Hello there, I am building an rgb LED 160*10 Array using: A - 50M (164ft) Addressable WS2801 RGB 5V LED Strip 160 - 9W/M = 45W/5M - 1.8Amp/M - 9Amp/5M B - 8 Gauge wire C - 300W / 5v / 60amp Power supply. My current display layout & connection is attached in the diagram picture below. Figure Con…

[EDIT] Ehm, where was the problem stated? What problem? It’s usually a bad idea to have 2 power supplies on the same bus. They will battle for control with eachother when regulating. Why not have one feed the odd strips and the other the even strips. Just make sure to have the ground/black wire co…

Valen: [EDIT] Ehm, where was the problem stated? What problem? It’s usually a bad idea to have 2 power supplies on the same bus. They will battle for control with eachother when regulating. Why not have one feed the odd strips and the other the even strips. Just make sure to have the ground/blac…

In the last picture you have on the left the red and black wires going to the ledstrips in parallel. That is good. Except that you may need to reduce the number of ledstrips you power with one power supply. Do the others in the same way with the other power supply. In order for the data and clock wi…

Valen: In the last picture you have on the left the red and black wires going to the ledstrips in parallel. That is good. Except that you may need to reduce the number of ledstrips you power with one power supply. Do the others in the same way with the other power supply. In order for the data and…

And the black wire to the bottom power supply? Remember, electrons must circulate or else they won’t work. The blue and green datalines are still zigzagging. Just connect them downward on one side. Make it like a stack of “F”, not a string of “W” on it’s side.

Valen: And the black wire to the bottom power supply? Remember, electrons must circulate or else they won’t work. The blue and green datalines are still zigzagging. Just connect them downward on one side. Make it like a stack of “F”, not a string of “W” on it’s side. Yes you are right. But sh…

Valen: And the black wire to the bottom power supply? Remember, electrons must circulate or else they won’t work. The blue and green datalines are still zigzagging. Just connect them downward on one side. Make it like a stack of “F”, not a string of “W” on it’s side. The led strips are going t…

Diagram 4 would not work unless you could somehow provide fixed addresses for your pixles. If your LED driver has multiple outputs, divide the string into parts (every 2 or 3 lines) and driving the parts with separate clock and data line outputs. That way line loss is reduced. Otherwise, if your dr…

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50M (164ft) Long Run rgb LED Strip. Power

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