RV LED Awning Light

LED Strip Length: Select the length of the LED strip. Note that the maximum length of one LED strip is 16'. They cannot be daisy chained. You can however purchase multiple strips to give the illusion of a single LED strip. More information below. Also, click on the INSTALL tab of this product page for details.

Color Configuration: Select the LED color configuration you want from the drop down box. Single Color, Multi-Color RGB or Multi-Color RGBx (RGBx can be either RGBA or RGBW. 'x' is used in this case as a variable to indicate the option for either). See CONFIG tab for more detail on the multi-color options. Your color configuration choice here will determine the next two options presented: LED Color Option and Kit Configuration Option.

Kit Configuration: Select the type of switch/controller combination you want from the drop down. See the CONFIG and CONTROLLER tabs for more details on these options.

PCB Color: Select BLACK or WHITE PCB. Details on why this might be important to you are below. Note: RGBW, RGBA are only available in Black PCB.

Coating Tint: Available only on RGB with Black PCB. Select CLEAR (default) or SMOKE tint. Note: The smoke tint will reduce the brightness of the LEDs by about 40%. Details on why this might be important to you are below (scroll down) and can also be found under the CONFIG tab of this product page.

Optional - Add Power Converter: Boogey Lights® LED lighting systems are native 12vdc systems. As long as you have 12vdc power available, that's all you need. We always recommend connecting directly to 12vdc. There's no good reason to use a 120vac to 12vdc power converter in the majority of installation scenarios. Every RV made for use in North America has 12vdc power available. Some folks however prefer to use 120vac because it might be more easily accessible in their RV. If so, we offer a 5AMP, 10AMP and 20AMP AC to DC power converter. As with anything electrical, it's important to match the power supply amperage with the electrical draw. As a point of reference, a 16' strip of 300 RGB LEDs will draw about 3.5 amps on full power. Make your selection from the drop down box.

Optional - Add Dimmer Switch: We offer a wired on/off/dimmer switch option which can be used in single color or RGBW installations. More detail about why and how to wire can be found on the CONFIG NAV TAB of this product page.

The maximum length of a single LED strip is 16 feet. One single 16' LED strip contains 300 super-bright LEDs. For shorter or longer lengths, use the KIT CONFIGURATION drop down box which offers these lengths: 14', 12', 10', 8', 6', 4', 24' (2 - 12'), 20' (2 - 10') and 18' (1-10', 1-8').  Each led strip includes a 15' power lead hard wired to one end of the LED strip. However, the kit configurations that have two (2) LED strips, each strip will include a 15' power lead however we'll include an additional 15' of power lead so you can extend one of them depending on how you mount them. If you're ordering a length longer than 16', be sure to scroll down and read the information we provide about lengths longer than 16'.

There are no connectors. Connectors are the single most common point of failure in all other lighting brands. Boogey Lights LED strips all are hardwired by design. Single color LED strips have 2 conductor power lead. RGB has 4 conductor power leads. RGBW, RGBA and RGBWW all have 6 conductor power lead although on the RGBW and RGBA, only 5 of the 6 leads are used. Single Color and RGB led strips are 3/8" wide (10mm). RGBW and RGBA are 1/2" wide (12mm). All are 1/8" high/thick. Be sure to click on the CONFIG navigation tab on this product page. It includes details and explanations for all of the options offered on the LED CONFIGURATION and the KIT CONFIGURATION drop down boxes.

The maximum length of a single LED strip containing 300 hi-intensity super-bright 5050 tri-chip LEDs is 5 meters (about 16 feet). It is not possible to daisy chain more lights without damaging the LED strip itself (too much amperage being pulled through the strip). There are however some options:

First, most customers who have an awning longer than 16' choose to simply center the 16' LED strip. It is unusual for an awning to be longer than 20' or 22' wide. So with a 16' strip you would have a 2 or 4 feet over-hang on each side. Simply center the strip. Boogey Light® LED awning strips are so incredibly bright you will have more than enough light. In fact, you will likely have to dim the strip at night because it can be too bright. In our view, there's no good reason to install an LED strip longer than 16' for awning lengths up to 22' long.

