Cutting Off Extra Lights on GOVEE Permanent Outdoor Lights - Regular and Pro Kit Walkthrough
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Chris, you are the man. Thank you for digging into how to do this.
Nice helpful explainer again Chris you’ve got a knack for explaining complex topics!
Thanks so much buddy! Appreciate the support!
I only recently discovered your channel and I've enjoyed the videos I've watched, but this video is very helpful. I've been scouring you tube for several days looking for a video covering this exact topic. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you are enjoying the videos! Yeah I've seen this question asked a lot and never really saw a walkthrough on the topic so I decided to make one!
Thank you for this video. I have a 200ft pro kit arriving next week. I was lucky enough to find it on sale at Govee earlier this week before it ran out. Running into this video will be very helpful, as I'm sure after arranging the lights on the front of the house (2 floors) I will still have lights I will need to cut off. 200 is overkill for what I need, but I plan to later add lights to the rooftop along the sides and back of the house, so any extra segments will be used at that time. Again, thank you for your information.
Amazing video and thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cutting up those lights for just to share your know how means a lot. I was skeptical about purchasing them but since I have watched all your videos about the Govee lights and it has encouraged me to get a pro set in the future. Thanks again and keep putting out those great videos. 👍
looking forward to my install, thanks to your help!
Chris you got a new subscriber. Love your channel on the Govee permanent outdoor lights. You helped me alot with this video on my install of my Govee Permanent Outdoor light kit. Which required cutting and splicing to get the desired outcome I wanted on my home. 👍😎
Thanks so much!! That's awesome to hear it all worked out! Appreciate the support buddy!
You have the best videos available for Govee lights!! I just bought 3 of the 100' kits from Lowe's (great sale a few weeks ago for $224 each). I bought the wire, wago lever nuts, solder seal connectors, connection boxes, etc... from your affiliate links, fingers crossed the install goes well. After watching your videos, I feel prepared. Side note, I just installed leds on a few of the shelving units in my whiskey room thanks to you also. I used the BTF leds in diffuser channels with Domestic Automation wled controllers. I have 2 with 300 leds and 1 with 365. All of them sync perfectly, and it really was plug & play using the solderless connectors. Just want to thank you for the work you put into making this easier for us.
Hey Joe...did you end up splicing the lights and extending it? I'm nervous to cut and ruin the lights.
Chris, your videos are great. I would definitely be interested in a video of how to run these with the WLED controller you mentioned.
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Great video, very informative and helpful, now I’m curious to see if Govee new driver module will work in the first generation
Thank you Chris.
Thanks buddy! Hope all is well!
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Excellent video. 👌
Thank you for these videos, your experimentation with the Govee lights is what led me to purchase them and install them,. I still have one idea I am waiting to see you try (I think you mentioned that you were going to make a video about it) I am super curious to see if you can cut a strand and essentially splice in a loop so an animation would syncronize across a house in an instance where you had 2 eves that were parallel and wanted to have an animation track across them at the same time.
Fabulous video yet again. My question is if the spacing between each light was nearly halved, how would it affect the light experience. I've ordered the 150feet but only need around 100feet. So i have the option of ignoring 1 of the 3 strings or just trying to condense them to my gap.
Hey @ChrisMaherDIY, I love your videos and wanted to start off by saying Thank You! I just bought a Govee Outdoor Pro 200ft. My question is how would I jump sections of my house where I do not want the light, for example from the first floor roof line to the second floor?
💜love your videos
Thanks so much for watching!
What do you recommend to use to water proof the end cut?
Hey Chris, love the videos. I bought the 100 kit, non pro system, and am about to put up my second to last string. Ill need to just probably just one light, but then ill be jumping to a peak, where ill be putting in another cut string. Any issues with doing it this way? Thanks again for the great videos. Mark
Chris, I’m getting ready to tackle my Grovee permanent light project. Your video covered most of the questions that I will be facing, but I do have another. Once you cut a light and, recalibrate the app, and save it, will the app recognize your custom setup when you use the stock themes in the app?
Great video! What is the wire strippers called and is there different sizes? I have a normal wire stripper. I'm getting the new 200' outdoor pros today! Very excited! Also I'm doing the same setup you did for the 3x curtain lights on the garage overhead with the command hooks and 1/2 U channel and a 32' neon rope light up a flag pole! Probably just as a temporary holiday light.
