So now we can put our DC socket in hole and also fix it with hot glue. Let's start by screwing down to the connector (or soldering if you haven't a connector with screw terminals) one short red cable to + and two long cables to - we will need those cables to connect to the LED strips, and the shorter one to the main switch that will turn whole panel on or off. Then we have to solder some cables to those switches. Holes for switches were a little bit to loose so I fixed them with some hot glue, now it's perfect. If you haven't a 3D printer don't worry you can easily make it out of wood or anything you want, I am not so talented wood worker so I make one on 3D printer. Here I just 3D print a simple box for switches with a hole for connector. I hope you understand if not leave a comment and I will help :) the right side of it with the right side of the strip below (or below below if you wan to control brightness) and then left side of that second strip with the left side of the strip below second and then again right side. Just to clarify when you connect one strip with another one you connect i.e. Above you can find some photos and diagrams of the connection. So at the end I have two separate circuits and thanks to that I can light up half of the panel or whole panel however I want. The second circuit starts with second strip then goest to fourth and then to sixth.
So there are two separate circuits, first strip is soldered to third one and then to fifth one and so on. If you want you just solder like that whole panel but if you want to somehow control brightness you should connect it as I had connect it. You have to simple solder one end of the led strip to the beginning of another one, + to + and - to. Here soldering starts, don't worry it will be all right.
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