LED light strip wiring

[Majja13]

Hey all I am going to put on one or two of the handy dandy LED light strips under my awning. I would like to wire it directly into the 12 volt system, utilizing the porch light. That way one switch controls both. Is this possible? I know most of the light strips have an AC to DC transformer would I just need to remove that out of the equation all together or get some other device.

Thanks
Matt

[BTPO1]

There is an article in the April issue of the MotorHome magazine Called Lively Illumination. It talks about using 12VDC instead of the 120VAC converter.

[SCVJeff]

Look on eBay. There are thousands of rolls of 12v strips for sale without needing to buy the transformer and lighting control if all you're doing is timing it to an existing circuit.

[Johno02]

Works well, but the cheaper, multi-colored strips fail die to weather and temps. I have a number of the white strips installed inside for indirect lighting, wired straight into 12V points.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

As long as the power supply is 12.0 DC

AND AND AND

The strip can tolerate a rig's converter absorbsion voltage maximum you should be home safe.