Hey Chris, enjoying your vids on the Govee lights. I opted to go with the Eufy permanent outdoor lights, but have also purchased the Govee Christmas String Lights. I haven't seen anyone talking about using WLED to control those, and if it can be done, you would be the one to know! Thoughts on that?
Hello! I’m about to purchase the outdoor lights (not the pro) after watching your video on cutting (which helps a lot so thank you!) I wasn’t to know how many lights can you have connected on one single strand. I have the ability to do a continuous 200’ or more run and i wanted to know if there is a limit? I know each strand is about 16.4’ and I’m estimating i may need about 15 strands. Other question is if i split up the power support and make it one strand 8 & the other 7 will it will sync together?
Can you do a power injection to power 2 kits to be able to control as one?
I got the Govee 100' permanent outdoor lights (Non Pro) version. I'm super picky and put 1 light in each of the 3 peaks in the front of my home, I used all 6 strings of lights cutting the last one only using 1 light on the last strip. Which required cutting and splicing on 6" of wire in 2 spots, I also cut 1 strip of lights down to 4 lights then cut and spliced on my extension cord. I then ran another strip of lights, with the last strip being cut down to only one light. All are soldiered and heat shrink for water proofing. After connecting to my Govee app and installing a update, I checked to make sure the lights all were working. The last 7 lights of my install were off. I went into the apps settings and noticed it was only set for strings of lights. I changed it to 6 strings of lights and now all my lights work as intended. Just a heads up for other who need to cut & splice for proper fit & look. Can't wait till dark to play with all the different light settings....😊🎉😊
Awesome! Sounds like you truly did a custom install! Glad it all worked out!!
I need to something very similar and wasn’t sure if it was going to work. Thank you for the comment. I have to cut after 3 lights, put 15’ of extension connecting to 9 lights back into 3 full strings. It keeps me under a total of 150’. Hoping that big jump works.
@@cliffmorales5137 did it work?
@@l3n0y.24yes it did work. I was able to make the cut midway between the 3rd and 4th light. I then used the 3 separate silicone covered wire that is in the link for about 8 ft. I cut the end of the included 12 ft extension to connect to the silicone wires. Then I took the end cap from the extension and attached it to the string of 9 lights to be able to plug into the end of the 12 ft extension. I used the heat shrink waterproof solder connectors and all worked perfect. I did just like the video and used wagu connectors to check everything before soldering.
How did you space the garage lights and your garage still functions?
Do you know what gauge wire that is? If so can you tell me where I can find it? Also how long of an extension can I add?Thanks for the advice
I am left wondering if you had 3 strings compromised of 10 5 and let's say 8, if the calibration via the app would still work. I don't how govee is testing or figuring out how you had 11 at the end Assume they are basing it off the number 10 but somehow must be using the signal to hone the exact number. Always the best govee tech videos. I have a set of pros and at the end of one of the top strings I was going to add an extra light before an extension. I want to just solder the new light, I find their connectors big and clunky. But now I'm wondering if the connector perhaps has some signal significant rather than just being a straight jumper. Not sure what gauge the first version of the lights is but the pros are 20AWG and signal wire is 24 AWG. looking online I could have sworn somebody said the old ones were 22. if that's the case then the old ones also have better wiring. hopefully eventually there's a workaround for the WLED and the pros.
I just installed the 150ft package and used every last light. They look great, but most scenes I can only use 50% brightness or I get flicker. I have 4 splices using a mix of the supplied cables and 18awg thermostat wire. I'm wondering if there's anything I could to to boost the power/signal? Can I inject power in the middle? Can I use "better" extension wires with less resistance?
What do you do to connect the top lights to the lower lights? Type of extension tubing?
Hello Just wondering if possible to extend the cable on the control box? Thanks
Does this apply to the indoor ceiling lights as well? Or should those not be cut
If you have flickering and cut the extra ones off you don’t need will that help flickering or do you need to do the power injection to stop flickering?
Came here just to see the light show at the end of the vid, Incredible! Y connection? Is there one?
@chris is there a length limit for using 18 gauge wire? How did you make the jump from the porch to the second story level? I ran 18 gauge wire from my porch to second level and the lights aren’t carrying over.
