LED Light Strips

[verkuild]

I was wondering what LED Light Strip manufactures (Feit, Govee, GE) can be controlled by eisy and using what plugin. I'm getting ready to upgrade my ISY994i to eisy and need some info before I make that purchase. Cheers & Thanks!

[RPerrault]

it would probably depend on the application

my interest is for under cabinet lighting.  but i have some specific requirements so i have not had much luck finding what i want.  among the requirements:

120v dimmable with insteon dimming products

warm white

high lumen output per foot

the shortest cutting increments possible

discrete appearance

highest cri i can find

i'd like to find something weather resistant for outdoor use

i'd prefer not to have to use tracks to house the strips

widest beam angle possible

best dimming performance i can get

i thought i had found it here

https://www.superbrightleds.com/led-strips-and-bars/led-strip-lights-by-voltage/120-volt-led-strip-lights/stacd-axk90-c8d-14sxm-120v+length_in-164~ft~5~m

so i ordered some.  tested it on a plug in dimmer.  does not work.

[dwengrovitz]

I use the Shelly plugin with my eisy to control multiple RGBW LED strips, mainly for illuminating a vaulted wooden ceiling with ambient light. The LED strips I use were reasonably priced and are available through Amazon (Pautix RGBW 2700K COB LED Strip Lights). Most of the time they just display a warm white color, but it's kind of fun to introduce some color on a game day or holiday. The strips run off 24V, which helps with consistent brightness on longer runs. They use about 5W of power per linear foot (the Shelly devices can typically tell you, via their app, the power usage).  

I have the strips in aluminum channels with diffusers (also purchased from Amazon), and the density of the COB LED strips is high enough that it just looks like a solid line of light versus a bunch of bright dots. I could probably get away without the channels and diffusers, but in addition to physically protecting the strips they also offer some heat dissipation which could help prolong the strip lifespan. Overall, I've been happy with the warm white and color capabilities, brightness and dimming, control via eisy (with a Home Assistant front end), the Shelly devices and app, etc.    

The Shelly plugin is kind of limited in terms of which devices it supports (mainly the RGBW2), and it hasn't been updated in a couple of years, but it seems to work for my limited needs. I mainly use the eisy to turn them on/off or set the colors via a four button Insteon i3 switch (I don't use the switch for dimming). The native Shelly app provides additional capabilities to easily group lights together, adjust brightness and dimming, adjust colors, etc.  I believe Shelly has a matter bridge, so once the eisy fully supports matter that may help with future proofing automation through eisy if the Shelly plugin has issues.