How do I wire LED strip lights for a large project? (More than 5 metres)
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video we explain how you can wire LED strip lights for larger projects (those requiring more than 5 metres of LED tape).
We advise on:
- The best way for wiring
- How to avoid voltage drop
- Can you wire multiple strips back to one power supply?
- How to wire LED strip lights for a coving / rectangle over 5m
Check the video out.
Comment and we can answer any questions you have!
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We stock all of these LED strips for next day delivery.
We can cut and solder the LED strips to exact lengths for you, and can solder in any corner links and custom length starter leads.
You can provide us with the lengths or, even better, a quick sketch of your area with the lengths written on them and we can advise the best way to wire the strips.
We can speak to any installers, before, during and after your project to answer any questions.
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When extending the power strips, do you just connect the power lead to the extensions, or all the RGBW plus the power lead?
Thanks for the detailed information. My LED flickers when dimmed, and it is a dimmable set. Where would you start the troubleshooting? Dimmer switch, power supply or wiring? Thanks
Very imformative, what about extending the 2 × 24v cables when it's outside in a garden? Thanks
Yes this can be done no problem at all, I would always use 1.5mm cable if it is extended , that way you can go up to 15m away from the power supply to the strip
if i'm using a dmx decoder after the power supply to go into the tape to control the RGB.. What amp decoder shall i get for each channel as in Red Green And Blue..? it's for 30m 50/50 RGB tape!
Hi! Is it okay to put LED strip Lights and other lighting outlet one common circuit? Thank u,,,,
Thanks for your video! I would like to know if I have to use 12V LED stripes or if I can also use 5V in your example. I would have to use 17m of LEDs for my ceiling. I know that 12V would have a smaller voltage drop but could I also use your idea with 5V LEDs? I'm thinking about using 5V WS2812B 60 LEDS/m with a 80A Power supply. I think that these should have power injection every 5m, so I don't know if there is a problem if in one direction is 5m and the other direction 3m (which would be 8m instead of 5m) like in your sketch. Thanks for your response.
Hi I am putting these lights in my kitchen. I have 20m of 12v white led strips. I need to know what vault and amp power supply I need. As I think from what I can understand the one that is supplied is for up to 6m. Can you help please.
hi, i have a 10m led complete kit, there is only one output from the controller but i want to split the 10m strip into 4 segments, 2x 70cm long, 1x 3.5 meters and 1x 30cm segment, can i just create and continuous string but soilder wire between the segments, longest jump would be about 1 meter, or buy a 4 way splitter?
Can you connect two 12v 60w power supplies in parallel? For the AC and DC current?
hi i dont know if you can help me but i want to run 5050 RGB lighting in difrent strip lenghts under all my shelving units how would i go about doing it? as all my shelves are in difrent sizes from 12inches up to 40 inches i just cant find anywere that explains how i could do it regards, Steve
how could i connect and control 10pcs of 4feet RGB one? each one is individual and 3 feet apart, thankyou.
I have a question. I got a 5 w 5 meter strip but I’m using a 100 W transformer. So am I consuming 100 wats when the led is turned on or am I consuming what the strip is rated.
Can led 12v strip lights work on sub woofer bass speaker powered by sub amp..
As all those options are wired in parallel, am I right to assume the length limit is determined by the amp capacity of the copper strips in the lights? I'm wondering whether I can make use of a 50v supply to power four 12v led strips wired in SERIES to form a voltage divider into 4 equal ~12 volt runs (power is ample and the copper strips are only then carrying the same amperage as the leds would drain in parallel from a 12v supply).
Great vid. So on 2 long runs of 24V RGBW using a 320 W power supply. How long can you go for length without having to boost the power. I believe I will be 9m for each run. Plus what power cable has to be to each LED strip run. I thought A 2 wire power lead and a 5 wire RGBW to control the strips together. The power supply is 3m from the beginning of the strips start.
24v rgb led strips may get 10 meters before needing injection. There are a few factors to consider, including how many leds are in the run.
2 runs of 9 meters each, maybe try power to the middle of them, and your data/rgb wiring at the beginning of the first led.
Check your colors are all ok if you don't have a multimeter & if you do have one, check your voltage at each end of the runs with highest level of white brightness. 5% is usually around the loss factor. So 24v - 5% loss = 22.8 volts. Or thereabouts.
Easy enough to run an animation on them & just check your colors are accurate.
If they are the wrong colors at each end, your voltage drop is too high.
Hi I’ve had a 5 metre standard RGB+1 extra terminal with an arrow symbol and had no problems even though I’ve made one right angle joint and a straight joint piece but all of a sudden they’re pulsing/ flashing ?? Not sure if the transformer/controller is faulty ? Or dodgy connections in the connectors I’ve installed ( in a bathroom so subject to moisture ) ? Thanks
What power supply should i use for a 15 meter 50/50 12v strip if i plan to use 1 pow.suppy only? Thank you in advance for answering.