Second, for those customers who do want to go longer than 16', you can use a second LED strip and butt the second strip up against the first. In our example of a 20' awning, you could for example use 2-10' strips. Depending upon your electrical configuration you could either have the power leads on both ends of the 20' run or have them meet in the middle. If you have the power leads meet in the middle there will be about 4" of area where there will not be any LEDs which is something you'll want to take into account.

Here's a diagram illustrating what we're referring to.

This RV awning light kit is offered in seven single color options and in the following multi-color configurations: RGB, RGBW (RGB + warm white), RGBA (RGB + amber) and RGBWW (RGB + warm white + cool white). Note that we use the term RGBx for RGBA or RGBW.  The lower case 'x' indicates it's a variable.  The single color options are often used as direct replacement lights for factory installed lights. They can usually be installed using the existing wiring and switching for factory installed lights. If installing single color LEDs on a new installation (e.g. no factory light installed), you'll need a switch of some kind. We offer a hard wired on/off/dimmer switch as well as a dimable RF wireless switch. For multi-color installations, we offer a number of LED controller options depending on the type of RGB led strip you buy. RGB led strips typically can not be used with an existing factory installed awning mainly because factory installed awning lights are usually single color. The wiring for a single color LED strip won't support the wiring needed for an RGB, RGBW or RGBA strip. That said, you can use that existing single color wiring to control just the 'W', 'WW' or 'A' diodes in the RGBW, RGBWW or RGBA strips while using an RGB LED controller to operate the RGB diodes in the RGBW and RGBA led strips. You'll find a more detailed discussion on these options under the CONFIG and CONTROLLER tabs on this product page. Note that the switching and controller options offered will change based on your COLOR CONFIGURATION choice.

For all of the RGB options, the LED controller includes our 4 button Key Fob or 9 button M7 style wireless RF remote for GEN1 controllers. For GEN2 controllers, we offer both the 4 button Key Fob or 15 button G2 M7 style wireless RF remote. See CONTROLLER tab on this product page. You'll also find a photo comparison in the product carousel. These LED controllers also allow you to use your Bluetooth enabled smartphone and our free IOS/Android APP to operate the lights. With the included RF remote you can change between 7 pre-set colors (Red, Green, Blue, White, Light Blue, Lime Green/Yellow, Hot Pink/Purple) and functions of on/off, dimming (7 levels), strobing/flashing, breathing and blending. You can also use your Bluetooth enabled smart phone to create a custom look. The Bluetooth APP allows you to program the RGB diodes of any of our RGB, RGBW and RGBA LED strips with over 16 million different color combinations plus three pre-sets. Also, the Bluetooth APP offers 2 and 3 color rotation programming. Click the APP navigation tab on this product page for significantly more information on both the Bluetooth capabilities and APP functionality (including a video showing how the Bluetooth APP works).

RGBW: On the RGBW led strip, in addition to RGB, you get one extra diode which is Warm White. That warm white diode has a Kelvin temperature of 2400 which means it has a yellowish look giving it a warmer, softer, candle like look (see photo below). That fourth diode on the RGBW led strip is often wired to an existing OEM switch allowing you to turn on just the warm white diode with the flip of a switch. Other options include adding a dimmer switch or even another LED controller just to operate that fourth warm white diode. See the CONFIG tab on this product page for more details on this option.

RGBA: On the RGBA led strip, in addition to RGB, you get one extra diode which is AMBER. That fourth diode on the RGBA led strip is often wired to an existing OEM switch allowing you to turn on just the AMBER diode with the flip of a switch. Other options include adding a dimmer switch or even another LED controller just to operate that fourth warm white diode. See the CONFIG tab on this product page for more details on this option.

Color temperature is a method of describing the color characteristics - warmth or coolness - of a white light source. Commonly referred to as the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT), it's a gauge of how yellow or blue a white light source appears to the human eye. The spectrum of color temperature is assigned a numerical value, measured in degrees of Kelvin (K), on a scale of 1,000 to 10,000. Most Kelvin temperatures for modern lighting applications however fall somewhere on a scale of 2000K to 6500K. The color temperature of a light source lets us know what the look and feel of the light produced will be.

We offer three different Kelvin temperatures of WHITE as follows: COOL WHITE (6000K), SOFT WHITE (2400K) and NATURAL WHITE (4000K).

