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This would work fine.

Yes

They will certainly work there. Here's a few helpful diagrams for wiring the LED Strip to a rocker switch.

The LED Strips do not come with any switches. If you have a chance, please look at our wide range of switches, including our remote control switch.

Yes.

A 3 amp fuse will be sufficent for this.

Not exactly but pretty close.

The 3.25 amp adapter would be best for you. As for the music interface, the LED strips don't really have a memory built into them, so they will restart the color cycle once they're turned off then back on. If you hooked it up to a music adapter, it would likely only flash the same color over and over.

Our adapters are capable of handling up to 240V AC. And yes, we ship to Singapore.

Yes

No

You can use any LED with a sequencer. Sorry, don't really know where to purchase a sequencer.

Since one 6 foot strip uses 1200 mA or 1.2 amps, any of the AC adapters will work.

0.25" wide by 0.5" tall.

Yes you can wire them up as both. The exact wiring depends on how your vehicle does it. Our forums has some handy advice regarding that, try searching around.

As long as your ATV has a 12volt electrical system, just about everything we carry can work.

For these type of RGB(million) LED Strips you will need a Common Positive Controller.

I don't know. Perhaps you can try it and find out.

You can dim pretty much and LED by using resistors or pulse width modulation. You'll have to do some experimenting and/or calculations to get your desired level of dimming.

It is certainly possible to put the LED strip under the hood / into the headlight.

I don't know about fitment details with the 2004 civic. You are trying to do something custom.

We can certainly build a custom length, but we'd require a minimum order of a few thousand dollars.

Why don't you just purchase the 28" strip and cut it to your desired length?

We offer wholesale pricing and we are happy to help. Just click the "Wholesale" link which can be found at the bottom right of every page.

Another product you may consider for this is the Waterproof SMD Bar

Our Flexible LED Strips have been used by many of our other customers for this same application.
They are 12v ready, just hook up to power of the existing brake light and you should be good to go.
Check out our Gallery, there are many photos of what you plan to do. And also stop by our Forum, there is tons of great
installation help there.

http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips/action
http://www.oznium.com/forum/

You can adhere these LED strips on 3 sides, Left side, Right side and bottom so you can face the LED's any direction.
And the strips are flexible in all directions, take a look at the "More Photos" or "Actions Shots", other people have done what you plan to do.

http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips/action

Usually the "million" color units are "common positive".
Every installation is different, I can't really say how close you need to be.

You will need the RGB Million Color Controller, this controller will cycle through all million colors and there is a "pause" button on the controller.
So when you find the color that you desire just press the button.

http://www.oznium.com/rgb-led-controller
http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips

The fuse doesn't really protect the strips from "blowing". The fuse protects your circuit/wires from overheating in case of a short-circuit.

Sure, a 10 amp fuse will work.

Try green. It will look amazing.

All of the technical information is available here: http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips/tech

Our Flexible LED Strips are 12volt ready, with a simple 3ft. positive/negative wire hook-up,
they also come with a 3M VHB double-sided adhesive tape.
These are available in varying sizes from 1.2" to 6 feet and varying colors.

The cool white is the one with a slight hue of blue to it.

Yes!

2-3 feet.

Yes, I think the UV LEDs will cause the numbers to glow. I think it will look very nice.

Sounds like a cool project, but unfortunately we do not sell battery packs.

There are lots of good places. Use your imagination, check out the Scions in our gallery, talk to some users on our message boards, etc..

Just wire up the appropriate lights to the appropriate switches. Nothing fancy needed. Unless you're trying to do something more complicated than you expressed, in which case you'll have to be more specific.

Because the LEDs may come from different lot bins and production runs, they may be slightly different, but not by much.

Sold individually. If you want to dim them only to a specified brightness, use a resistor. If you want to dim them any brightness between full and off, use a potentiometer. They can be found at many electronics stores such as Radio Shack.

Wire between 18 to 24 gauge will work. Use whatever you find easiest to acquire and handle.

You do not need a fuse since the dome light is already fused. You should be OK splicing into the dome light's wires.

The total length of LED strips you hook up to the dome light depends on the current fuse size in the car. As a practical matter, you can hook up more than you'd likely want to without a problem. If you start to hook up more than about 20 feet worth of flex strips to that one dome light circuit, you should consider other options, like a relay and more professional wiring (straight to the battery with its own fuse).

Yep! These strips run on 12 volts just like your existing fog lights.

Nothing comes with these except for a length of wire attached to the flexible LED strip. For help with installation and necessary supplies, please do some research on our Message Board.

A list of compatible controllers can be found on the Flexible LED Strip category page - http://www.oznium.com/flexible-led-strips

Yes.

Do some research on our message boards - there is lots of information available regarding how to hook up your lights.

oznium.com/forum

You will need some sort of 12V DC power supply, either battery or outlet powered. You can use one of our AC Adapters for it. Then it's just connecting the wires.

The fuse box should be fine. You just want to make sure that it is fused at least somewhere.

Use a multimeter to find a source for your current illumination, and splice off that.

Yes you can use these as turn signals.

Absolutely! Here's a thread with some great information from someone who did just that: http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic12825

Another good product is our Piranha LED bar which is more rigid.

Yes

These do not strobe, they simply fade through the color spectrum. The strobing is for the thin strips only.

We advise running a separate fused power wire from the battery to a switch. It is nice to have the ability to turn the on and off. Mounting the switch is up to you - find a nice flat spot that is easy to access in your interior, drill a hole, mount the switch, and run your wires hidden and clean! =)

There are some plans available, but no products in the immediate future.

You can mount it to the top of the well along the (usually plastic) cover, you can mount it to some of the suspension behind the wheel...there's lots of options! Crawl under there and take a look for yourself. It'll vary by vehicle.

Absolutely. We are happy to produce a custom length. The minimum order for something like this will be about $1000.

You'd need to find the power wires from the turn signals and tap into them for power. You might need to use a load resistor, but only if you are removing your current bulbs. If you add the LED strips on, you don't need to do anything special.

You should use a switch and a fuse.

The Flexible LED Strip is a single pixel light source. Unless you wire up a bunch of small flex strips, or do some serious modification to a long one, it is not practical to make it into a "Knight Rider" light. We do have a very cool, high quality product you may be interested in: the million color Iceled Scanner.

That is a great idea, and the magnets will have no adverse effects on the LEDs. We've even thought about producing some with magnets built in.

Good question, Mike.

Iceled products send out a proprietary data signal which controls complicated receiver chips and circuits. Only Iceled will work with Iceled.

There is however the Iceled FlexiDriver which converts the proprietary data signal into a standard 4 wire hookup that controls any million color light source with a common positive configuration.

Unfortunately these million color Flexible LED strips have a common negative configuration. We do have many other types of light sources that will work great with the Iceled FlexiDriver and UFO kit (just look for a common positive configuration).

While the included 3M double sided adhesive is surprisingly strong, it is not completely waterproof. Eventually the elements will degrade the adhesive's grip. It is best to secure your Flexible LED Strip with zip-ties, hooks, etc. You could also consider using a stronger 3M adhesive, such as VHB.

Yes

Yes, you can use the strips in your engine bay so long as you keep them from coming in direct contact with hot surfaces or moving parts. As for the size, that depends on your engine bay and glow desires. Use a measuring tape and your imagination!

Yes. It will light up, but it will not reach its full brightness potential.

The exact temperature rating of the Flexible LED Strips is untested, however a few customers have installed the strips on their motorcycles, with no issues so far. One such individual even has them right next to his exhaust. Keep an eye on his progress in this forum thread.

You first need to get an AC adapter and put it in the bathroom closet. There are many ways to hide the wires. It really depends on your particular application.

The "Flexible LED Strips" are usually brighter. I used 5 x 9.5" green strips in each of my wheel wells. I'd recommend at least maybe 28" or 38" per wheel well. Both an actual wheel well kit and the flex strips are durable.

0.25" wide, and 0.50" tall

I've never done any metal work, so I don't really know. You should buy one and see if it will be suitable.

If you want to hook your lights directly up to the cigarette adapter, then yes you need to purchase an adapter for it.

However we recommend hardwiring it into your vehicle. There are lots of explanations of how to do so over on our message board. You technically do not need to buy some sort of adapter. All you need to do is hook the positive wire to positive ... And the negative wire to negative.

Use a fuse holder. One end of the wire goes to the positive terminal of the car battery. The other end of the wire goes into your car, to your switch, and then to your flexible LED strips.

Good choice! It will be bright :)

You will likely need to extend the wires.

Read this forum topic. It explains how you can merge wires together so you just have 1 wire running to the battery (and your on-off switch).

