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Hardwire LED Strip Lights Installation Guide

2020 Updated by Katon Redgen Mathieson

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If you’ve never hardwired LED strip lights before, check out our guide on how to hardwire LED strip lights plus a few safety tips you need to take note of.

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Do you have a set of LED strip lights that you want installed but don’t really know where to start? No problem! Installation is a pretty simple job that anyone can do if they follow the steps. In this article, we’ll provide you with clear cut instructions on how to hardwire LED strip lights. We’ve catered this guide to those who have no experience in hardwiring before. With these steps on how to hardwire 12 v LED strip lights, you’ll be able to do it in no time.  

Contents

  • Installing Hardwired LED Strip Lights
    • 1. Get the Necessary Materials
    • 2. Connect the AC Power to the Adaptor
    • 3. Connect the DC Power to the Adapter
    • 4. Test the Lights
  • Hardwire LED Strip Lights Safety Tips
  • Conclusion

Installing Hardwired LED Strip Lights

We’ll break down the instructions into chunks so it’ll be easier to learn how to hardwire LED strip lights. 

Here are the instructions:

1. Get the Necessary Materials

The list of things that you’ll need for this job is pretty short. Basically, you’ll need a LED power adapter, an A/C power cable, and some male barrel plugs. Once you have these three things, you’re all set to get to work. 

2. Connect the AC Power to the Adaptor

Once you have everything you need, connect the AC power to the adapter. To do that, get the brown wire of the cable and connect it to the live port of the adapter. After that, get the blue wire and connect it to the neutral power. Now, this is the usual case for a regular two-pronged AC cable. If you’re using a   cable, then you’ll find a stripe wire. The striped wire is attached to the ground port. 

3. Connect the DC Power to the Adapter

The next thing you should do is attach the DC power to the adapter, the same way you did with the AC power. The DC power will come from the male barrel plug. In order to do this, you need to get the wire and attach it to the V+ port. When you’re done with that, look for the black wire and attach that to the V- this time. 

4. Test the Lights

Once all of the cables are connected with each other, the last thing that you have to do is to simply test the lights to see if they work. If the lights can’t seem to turn on, then try flipping the switch to various power options. That should do the trick for the lights. 

Watch Video: HARDWIRED LED STRIP INSTALL

Hardwire LED Strip Lights Safety Tips

As you can see, it’s extremely easy to hardwire LED strip lights. In fact, it is a technique that can be used to hardwire LED strip under cabinet lighting, car lighting, or any other lighting systems that can contain LED strip lights. 

However, we would like to emphasize that safety must always be a priority when you are doing this process. While this process is relatively safe, it’s really better to be safe than sorry. Now, when you’re handling the wires, you need to make sure that there is no power flowing in them. That said, you need to ensure that the adapter is completely turned off so that there will be no power flowing. Basically, that’s the only thing that you need to take note of when doing this process.

Want to know more about LED strip lights? Check out this GUIDE!

Conclusion

As you can see, it’s extremely easy to hardwire LED strip lights. It’s really just a matter of matching the colored wires to various ports of your LED power adapter. So if you may still be asking, “can you hardwire LED strip lights?” The answer will definitely be a yes. As long as you take note of the tips that we have provided above and also take into consideration the safety tips that we gave, you should have absolutely no problem.

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