Do u have the answer to this? Did u figure it out ? 🥺
Very good video, I need to make one line of 140m and only with one supply at the beginning, is it possible?
so where how I can connect the RGB Strips with DC power supply ? I have a 35 meter long project. every 10 meter one power supply between 2x 5 Meter. But how I can a whole Project in one receiver doing ? Thank you a lot.
Found your video to be quite useful so thanks for the upload! Have one rookie question though. When bringing a cable to a rectangle corner, how or what do you use for splitting the cable up so you can connect 2 strips going their own way from 1 single cable. My total setup is going to use about 120w from a 150w powersupply - dont know if thats useful to know before answering.
Thanks fror the feedback! you can use a connector block, they are small scew terminals that are low cost from any electrical store or BandQ etc.
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At 5:49 you talk about connecting LED strips around corners with small "link cables". I am planning to do this myself with 1.5mm^2 2-core cable, but I wanted to know what the limitations are. Could I cut a 5m strip in half and reconnect it with 3m of 2-core, and still run it off one driver? I'm not sure whether I should go by the overall cable length (8m) or the total length LED strip (5m). Thanks!
Great question! The 5m total is for the strip only, yes you can extend well beyond this with cable. 1.5mm maybe quite hard to solder onto the pads as this is thick cable, id use 0.75mm for the distance your looking for and you wouldnt have any voltage drop. Use 1.5mm for the starter lead cable from the 1st strip to the power supply. With this thickness cable you can be up to 15m of cable between power supply and strip. Id reccomend no more than 5m of link cable between strips at 0.75mm.
@@InstyleLED Brilliant, thanks! Slowly gathering all the knowledge I need for this project! I think I'm now confident enough to actually go and buy something! 😂
I am in the USA and want to replace the lights in some jewelry cases. I know I can run 5M of lights off one driver but I think I may have more lights (total length) than 5 meters. Am I correct in hearing that you can split the circuit into 2 branches and run one adapter in the middle and have two strips. If I have 20 feet of cabinets all in a row can I run 2 10 foot LED strips from 1 power supply by feeding it from the center. How large of a power supply would that take. would I need one to run a 20 foot strip or one to run a 10 foot strip since I had 2 ten foot runs. Last thing is what power supply would I want. I want to run 12v white (4000K) LED's in the displays Thank you
Im looking at doing a project at home where i want to replace our normal strip light over our stairs with LED strip lights on the steps themselves. Our stairs are 70cm long and we have 9 steps. Would i be able to put 9 lengths of strip lights in parallel on to one driver? I've worked out ill need a 40w driver minimum.
Yes I would get each strip made with it's own starter lead and wire them all in parallel to a connector block and then take 1 cable into the power supply. This way all the cables come from one side and all of the lights will be even brightness. If the power supply is say 10m away, then dont have 10m leads on each strip, simplly take a 1.5mm cable over to the steps and then have shorter cables attached to the strips , for example 3m cables on each and then they all go into a connector block to your 1.5mm cable that goes back to the power supply
@@InstyleLED wow thank you for your quick response. Can i ask you another question please. What thickness cable would you use for LED downlighters if running maybe six in line.
have a issue on mutiple led recivers and led strip do you have a tel number
hello
i have ordered 15m rgb 5050 w/bt control and im thinkin will one 12v stock wall adapter what comes with the leds be able to light all 15m of leds evenly? :)
Depends on the watts each led strip use.
If it is exceeding the wattage that is being provided by stock adapter then the stock adapter probably overheat. He has made a video about understanding the wattage and choosing the right power supply,go check it out! 😃
Btw here's the link-
ruclips.net/video/fWYSF-t_tic/видео.html
@@lostyplayz2799 thanks even tough it was bit late but leds light evenly only if the led strips both eds were connected to the power adapter which luckily wasnt a problem for me 😁
@@roskaposti5808 sorry for late reply for the previous lmao 😂
Could I email you for some advice on an install I'm attempting? I'm trying to work out a power injection situation.
Yes no problem, please email sales@instyleled.co.uk
@@InstyleLED You've never answered my emails... I have 15m of 12v rgb+w, 5 pin. How do I power inject that? 2 wires or all 5?. Does power injection come from the controller or the power unit?
Do you answer your comment?
I have 100m straight in my backyard
You would be best with a strip that can go up to 20m in one run. that way 5 strips and 5 power supplies
What’s the point of showing yourself with a fine penned plan that no one can make out, I came here to find out how to inject power into an rgb strip and none the wiser after 7 minutes, you’ve only wasted my time and others
Hi Sarah, good question! Well tbf, I had these video ideas as sort of quick, bloggy , style uploads that I can upload a quick, one each day from a basic phone and desk. Rather than having to pay for production for them, wait months to book them in and maybe we would never upload them.
So yes agreed the drawings are crap, production is bad lol but the idea thats spoken does make sence!
Also I can answer your question. But im not sure from terminology of what you are looking to do?
For a rgb stip the set ups are as:
240v----power supply----receiver/controller-------led strip
How can I get intouch with you to make the first plan you showed it’s exactly what I ned