Rv Awning Lights, 12V 16.4Ft White Rv Camping Awning Lights, Motorhome Travel Trailer Canopy Led Lights, Waterproof Rv Exterior Awning Strip Lights, Rv Outdoor Lights

I bought these for a new motorized awning I installed. It turns out that with the 3M VHB adhesive stirp on the back, they were too thick to slide into the channel of my awning, but that's on me. I removed the VHB and they slid in very nicely. The IP68 encapsulation seems very robust too, and I don't doubt that they would withstand any weather just fine. However, I used 22-gauge wire to connect them, figuring that would be adequate, and fused it for 3 amps. (I'm an electrical engineer, and have built several LED lighting systems in the past.) After a few minutes, the fuse blew, so I started poking around. I cut about 18 inches off the end that was surplus for my rig, and connected that directly to a 12-volt power supply. That little strip drew nearly a full amp at 12.8 volts, and ran very warm to the touch. When trying to diagnose my blown fuse, I discovered that the switch I was using was faulty, causing nearly a dead short across the incoming power. Once that was replaced, the current draw fell to around 3.5 amps - rather high, but within the bounds of reason. That's around 45 watts at the nominal operating voltage of 13.5 volts, and is no doubt why the strip is so bright. It's also probably why some users have reported high temperatures. And make no mistake - the strip is *bright*! I could probably perform surgery under the awning if necessary, and the bright white color temperature (unspecified, but I'd guess around 5000K) makes it almost too brilliant for relaxing in the evenings. I may replace the strip with a warmer white version for that reason, but that's not actually a fault in the strip itself. In summary, the strip appears to be good quality, puts out plenty of bright white light, and uses a fair amount of power doing so.

Perfect and easy installation but not extra bright

The Tape that comes with these lights to install it is absolutely useless. There is no stick to it whatsoever. The little clamps to install works great. I had to buy 3 M tape. They are easy to connect for power and do look great. How long they'll last is hard to say.

Bright! Easy install! Still working same as day one!

Very good product , easy to install . Very bright !