Is there an option to purchase an add'l plug-in and power switch for the GOVEE Permanent Outdoor Lights?
Sooo I got too excited and got ahead of myself and mounted the lights backwards with the power supply on the opposite side of my exterior outlet. Any idea if I can splice and swap male and female connections to opposite sides without taking down and redoing the lights and ruining the adhesive?
Hi Chris, is it possible to cut lights off and then splice the 3 lights I have at the end into an extension to run to my upper roof? Wondering if that would cause any issues
Chris, govee just updated their app to have AI support kind of similar to the eufy kit! I'd be interested in a comparison of the two using that feature.
Do you have a link to the 3rd party govee extenders?
I wonder if the defining change other than the LED's is the controller and what it detects?
Do you need to weather proof the end of the wire where you cut it off???
I cut and added 4 more lights to the original govee outdoor light to extend the lights without using blank extension wire, I spliced each additional light in between existing 2 lights before the end of the strand and the app seems to know how many led lights I have total of 108 LED lights and the number of segments I have in the settings is 8 segments (96 lights). Despite of that, I have all of them are working.
Can you cut out lights mid stand and reconnect, like cut out one segment (4 lights) ?
Great video! Is it possible to do a y split connection on there lights? Trying to do these kinds of connections around the corner of my roof line but also go down the side of the house. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I just tried doing some splitting and things worked great! kzhead.info/sun/lqtpqNemiZ9jdKs/bejne.html
Do you think there’s a way to trick the app into thinking you have pro when you have regular since they are basically the same thing. Which would allow to cut anywhere like the pros. Or maybe cut and use a pro controller on the regular version?
I already put up 1x2 strips all over my one story house. I just need to mount the pro lights. DO I just add extensions where I don't want lights like going down over a gutter? Can I cut the light strips anywhere I want too to to add blank extension in the places where I don't want lights?? Iam buying automatic wire strippers bit how do I know which meassuerment to use when cutting goovee lights pro? Also do I have to make sure each pod lands on corners everytime or not really?
Chris, Can i connect the controller directly to the lights if there is no end on the controller?
Debating if I like the sculpted effect given off by the Govee lights against the wall. Goes against the indoor rule and nicer look of channels to hide the individual LEDs which I think is a good rule. I prefer that look. I do think the Govee and offering from Bright Home Lights are the two front runners for outdoor lights.
Thanks for watching! At some point I would love to put some high density led strips in diffuser channels around the perimeter of my house. I would be curious on which look I would prefer
I tried this over the weekend only needed 4 lights on my 3rd strand. My first 2 strands work, my cut strand flashes on start up. But my app looks different than yours and the system is not recognizing the cut section. Any suggestions?
Do you have a link for the e toons you bought
What’s on the garage?
Can you cut out a few lights from middle strands ? Thanks
What about adding lights to a strand? I have a split level and a single strand is about 4 foot short for each level. Can i add 2 lights to each strand to cover the length i need?
Can you still open your garage door with the curtain lights on it?
Do you have a link for the extensions pieces
I have the 100ft govee pro lights. I cut 2 lights from new strand to add lights onto a corner, then added 12ft blank extension cord to it, then on the other side added the rest of previously cut strand but lights conected to extension cord don't work😪
Great videos Chris. I have a split level home. I bought the 100 light set with 6 groups of lights. I'm putting 2 sections on 3 separate soffits. The 2 sets are a bit longer than each soffit level. I plan to cut a few lights off of each one at the end of the 2nd set and then splice to get to next level. Can you see any issues with this? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I just tried doing some splitting and things worked great! kzhead.info/sun/lqtpqNemiZ9jdKs/bejne.html
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks for the reply. I did go ahead with my plan a week or so back and it works fine.
How long was your longest jump of unlit wire? I have to do a Y split from the upper eave to a lower eave. It’s only about 10-12 feet if I go exposed wire down the side of the house but I have a path I can take to hide the wire for the jump but would make it closer to 25-30 feet and curious if I’d lose data
I have a Goove light that is 100ft. 16.6ft x 6 string. Is it okay to cut off 1 string and splice same cable size atleast 6ft. long?