Cool White (aka Bright White) is the most popular and is by default what we ship the most. It's also the color of white that is created with RGB LEDs (mixing equal parts red + green + blue = cool white). It's excellent for functional lighting and is used the world over in offices, public places, warehouses and the like.

Soft White (aka Warm White or Candle White) is the second most popular since it provides a nice contrast to the Cool White. It's on the opposite end of the Kelvin scale with a 2400K temp. Soft White has a yellowish tint to it making it softer; easier on the eyes - not nearly as bright as Cool White though. It's great for creating ambiance but not functional lighting. You'll notice we offer an RGBW product that includes RGB + one diode of this soft white color which provides both Cool White and Soft White options (along with RGB of course). It's our most popular Multi-Color LED strip for this reason.

Lastly, we offer a Natural White (aka Neutral White) which has a Kelvin temp of 4000. This shade of white is middle of the road - half way between Soft White and Cool White. We offer it in a single color only. See below images to help demonstrate the differences.

Single Color LEDs will always be brighter than multi-color. If you're looking for the absolute brightest LED, Single Color is what you want. Why? All of our RGB and Single Color LEDs use a 5050 tri-chip LED. Each 5050 LED has three LED diodes. In a RGB LED those three diodes are red, green and blue. When combined with an LED controller the mixing of those three colors will produce up to 16 million different color combinations. For example, using an RGB LED chip mixing equal parts red + green + blue will produce WHITE (6000 Kelvin temp.) In a single color tri-chip LED there are also three LED diodes however all three of those LEDs are the same color. Because there are three diodes of all the same color, the light will be brigther. Of course you only get one color with a Single Color LED so there are trade offs. Important to note that 5050 LED chips are the brightest available. So even an RGB LED Chip will produce a very bright light. In fact, most people find they need to dim them. We rarely have a customer tell us the lights are not bright enough. And in the cases where they do, it's because they don't have sufficient power to support the amperage load (and the lights dim).

The Quick Switch feature is available on our G2 SUPER and HEAVY DUTY LED Controllers.  Whatever color LED you have connected to the GREY output wire of the GEN2 Controller is the color that will display when the Quick Switch is triggered with 12vdc +.  The most common use for this configuration for RV Awning Lights is with our RGBW product. In this scenario, the Warm White diode is wired to the grey output wire of the controller. The Quick Switch trigger circuit (yellow wire) is wired to the RV's existing awning light switch such that when that switch is ON, just the W diodes on that RGBW light strip turn on (and if the RGB diodes were on, they would be turned off). When the Quick Switch trigger wire is not energized, the LED controller operates the RGBx diodes normally.

We offer ADD-ON LED light strips which can be purchased separately. Our ADD-ON strips available in WHITE and BLACK PCB and in one foot increments (1' to 16'). You have your choice of 5', 10', 15', 25' and 50' color match power leads. If purchasing an ADD-ON strip, make sure you are purchasing an upgraded controller to handle the additional power requirements. If you have questions about this, please call us.

LED lights are mounted to a Printed Circuit Board (or PCB for short). The color of that PCB makes a difference in how the finished installation looks in the daylight. Our LED light strips come in two versions to match the surface the strip will be attached to. If you have a light colored RV, you will probably want to order the WHITE PCB light strip. If you have a dark colored RV, you will probably want to order the BLACK PCB light strip.

You'll notice we offer the option of SMOKE TINTED COATING for our Black PCB RGB LED strips instead of the standard clear coating on our Awning LED Light kits. The smoke tinted LED strip (see photo above) has a nicer daylight look when mounted in plain sight. Some customers prefer this look on their RVs as it blends better particularly with darker color paint schemes. This is a cosmetic option only for LED strips that are mounted where they can be seen in the daylight. It is important to note that this smoke tinted coating does reduce the brightness of the LEDs by about 40%. Boogey Lights LED strips are already incredibly bright (particularly when used on an awning light) so many folks don't mind the reduction in brightness but it is something to be aware of. If you want the absolute brightest Awning Light strip, go with the default clear coat selection. If you want the LED strip to blend in better with your RV's paint scheme during the daytime (and the installation to look a little more finished) and you're OK with a less light, the tinted coating might be better.

