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My wife picked up a 10' Apollo pipe from HD as she passed by a store. It looks kind of opaque. I am supposed to get HDPE from McMaster tomorrow and...

LED strip, though, you can most definitely cut. Including pixel LED strips. And may be the most suited to the project. This sort of stuff:...

Without seeing either lit up, so far the Apollo looks the most promising to me, and I will be in the market for about 600 feet of it this year.

John, are you confusing pixels with LED strings? LED strings should not be cut. Pixels can be cut to length.

Showing PCB(Blue) and card edge connector (purple) arrangement

Quick sketch formed from an stl I found.

You can bag them. You can cover them with a piece of plastic container. You can put them inside a plastic container.

Finally had a chance today while taking stuff down to figure out what was going on. Yes it was 510 rather than 512 for the universe size in the...

OK thanks very much I will take a look.

Thanks very much for your suggestions I try them out.

thanks so much mr fix

i agree pex looks good i made some and like them. Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

I built three arches this year with 1" x 10' PEX. I thought they turned out pretty good. Also, HD is pretty good about returns so you can try it...

here is what i use on plug ends. for power supplys u can use rain proof out door 12v or 5v power supplys. Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

Yeah maintenance is already a consideration. My original plan was to use channels & strip but I threw that away once I considered what a royal PIA...

I've done the side-by-side comparison of HDPE versus PEX (Sharkbite), and much prefer the PEX, both in terms of how the light is more diffused and...

OP, there are a few built/assembled and used AC light controllers available in the Buy/Sell/Trade section. That's an option as well. I just started...

Just something to remember about a "permanent" install, Pixels will fail, so make sure that your "permanent" lights can be easily removed so you can...

Thank you. I was told the strings could not be cut which didn't make sense to me. Thanks again.

As mentioned: For DATA the key here is distance from the controller to the FIRST pixel. You don't have to worry about controller to last pixel. ...

Not sure what their current offerings are, but I've had great luck with True Value Hardware. If you have one near you, they usually have 20 foot...

StickyWicket and UncleDan thanks for the reply. After researching I think I am going to follow the Boscoyo wiring diagram. Having the DI and DO at...

I am about to do the same.

David Peace was also selling a "Pixel2AC" board that would give you 9 AC channels using 3 "Pixel".

Pi Zeros can be a main player, but a Pi3 or better yet a Pi4 will work much better. For me, the pi Zero is to slow for me to be patient with. I...