I just used two extension cables, in blue. Aside from that, its just the actual light strip sections.
I mounted the controller on the underside of a cabinet and plugged it into outlet thats hidden by a picture frame. In red circle, you can kinda see the cord hanging down.
Did you use any L’s or T’s. Since there are no Left-handed L adapters and I already broke a pin on an extension I am trying to be conservative in my approach.
One good thing for me is that I’m doing this as part of a kitchen renovation so I won’t have to take down anything to hide the wires.
Sorry I missed this question. I used L’s. For the left hand turns just flipped the L over
@nappyjim how did you solve the reflection off the counter? Don’t think wife will like the look. I think I need a diffuser channel?
Could you stick the strip on the back of the cabinet to where the LEDs will project out horizontal vs vertically down? May help the diffusion. My counter strip is so far from the floor, it just blends…
Worth a try and it’s free. Lol
I’ll have to check reflection tonight. What effect is that (so that we compare apples2apples). Wife hasnt mentioned anything and shes usually the first to notice those “major” annoyances
Rainbow aurora with the overhead lights out. I think I could see them even with a static white.
@nappyjim how did you get those effects to work on home assistant? The setup guide looks way different than what I see in my HA. I think once I can find where to enter everything I can calculate all the different pixel effects.
This worked for me
@stu1811 late reply but I also have that glare off countertop. Wife doesnt mind.
@Teport i set mine up a few months back and was having trouble setting colors through HAs built in light color card. So i made a few drop down lists for color and effect and a brightness card. I am setting color through custom effect, not through a normal color call, if you will.
Honestly looking at my flow now, I cant explain it step by step as it just works now so I kinda forgot my thinking at the time. But Ill share my flow anyway if it may help you.
Keep in mind I have some extra stuff in there because I want it to maintain same brightness when switching from a color to an effect. I also have the brightness change based on if another kitchen light is on. Then I have some other helpers in there as well so that when a color is selected via drop down, the effect drop down switches to none. Or when an effect is selected, the color drop down is set to none. This is because if I have selected the color green (lightstrips go green) and then I select an rainbow effect (lightstrips go to rainbow effect), if my dropdown for color remained on green and I wanted to set the color back to green, I’d have to first choose a different color then select green again. So purpose of helpers is to negate that.
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They seem to be directional. Did you shave off the square corners to make them round?
I haven’t done it, but the common response is “push real hard”, it’ll go.
Or bend a pin like I did. Doh!
That’s what she said. 
As salt n pepa would say, “push it real good”
Yep, the Salt-N-Pepa method has worked. 
These comments have inspired us to add an emoji plug-in. @nappyjim I felt I was under-appreciating your Salt-n-Pepa reference by simply hearting your comment lol.
We’ll be adding this plug-in shortly!
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Looks great. For people wondering about diffusing the light, there are a bunch of DIY solutions as well as commercial products you can buy for relatively cheap. I agree that the light is a bit harsh in the dark when looking at the reflections of the diodes head-on.