Recently I bought Goove Outdoor lights pro of 200foot, after 25 lights I have a 3 ways connection going on, one section line had the driver module connected with 44 lights and other section with 20 lights when I was trying to add more lights it’s not working. Please let me know what’s the problem.
I found that if you try 2 lights on the end of a 5+ strands it would not accept the 2 new lights but if you start with 4 and do a reset and then back down to 2 lights they will work.
Can you take a cut off section from one that ended, add the connectors govee sends you then put it in the middle of a new run?
That's a great question! I would assume yes but I'll have to try it for myself and report back. Hopefully I can get around to testing it out soon!
Let’s say I have 3 segments and on the middle segment I cut off two lights, but then splice the 3 pin connector on and continue my run. (So it goes power -> 12 seg. -> 10 seg. -> 12 seg.) how would that effect my light sequence. Will there be a delay after the middle segment where it’s still looking for the two I cut off, or will it go straight to the next segment and then acknowledge the two lights I cut off towards the end of the full run?
Awesome, how did u install on your garage doors? Looks like you installed leds everywhere ..
Thanks! Here is the video where I go over the full install in more detail! Hope that helps! kzhead.info/sun/aq57ha1sinhrpoE/bejne.html
@@ChrisMaherDIY ty.. btw, did u try any even number led lighting? Or is there a way to reduce the brightness of white lights diring regular times?
Hi Chris, I have the original version and I am having the issue that i cut the strand after the 5th LED and now they will not turn on. When I go to settings I only see Refreshing Light Segment. I don't see a place where i can specify how many light segments are on there like you did. Was there a software update? Any insight on this? Love the videos!
I'm having the same issue...did you find a solution?
@@jamainefranklin5794are you trying remotely? When i tried at home, the option was there and i was able to set it.
Hey I have the 150ft 1st generation govee. How much of an extension can I add other than the 12ft that comes with it? Thanks
Thanks for watching and great question! I have not actually tested this out so I can't say for sure. I know they say 150 is the max between lights and extension but my guess is you could go more with extension wires. I'll add this to my long list of things I want to try!
Nice, ok I guess I'll find out lol. I'll post what the outcome is.
@ChrisMaherDIY so I started the lights with the wrong end where I wanted to place the power adapter, can I swap ends and splice them back?
Did you figure out the y connection?
i Messed up - Installed my Outdoor lights backwards do you now if i Can I swap ends?
Need to follow the arrow direction. You might be able to swap ends, if you have an outlet at the other end.
My question has anyone added any any light stands beyond 150ft non-pro permanent outdoor lights either by power in injection
We cut off 2 pixels and need to reconnect them…we spliced them back together but they are flickering and not changing color like the others…is this a data wire issue? How can we fix this issue?
How long is the gap? I would first try reconnecting them as close to where they were cut making sure the wires are all connected correctly to see if they lights still flicker. Anytime I need to troubleshoot I usually start by going backwards to see if I can get it to work correctly and then reassess.
Chris, the app on my phone doesn't have the option to add or remove segments, that I can find. I have three pucs on the end of two strands and it wont light. They flash at refresh but dont light. Any thoughts?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! What lights do you have? Is the firmware up to date? Are you on Android or iPhone?
iPhone. Up to date firmware and app version 5.9.03@@ChrisMaherDIY I had to add the rest of the light strip back on and refresh to get the 3 lights to work since I cant manually add segments.
@@customcorporateimage interesting! I wonder if the app on Android has different capabilities. Doesn't make sense that it would be different but it's definitely there on my app and I'm running android.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Figures its an iphone thing.... Where you can manually add, I have to let the app automatically do it and it wont detect 3 or 4... It's working now. Just cant do a refresh..
Had the same issue. Had to add a full section to make the 3rd segment appear. Then the selectable list shows up instead of the refresh button now. I'm using the android app.
Just bought my Govee pros and followed all instructions, but my lights AFTER the first splice connector are not working. I even tried using another splice connector from the box and still no luck.
Did you get it to work?
@@kevinbarriga3428 Unfortunately not yet. I thought perhaps i needed to strip the wires further to ensure they were making proper contact, but that did not work. Trying one more thing this afternoon, then if that doesn't work, I will try a direct splice not using Govee's splice kit.