Hi all,
I was looking for a recommendation on wire and power supply and controller for the rgb smd light strips. I have in total just shy on 22m of what I believe is 5050 60led/m. I got them off ebay a good while ago and it came with 3 power adapters rated at 12v 5A (for 30M kit). Hence 1 turned out to be faulty and I only used 22m i decided to give it a shot using just the two but only 2 months later one of them died (they are turned off at the fuse when not on) and was roasting hot. After looking around on the internet I'm finding quite mixed opinions as to what power supply i should use so I thought I'd ask some people for opinions.
Here's the setup and requrements:
4 lengths of 3.24M
2 lengths of 2.44M
2 lengths of 2M
I'm not worried if I have run a separate cable to each length but would prefer as discrete cable as humanly possible but safety first (at the moment its connected in series, each adapter powering 2 sets 5.24-5.68M with that rgb cable for those lights but please advise me otherwise if that's not suitable)
I also need it to work off of one controller for changing colours (at the moment its 2, you can imagine the pain)
A music controller would be a cherry on a cake if anyone has any ideas![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I was looking for a recommendation on wire and power supply and controller for the rgb smd light strips. I have in total just shy on 22m of what I believe is 5050 60led/m. I got them off ebay a good while ago and it came with 3 power adapters rated at 12v 5A (for 30M kit). Hence 1 turned out to be faulty and I only used 22m i decided to give it a shot using just the two but only 2 months later one of them died (they are turned off at the fuse when not on) and was roasting hot. After looking around on the internet I'm finding quite mixed opinions as to what power supply i should use so I thought I'd ask some people for opinions.
Here's the setup and requrements:
4 lengths of 3.24M
2 lengths of 2.44M
2 lengths of 2M
I'm not worried if I have run a separate cable to each length but would prefer as discrete cable as humanly possible but safety first (at the moment its connected in series, each adapter powering 2 sets 5.24-5.68M with that rgb cable for those lights but please advise me otherwise if that's not suitable)
I also need it to work off of one controller for changing colours (at the moment its 2, you can imagine the pain)
A music controller would be a cherry on a cake if anyone has any ideas
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