The lights are IP67 fully waterproof LED strips. I chose RGB-WW for the extra warm white LEDs, lets me not only play more with the colors, but also light up the area nicely at night right before we clean up to go to bed. Got 3 sets: one for the awning, and two for below the TM. I installed one strip behind the wheel well, and the other from the front of the wheel well to the front of the TM. I actually have more, to do the bottom of the slide, but never got around to that part of the project. The third strip is used in the awning.
I got two color controllers for the strips -- the kind you get depends on the kind of strip you use, mine were for RGB-WW. One controller went to a splitter for the two lower strips, and the other for the awning. I did this to have the option to put different colors above and below, but haven't actually tried that yet.
Next, I wired in a transformer under the stove to the 120V plug there, and hardwired in a 120V -> 12V unit to directly power the color controllers. I connected this through a switch I installed on the outside, in the space where the cable feed used to come in. I just pulled out the coax and plate, and put in a decora switch to turn it on and off, and to bring out the IR "eyes" for the controllers, as well as a 5-pin connector. The 5-pin then connects to a long extension wire, up to the awning -- after all, you can't really hard wire the awning and still have the TM fold down. So I plug a cable into a 5 pin in the switch and the other end into the end of the awning. Once the power is turned on, lights come on, and I can control the color with a little remote. Both "eyes" are next to each other, so both the awning and underside LEDs turn the same color on command. If I switch to a rotating "party mode", they do get out of sync, but it actually makes for a cool effect IMO.
One switch turns it all off at night, and the switch has the cover so it is protected from the elements when not in use. I intend to add some kind of power switch on the inside, eventually, because I would like the ability to turn it off from inside sometimes.
The biggest part of the project, without question, was figuring out the wiring for all the extension cords and getting them spliced in correctly. I drilled small holes through the floor on both sides of the wheel well to bring the wiring through, then had to splice on the proper connectors to plug into the strips.
If I were going to add more under the slide, I'd do the same but tap into the AC plug under the sofa for power. This, however, turned out to be an even bigger project, and my wife said she was very happy with the way it turned out without the extra lights, so I'm satisfied.
Closing down just requires removal of the extension cable going up to the awning.
The power supply was from Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00WM37BDC
I used that one to make sure I had proper amps for the 2 controllers/3 strips.
LEDs:
http://amzn.com/B00L50PDHO
Controllers:
http://amzn.com/B00JB3QQRI
Splitters:
http://amzn.com/B00XBIX5WS
Connectors:
http://amzn.com/B00N2L94DI
Extension wire:
http://amzn.com/B00J4HI746
Attachments:
http://amzn.com/B00HSCKSP0