Strip LED for Home Illumination

I wanted to find a way to brighten up my living room with a diffuse light and colorful. So I chose to use a LED strip 5 meters long. Strip to be placed on pieces of furniture high enough. The cabinet is a little more than 2.5 meters. So, how to place a strip 5 meters long? I chose to use a stick 2.4 meters long with square cross-section of just a centimeter. In this way I could glue the strip on two of the four sides of the stick.



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Required materials:
LED strip 5050 (I discovered that there is a chip even brighter)
power adapter 6A (see below why 6 and not 5)
remote control and receiver to change color
4-pin 1 to 2 female connector 4 way for LED strip lights (I've found 1 to 3 but 1 to 2 is enough)
4-pin male connector adapters
three sticks of 80 cm each
adhesive tape strips (I've used electrical tape)
scissors

To connect the sticks I used electrical tape. The largest I could find. I placed on the ground three sticks so close and I stretched out near the strip led. Obviously the scissors are used in this step.

Glue the LED strip on the stick. Place half of the strip over the stick and the other half to the side.

Connect the power adapter to the remote control receiver.
Connect the remote control receiver to the 4-pin female connector 1 to 2.
Use where you need the connector adapters.

I used the 1 to 2 connector for led strip dual feeding. Google around to find out what it is.

Instead of using 5A power adapter provided in many kits that are for sale, I used a 6A power adapter. If you read the specifications of the LED chip used in my 5050 strip you'll see that each chip works with 0.24 Watt and 12 Volt. In a strip there are 300 leds. Then:

300 leds X 0.24 Watt / 12 Volt = 6 Ampere

Here is the final result. Now I just have to convince my kids to stop with the remote control!