I got a little more done last night so i thought I would make sure this gets updated.
My fan controller arrived. Nothing too special...this was made for pc fans. This one can be run without the PC motherboard with just direct power feeding it from a DC power source.
Completed a diode test on all of the LED's with my multimeter and all were good.
I started wiring the lights. Now that I've done wiring on both a soldered fixture (my test fixture) and this bad boy with the BJB connectors....you have to be insane to solder. I keep waiting for the shoe to drop on what is bad about these but nothing so far has come to light.
Here's my progression:
And finally where I quit at midnight lastnight:
