Overhead LED Lightning Conversion plus LED Mood/ Party Light Combo



The interior fluorescents lights were actually converted to white LED’s a few years back and the Wi-Fi/ BT/ RF controlled RGB LED mood lights were added recently. Both LED lights are independently controlled and can be switch on at the same time for extra brightness.

Parts used: (Amazon product links)

• WiFi/ RF/ Bluetooth LED Strip Controller
• 4 Color RBG Extension Cable Line
• RBG LED Strip Lights SMD 5050
• 12 volt inline Fuse Holder

Optional SMD 5050 white LED light panel: Search Amazon

The RGB LED mood lights (all 3 fixtures) can be controlled using RF remote, voice command using Smart Home controller (Alexa/ Siri/ Google Home) or via smartphone app using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection. It's also Alexa/ Google assistant compatible. The RGB LED mood lights are bright enough to be used as a main interior light, plus you can switch the lights on-and-off several yards away from the RV if needed to. You can set the LED mood lights to any color you want through the smartphone app or select pre-program light effects or make the LED's play with any sound or background music. I like setting the LED's to a lightly dim red color at night giving just enough illumination for you to see stuff inside the RV but it makes it harder for people outside to see you thru the open windows. 

Both the main LED lights (white LED panels) and the LED mood lights (RGB strip) were installed inside the old fluorescent light fixtures. Picture below is the wiring diagram of individual light fixtures.

 

LED light wiring diagram

 Fishing the LED 4-leads power wire is the hardest part of the install.

The 4-leads flat wire were soldered directly into the LED light strip. I have tried a commercially available clamp-type connectors to connect the wires, but found them unreliable.

 Heat shrink tubing were used at solder points.

Here is the wire connector that I've tried, it is unrealiable and losses connections with vibrations during travel.

First light fixture wired, two to go.

 Light Fixture backside view with the WIFI LED controller wired. The WIFI controller box is small enough to be stashed inside the headliner.

 On-off switch installed. The small switch will be covered by the light fixture lens, so a slight modification of the lens cover is needed so it can be slid and locked in place.

The mood/party LED light in action. You can set the LED moodt lights to any color you want through the smartphone app or select pre-program light effects or make the LED's play with any sound or background music.