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If you are the happy owner of a two-story private house or cottage, a good solution would be to make built-in lighting for the stairs leading to the second floor. To date, for this it is best to use a special diode tape, spotlights or sconces installed along the steps. The first option looks the most beautiful, of course, besides, LED strips are quite simply mounted and connected to the network. Next, we will tell you how to make the stairs illuminated with an LED strip with your own hands, providing all the necessary photos, videos and diagrams.

Step by step installation instructions

Choosing a lighting scheme

First of all, you need to decide how to place the illumination of the steps of the stairs - in the wall on the sides, below, through one step, across the entire width, or only in the center. You can see examples of lighting in the photo below:

You also need to decide on the way to control the LED strip - it will turn on with a regular light switch, motion sensor, or. A lot also depends on this. When you decide on all the organizational issues, you can proceed to the calculation of materials and the selection of lighting elements.

We calculate materials

1. Illumination of each step with an indent from the edges of at least 5 cm.
2. Motion sensors are installed at the top and bottom of the flight of stairs.
3. The work of the lighting system is organized on the basis of the Arduino controller.
4. Additionally, a photo relay must be installed so that the LED strip turns on only at dusk.
5. As for the tape, its specifications should be as follows: 60 LEDs per meter, SMD 3528, IP rating of at least 67.

Please note that you can use other materials in your case. For example, if you don’t want to bother with automatic backlighting and figure out how to connect all the elements to the Arduino controller, you can simply control the lighting using pass-through switches, which will greatly simplify installation and the cost of the system. When all the materials are counted and purchased, you can proceed to install and connect the LED strip on the stairs with your own hands.

Installation work

So, to make the built-in lighting of the stairs to the second floor, follow the instructions below:

1. Cut the LED strip into strips of suitable length. Do not forget that you need to cut it in specially designated places, as shown in the photo below:
   
2. We solder wires to the contacts to connect the backlight to the controller. You can also use special connectors so as not to waste time working with a soldering iron.
   
   
3. We degrease the steps and glue the LED strip in a suitable place. If it is not possible to make hidden lighting of the landing, you can use a special aluminum profile that will protect the lamp from mechanical damage.
   
   
4. We install sensors opposite the lower and upper steps, as shown in the diagram below. About that, we talked about in the corresponding article.
   
   
5. We hide all the wires in a cable channel, which we attach either to the side of the wall or under the flight of stairs.
6. In a suitable place, we install a box in which there will be a controller for intelligent control of the LED lighting of the stairs.
7. We connect all the elements into one system, connect the controller to the computer and download the code, which can be easily found on the Internet. The connection diagram looks something like this:
   
   
   
8. We check the correct installation and if no errors are found, we test the LED lighting of the stairs. We customize the lighting mode for ourselves and enjoy what you managed to do.

Smart Controller Overview

What does automatic light turn on look like?

Here, according to such instructions, you can make the illumination of the stairs with an LED strip with your own hands. As you can see, there are no particular difficulties in installation, however, in order for you to have automatic lighting of steps to the second floor in your private house, you will have to figure out how to connect the Arduino controller.

Ready solutions

We also recommend that you look at the photo of the staircase lighting ideas to get inspired and choose the most suitable option for your own conditions. Here we will provide several options for lighting fixtures so that you know how else you can make step lighting.

The use of sconces installed along the flight of stairs:

Ideas for creating street lighting on wooden, concrete and stone steps: