Don’t buy or install LED strips without watching this video! There are so many things you need to know and look out for including RGB 5050 LED strips vs Smart RGB LED strips like the WS2812B, LED controllers, power supplies and how to cut and connect LED strips.
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0:00 Don’t buy junk
1:14 RGB or not to RGB
3:00 White isn’t always white
5:09 Are you dense?
6:47 Splish splashyness
8:29 Warning high voltage
11:07 Need more power!
13:01 Get in control
15:05 Cut and connect
17:18 Mount diffusion
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the BAD i got on amazon workes best for single colour solutions with a lower failure rate than high end priced variants to do the same job…this video is misleading and probably sponsored.
I doubt you will see this but some else might, can you piggy back them so you can run multiple 16 foot sections together? I need ruffle 80 to 100ft of them for a project in doing
Important note on Power:
while you CAN inject more power at the beginning, you should always consider second injecting at the end, because the small gauge of copper on the strips is not suited for much amperage, so always check whats possible in your setup, ESPECIALLY if your running multiple length of strips in one long string!
the strips CAN melt and burn out due to too much heat, and worst case cause a fire.
this applies even more for water insulated strips, heat dissipation is an important thing, and the biggest reason to always mount LEDs on Aluminium in any way.
take care everybody, electricity is dangerous in many ways. 🙂