Hook them up to an AC adapter that gives out 12 volts.

Yes

Yes. Click on the "Technical Info" tab at the top of the product page. Then look for the column titled "Current (mA)".

Just red, blue, and green LEDs next to each other. There's a link to the video in the product description.

They can be used for anything your heart desires.

That has not been tested, however LEDs are very durable and should last the lifetime of your vehicle if treated properly.

It depends on the laws in your state and where in your car you install them.

Even if the law says they are legal, you could still get pulled over and hassled because the cops may not know the law. Even if they are illegal, you could go for years without getting pulled over because cops don't care enough, or might not see you. If you have some LEDs under your dash you will probably be ok. If you have flashing red and blue LEDs glued all around on the outside of your car, chances are, you'd get pulled over.

Trying to figure out the legality of LEDs in a certain area can be very difficult. It isn't as simple as looking up the vehicle code for your state. Vehicle code can be very confusing and conflicting. Even a call or email to your local police station can be misleading.

People have been told one thing and even had written proof, only to be pulled over and slapped with a ticket by an officer who may not know the intricacies of the law.

Regardless of the law in your area, there are things you can do to reduce your chances of being hassled.

• Hide the light source so it is not directly visible from the road. Make a shield with a long piece of "L" aluminum or steel. Use black electrical tape to hide a section of the light.


• Take extra caution to obey all laws. If LEDs are perfectly legal in your area, and you are speeding just a few miles over the limit, a cop is more likely to give you a speeding ticket than if you had no lights on.


• Save the strobing red/blue for the car show or your driveway. Blue and red might be fine to cruise with as a solid color, but as soon as they strobe, you may cross the line as "impersonating a cop"


• Keep a copy of the vehicle code in your car. You can just print or copy the section that deals with lighting. Present it to the officer if you are pulled over.


• Respect police officers. They protect you when you are being shot at, they protect you when your house is broken into. Respect them and they should respect you.

There's a lot of good info in the legality section of the Oznium Forum.

Yes it is possible. You can hook them up anywhere there is 12 volts DC. You just put the positive and negative flex strip wires to the appropriate power wires from your computer, or check out our computer hookup.

Nothing but 12 volts is required to "get them to work".

But to complete a professional installation you will likely need: wire (to extend the strips or the switch), cable ties (to mount the strips), an on-off switch (to turn the strips on or off), crimp ring terminals (to connect the wire to the battery). Some other things that make for a professional install include: solder and heat shrink.

No the wires are not long enough. You should just extend them yourself, it's not difficult at all. At least 19" worth of strips in each location should be enough to look great!

No, you'd have to take the output wires from the controller and hook those together. You'd have to put 2 strips onto one controller. There is a topic about this on the Oznium Forum.

The best way is probably with a PWM (pulse width modulator). To do it, you'll need quite a bit of electrical knowledge. If a PWM is too complicated, how about just using 2 strips next to each other? 1 strip = running light, both strips = brake. Search the Oznium Forum. There's lot of good info about this, for example this topic, this one, or this one, just to name a few.

12 LED's come on the 4.7" strip. They are spaced about 1cm apart, or about 0.4".

You can wire them all to one switch. You do not have to install more than one switch. It is possible to have one switch control cathodes as well as LEDs so they all turn on at the same time.

You should look at this forum post.

The temperature rating of the Flexible LED strips has not been tested. Many people have used them in the engine bay with no issues. As always, you should properly fuse the lights.

In this photo, there are 3 x 9.5 inch strips per wheel. I'd suggest using at least 28 inches worth of strips per wheel well. There is no right or wrong way. Obviously the more you use, the brighter it will be.

The only reason to use a relay is if the the switch amperage rating is less than the amperage/current draw from the LED strips.

As a practical matter, unless you have hundreds of flex strips, or have a very tiny switch, you do not need to use a relay.

The typical toggle switch can handle at least 10 amps, and the LED strips, depending on size, draw much less than that.

Yes you need to ground the negative wire. When both the positive and negative wires are connected to your power source, a circuit is completed, and the lights turn on.

Yes, you are correct: the Flexible LED strips require 12 VDC. Whether you need a transformer depends on your source voltage.

Since you are using the strips in your car which already puts out 12 volts DC, you do not need a transformer nor resistors. You simply need to hook up the positive and negative wires.

If you want to use the strips in your house which has 110 volts AC, then you need to use a transformer that puts out 12 VDC.