How many of these unit do I need to power 4 (or 5) 5m HD strips?
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The Amazon web ad says each 5 meter strip consumes 24 watts. When I received the L.E.D. strips the info said they consume 36 watts. I would go with the 36 watts and since the power supply output is 100 watts you would need one power supply for every two strips. I have noticed if the strips are wired in series the first L.E.D. is much brighter than the last. I am using these strips for under counter lighting with 2 cabinets on the north and 3 on the south. The north lights are brighter than the south. Then the lights on the south are brighter on the feed end and dimmer at the far end. Hope this helps.
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You have to add amount of watt of each strip and not exceed 80 watt. If your strip is 10 watt, you can use 100 watt power supply for 8 or even 9 strips.
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Just one, somewhere on the web or their site it says what you need also you can call the company and they can tell you.I don't think you need this big a one actually, I powered 16' with a 30 watt.
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The Amazon web ad says each 5 meter strip consumes 24 watts. When I received the L.E.D. strips the info said they consume 36 watts. I would go with the 36 watts and since the power supply output is 100 watts you would need one power supply for every two strips. I have noticed if the strips are wired in series the first L.E.D. is much brighter than the last. I am using these strips for under counter lighting with 2 cabinets on the north and 3 on the south. The north lights are brighter than the south. Then the lights on the south are brighter on the feed end and dimmer at the far end. Hope this helps. The Amazon web ad says each 5 meter strip consumes 24 watts. When I received the L.E.D. strips the info said they consume 36 watts. I would go with the 36 watts and since the power supply output is 100 watts you would need one power supply for every two strips. I have noticed if the strips are wired in series the first L.E.D. is much brighter than the last. I am using these strips for under counter lighting with 2 cabinets on the north and 3 on the south. The north lights are brighter than the south. Then the lights on the south are brighter on the feed end and dimmer at the far end. Hope... » Read More The Amazon web ad says each 5 meter strip consumes 24 watts. When I received the L.E.D. strips the info said they consume 36 watts. I would go with the 36 watts and since the power supply output is 100 watts you would need one power supply for every two strips. I have noticed if the strips are wired in series the first L.E.D. is much brighter than the last. I am using these strips for under counter lighting with 2 cabinets on the north and 3 on the south. The north lights are brighter than the south. Then the lights on the south are brighter on the feed end and dimmer at the far end. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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Hi Williams castillo Is each of your LED strips is 24 watts for every 5m? Then just sum the total and as you can see the led driver is 100 watts from the power output so if you use 4 strips you will be ok (96 watts) and within the range of the driver
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Look at the information on your light strips it should tell you how many watts each strip uses and then you can decide what size LED driver that you need to power them all.
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Hello, not sure, suggest you contact HD tech for more info on this question.
261832
Great Question. To my disappointment, there was no power strip included with my purchase. A simple power strip about 8 to 10 inches in length will fit easily into the box and should be able to hold 5 - 8 outlets.
2110481
You need a 6 amp power supply for each full strip of lights. If you intend to have all 7 sync'd to the same color then you need six of these
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You can wire as many as you'd like, just keep in mind you will have to provide sufficient amperage to power all the strips. So if each strip is 2A and 12V each and you wire 4 together then you will need a power source that provides 12V DC and 8A of power
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I think you will need to have a repeater of some sort. I remember reading somewhere that you can only have two strips connected to one power supply. I also don't know how your power supply holds up so I wouldn't suggest more than two, One of my power supply starts to burn up after a while and it is only connected to one strip so the quality of the power supply is questionable.
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Michel any strip needs the power supply. It means that if you want to install one strip in a different position from the second, you will need another power source. Each power source can provide the energy for around 12 to 14 strips in accordance to the instruction manual.
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so far, I have linked 2 light strips together with no problem. just make sure that your power adaptor uses the most amps possible without damaging your strips. I believe the most you can use is a 12V 5amp adaptor.
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You don't need buy two. use power strip,you can use more than one products. Remember power total do not over 1000W
1979215
No, not by just connecting one strip to another. Anything beyond 2 5meter strips will be to far from the power source. That amount of length would probably require a data repeater for every 10meters of light strips.
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For most strips for every 2 you will need a amplifier. For my setup, I used a music controller which has a 12V source then hooked up the amplifier in series after the first strand. I then have two strips after that.
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Each strip will require approx. 5 amps of power when operating in white light at maximum brightness. With that being said, each strip will need a seperate ccontroller which is included. As a consolation, you can use the same remote but unless they are a distance from one another it will be hard to control with precision.
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Yes. But more strips means your power supply needs to provide more electric current (amps). Make sure your power supply is rated for the number of strips you want to connect together. MAX Amps per Strip X Number of Strips=MIN Required Power Supply Amps.
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The one I received didn't work at all. I returned it for a Drobo. I use 2TB drives in the Drobo so I don't know about 4 in that.
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You can't run them in series. Parallel only. Run a set of wires from the power source to the start of each strip. Incidentally, a couple things about that power supply...It's not as pictured (at least in my case) It has a noisy fan. I returned it and used a re-purposed computer power supply. Also, this power supply will not run 4 strips. If I remember correctly these strips run 72 watts each which is about 6A at 12 volts. 6X4 = 24A required. And with the distances you are talking about, you're going to need a bit more than minimum.
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I am using a 12v 2A power supply for 4 strips and it works fine. It's this one: HitLights LED Power Adapter Transformer with 110VAC to 12VDC, 2 Amp, 24 watt, black
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depends on whatever the PSU that came with this is rated at. iirc they usually come in 2-4a. basically, for a 30led/meter strip, you can power roughly 10 meters with 4a~. this means that if the power supply this comes with is labeled 4a (which i suspect it is), you should be able to chain 2 strips together fine. if it's 2a, you might need to get a bigger power supply. as the previous answer indicated, you can power it with an old computer/laptop/game console PSU as long as it's 12v, but pay attention and read the amp rating on the supply. this also, depending on the plug head of your PSU, possibly requires you to splice the power cables together. also, in case you were also wondering, you DO need to either solder or somehow bond the two strips together so that the circuits connect. they do not come with connectors on both ends, so one end will go into the controller it comes with, and the other end is the bare strip that you need to trim and solder/bond yourself onto a new strip.