The short answer is probably not. All Boogey Lights® RGB (multi-color) LED strips are COMMON CATHODE LEDS. They share a common ground and will only work with positively switched controllers (which is what all Boogey Lights® LED Controllers are). Most RGB multi-color LED strips on the market today however are COMMON ANODE because the LED controller technology used to power them is less expensive to manufacture. However they're not nearly as bright and are an overall inferior design when compared with COMMON CATHODE LEDs. For more information, click the button below.

All Boogey Lights® controllers and LED strips operate on 12vdc which is readily available on any RV made and offered for sale in North America. An essential skill with installation of any Boogey Lights LED products is knowing how to correctly wire the product to a 12vdc circuit. This includes understanding the importance of having a properly sized fuse at the power source, polarity, how to properly seal an electrical connection, using properly sized wire gauge for the load, measuring voltage and measuring the additional amperage draw you're adding. Be mindful of the amount of amperage you're drawing through your lighting circuit and to not exceed the circuit component limitations. The amount of power (amps) you're pulling through the circuit will vary based on a combination of three factors: 1) The number of LEDs in the circuit, 2) the amount of copper wire in the circuit and 3) the input voltage to the circuit. The amperage ratings for our switches, controllers and LEDs assume 12.5 vdc input or less. If you are uncertain or unfamiliar with any of these concepts, we urge you to ask someone who has the knowledge to assist you. Electricity is unforgiving.

The Boogey Lights® single color LED light strips can in most cases be used with existing OEM wiring and power (assumes 12vdc power). The Boogey Lights® single color LED strip has a two conductor power lead: one positive and a one negative wire that connect to 12vdc power. In most cases you can use the existing awning light wiring (and wall switch) already in place. The one caveat is that the existing wiring and circuit rating can support the amperage of the new Boogey Lights® LED strip compared to the original OEM light. Generally, if the length of the led strip you're adding is the same length or less than what was there originally, you will probably be OK. We however encourage you to examine the gauge of the power lead wire feeding the existing OEM light and compare it to the wire gauge of the new Boogey Lights® LED strip. It should be as thick or thicker. We also suggest doing some amperage calculations using the SPECS data found on this product page (click on the SPECS navigation tab). That amperage draw data will give you a good idea of total amperage of the new Boogey Lights® LED strip you're adding. Make sure the circuit you're connecting your new Boogey Lights® LED strip is capable of handling that amperage. If you are unclear on how to do this we urge you to seek assistance from someone who can be onsite to help you with this part of the installation. Also, be sure to click on the DIRECT REPLACEMENT navigation tab on this product page where we discuss all direct replacement wiring options.

No two installation scenarios are the same. Not everyone shares the same installation quality goals. Some folks are OK with twisting wires together, others want to solder them. Some folks are OK with running wires where they may be seen or unprotected to save money/time, others want a tidy, clean install without any wires showing. Some folks are OK with mounting their LED strips to whatever surface they can find, others want to take the time necessary to build out appropriate mounting surfaces to provide the best lighting effect on their vehicle. The point is it's not possible to provide all the materials necessary for all installation scenarios and quality goals. Our light kits provide the essential components needed for a high-quality, functioning lighting system. Installation of our light kit to your specific vehicle may however require additional items to make it look and fit the way you want. This is particularly the case with electrical wiring and mounting of LED strips. Before proceeding with your installation we suggest you consider THESE OTHER ITEMS.

The LEDs used in this product are very bright; the brightest 12vdc LED lights available. They're designed to be used for accent lighting applications where they are typically powered on for a few hours (usually on a dimmed setting) and then powered off. While they can be used in functional lighting applications (e.g. bright white to temporarily illuminate a work area), the lights should NOT be left powered on for extended periods of time (e.g. 6+ hours). If the LEDs are left powered on for long periods of time - particularly on their brightest setting - the LEDs closest to the power source will have a burned look to them over time. This is because the amount of voltage being pulled through the LEDs closest to the power source will be higher than the voltage going through the LEDs further down the strip. The end result is that those LEDs closest to the power source will be hotter thus creating the burned look. This will occur mostly when displaying the color white on a full brightness setting but can also occur with other colors. For this reason, we do NOT suggest leaving these LED lights powered up for extended periods of time particularly on their brightest setting. Burned looking LEDs is NOT covered under warranty.