/60 Hz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max brightness<\/strong><\/td>\n1600 lm @ 4200K color<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Usage Per 1000 hours<\/strong><\/td>\n24 kWh\/1000h or approx 24 watts\/h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Light Strip Power Input<\/strong><\/td>\n24V DC 1000mAh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\nW: 0.57 in,\u00a0H: 0.19 in,\u00a0L: 78.7 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Expandable Length<\/strong><\/td>\nExtendable up to 32 ft or 10m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hue Extension Light strip Length size<\/strong><\/td>\n3.3 feet or 1m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Can you cut the light strip plus<\/strong><\/td>\nYes\u00a0Cuttable every 12.9 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How Many Colors<\/strong><\/td>\n16 million colors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warranty<\/strong><\/td>\n2 Years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Length of Power Cable<\/strong><\/td>\n8 feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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More information on the Philips Hue light strip plus can be found in the user manual here<\/a><\/p>\n

So how do the New Philips Light Strip Replicate Color and White light so well?<\/h3>\n

The new feature of this Hue light strip plus is the addition of 2 extra LEDs per color-changing LED. These are warm and cool LED that sits side by side with the larger color-changing LED. They help by boosting the quality and luminosity of the color LED. They will all dim and brighten, according to the light recipe you have set.<\/p>\n

The original wireless gen 1 Hue light-strip, did not have these smaller white LEDs, so it would struggle to show a true tune-able white light.\"3<\/p>\n

Philips Hue Light Strip Gen 1 vs Gen 2<\/h2>\n

The newer light strip plus from Philips is such an improvement over their generation 1 product. It’s not until you see them side by side that the brightness intensity really comes into play. The generation 1 light strip was not very efficient in controlling true white light and its dimming capabilities were slightly average.<\/p>\n

The Gen 2 light strip plus really improved in all these areas. It is slightly wider than the original to accommodate the new WRGB color LEDs. It’s also made out of a different plastic cover, compared to the silicon encased Hue Gen 1 strip light. As seen below.\"Philips<\/p>\n

Where to install hue strip lights?<\/h2>\n

You are only limited by only 2 things when deciding where to mount your light strips. Your imagination and a source of power.<\/p>\n

Most people like to use Philips hue light strip plus as the accent or backlighting. This makes it easy on the eyes but still provides a functional source of light. Because it’s wireless you can really make a totally clean hidden Hue installation.<\/p>\n

The trick is to be able to hide the light strip and the power cable, to provide a magical display of light. Some places where we have installed light strips are:<\/p>\n

Monitor or TV backlighting<\/h3>\n

Having the Hue light strip plus mounted on the back of your large flat-screen TV really makes your favorite shows and movies come to life. Couple it will a color-changing app like ScreenBloom.<\/p>\n

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ScreenBloom<\/span><\/a> is a PC\/Mac application that grabs the average color of your screen and sends that value to your Hue lights. Your lamps or light-strips will, in turn, replicate that color, and intensity.<\/p>\n

Home theatres, Use your imagination<\/h3>\n

I have seen some really cool light strip projects on the net. Lots are in home theatre rooms, which have large speakers, projector screens, and TVs. Mounting light strips behind these and in the ceiling spaces will add to the cinema effect.<\/p>\n

This post checks out 3 of the best LED lights for behind TVs<\/a>. They are cheap and easy to install. So there is now no reason not to do any backlighting.<\/p>\n

I just wish I had a spare room to set up a movie room. We just have a projector mounted<\/a> on the ceiling of our longer room, with a drop-down projector screen. Simple but effective.<\/p>\n

Hue Under Cabinet Lighting\"hue<\/h3>\n

As well as looking great, having light-strips mounted in the kitchen in places such as under above, and inside cupboards or cabinets, can really make a statement in your home.<\/p>\n

The kitchen is usually a feature of your house, so why not fill it with light. As the Hue light strip plus is low profile you can mount it virtually anywhere with the supplied 3m backing tape. Cut it to length, stick it on, and plug it in. Easy<\/p>\n

We have our Hue plus led lights coupled with a few motion sensors<\/a> to help automate our lights during the night.<\/p>\n

It’s so great to walk into the kitchen in the middle of the night and only have the accent lighting come on in a nice blue or red color which is easy on your eyes.\"Philips<\/p>\n

Bedroom under-bed accent lighting.<\/h3>\n

All our bedrooms have at least one light strip mounted under the bed. This is also coupled with another hue motion sensor. This programmable detector is set up to only come on at night once it detects motion and then turns off the lights at night after about 10 minutes of no motion. We do this to save power so the strip lights don’t need to come on during the day. It’s true wireless LED light strip installation.<\/p>\n

This setup enables us to turn off the room lights and get into bed, still with some nice colored accent lighting. When we get up during the night the light strip will automatically turn on again.<\/p>\n

We ended up replacing our older Vansky motion sensing under bed lighting system<\/a> to the more advanced Philips Hue light strips and it works really well. The only issue is we have to replace the motion sensor AAA batteries every 2 years.<\/p>\n

Philips Hue Stair lighting using Gen 1.\"philips<\/h3>\n

One of our more popular projects was the DIY stair light-strip Install. One of the reasons I wanted to share this project, was due to the fact we used a generation 1 hue light strip controller and spliced it with a 5050 generic 60 \u00a0LED per meter light strip. (Quite a mouthful)<\/em> You can read all about how we did this in the DIY strip-light project here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Philips Hue Motion Sensor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s a project that made our stairs safer, as you didn’t need to go up and down in the dark. Coupled with a motion sensor you have a full automatic lighting system for your stairs. This is a simple easy cheap retrofit, that is now even simpler by using the Hue Gen 2 light strip.<\/p>\n

As you can see I love my Hue motion sensors with 5 of them now scattered around the house they truly have made our life easier and safer. Check them out at the link below.<\/p>\n