pictures, it looks like you need to solder the pins to the tape. Is this the case? If not, how does the tape connect to the pins?
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I'm not entirely sure what tape you are referring to but there is no soldering what so ever. The pins that are included are to connect two female ends of the rgb strip. They are very easy to use. The pins simply slide into the end of the extension if needed. Hope this helps. I bought these and they work great! Edit After looking at all the pictures, I think I see what you mean. The strip (Tape) should have pins on it that are already soldered to it. If the strip you bought doesn't have ends for some reason (haven't seen Amazon sell a strip without ends), then you have to solder the pins to the strip so they will get a connection. I bought strips from Mr Star and there was a female end at the end of the strip so all you do is put a pin in between the two female ends (between the strip and extension)...if you haven't gotten strips yet, I recommend this seller. I bought over 10 strips with this seller and not one bad led and it had really good 3m adheasive on the back...however if you plan on sticking it upside down, I would Krazy glue it...mine just lay on top of a beam outside in our patio cover and they give off a nice glow...I also bought one strip from supernight but the entire strip was sticky and weird. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LTOC5GI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Hope this helps!! Comment if you have any other questions
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You can, but I wouldn't use solder. They make connection clips so you don't have to solder at all. The reason is because it has 4 very small contacts that need to be separate or it won't work
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Did you resolder it? It might be the solder connections it might be cold solder or shorted
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My tape fit into this attachment, but then the attachment would not fit into the VHS adaptor even though I purchased them as a package on amazon. It was slightly too big. I have not been able to find an adaptor it will fit into. If you find one, let me know?!
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It might be good to solder the strands together on the ends. Just make sure you don't use too much or it might interfere with the connection. Perhaps just enough to band them together, but not enough so the connector clamps them on solder, if you know what I mean.
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Use a file. Took me about 10 minutes. I used a thin circle file and removed the small tab on the end of the pin and it should come right out.
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Hello,I am pretty sure I had to preserve the home button double tape. The other 3M tape is not installed. It was the first time I've done this and it seemed to work fine.
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Is your tip fully connected? Is there any solder on the tip? Have you turned up the temp and soldered a joint? Is your heat gun accurate? Does the light blink or stay lite?
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The 8-pin connector slides apart into two 4-pin connectors, only one of which fits in the 4-pin connector on the board. I simply tied the other half up out of the way. Works fine.
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I tried the clips, but they weren't very reliable. Best bet is to solder them. There's an endless amount of tutorials on youtube on how to do this. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+solder+RGB+LED&sm;=3-Kevin
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No. a special tool is recommended but I found soldering them was easy. Good luck
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The cables that Connect the pins on the other side gets breaked, i Fix it, i replace the pins With bolts, now it work like a charm, see the all steps that i do... https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B6C5lV38JRuhUVdzNUdvVTZSWEk/editThumbs up please! !!
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Place a piece of electrical tape to the connectors....that is all you have to do.
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Slip a 1" piece of heat shrink tubing on the wire to be crimped. Dip the stripped wire into some solder flux, place the connector on a hard surface (like the flat top of a vise), insert the wire into the connector, place the side edge of a large flat blade screwdriver on top of the connector centered over the wire holder, then smack the screwdriver blade edge with a hammer. This puts a nice crimp in the connector. I strip the wire so about an eighth of an inch of bare wire is exposed after the crimping is done. Then I use a a small torch to wick solder into the connector. Shrink the tubing over the rear on the connector and bare section of the wire. Heat shrink is not absolutely necessary as the wires are deep enough in the connector body to prevent shorts. Wish I could post a picture! The screwdriver is held horizontal with the 'thin' part of the blade vertical on top of the connector. The bigger the screwdriver the better. A big blunt chisel could be used, but I'd be afraid of cutting the connector in half. Hope this helps.
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Not sure what the 2 clips are? Pinch/squeeze adapters? I tried several adapters to connect LED strips. None really work (or held together). Cut LED strip between solder points. Buy/use the 4 pin to 4 pin connectors. Solder them using the existing solder on LED strip. I did use a 4-way splitter to connect the controller shown to two other LED strips. Soldering requires a little finesse but really works.
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I am sorry mine just worked instantly. Make sure you have it well connected and did not damage any pins. Maybe it is more than the display sorry
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Joel:Attaching the tapers easy. It does have a sticker surface. You must, however, make sure that it IHas been pressed to the surface very aggressively (with great pressure).If the tape that you bought doesn't have a sticker side, I don't have an answer, other than ordering a roll that does have one. That said, the side that holds the adhesive is covered by a release tape that needs to be peeled off. I would suggest that you cut the tape to length before peeling the release tape. I used a J roller to press the tape to the desired surface