how does the power supply work when you cut the strips?
1383630
You run a jumper wire from one side of the cut to the other. You can do this as many times as necessary. One example would be to turn a corner, as the strip will not flex if you are making a right angle against a wall, like going around a doorway. There are solder pads on the strip that you can use to solder the jumper wires to. Just make sure you run one wire from + to +, and the other wire from - to -.
1383631
You can cut the strips at certain contact points( I think it was every 3 LEDs). From there you can either solder on fresh wires or use premade connectors to the contact points,(+) and (-). It's not complicated at all and easily done.
657086
Yes, just add a 12 volt power supply, there should be a power connecter at the beginning of each strip.
1689168
I don't know but what I do know is that this strip uses a watch type battery to receive a signal from the remote so I would say only the battery is being used. In my opinion the remote outlets should have no power drainage. The (Always On ) outlets about 2 would be a source of power drainage if they were used. That's my best answer w/o measuring any power from the strip.
917792
No their is not. It doesn't matter what wattage the device you wish to use as the main (as long as it's not something crazy ie high powered tools, generators etc that will fry the power strip) when you that device is turn the internal circuitry of the power strip will send a response to the other outlets telling them to turn on. If a some or all of your device are not turning on/off at the same time their is a small knob on the side of the strip where you can adjust + or - to make them all work. Most of the time you do not need to touch this as it's very sensitive to adjustments you make.
964063
Yes, you have to slice in the yellow and black from a power supply. Some power supplies will require a load on the 3v in order to actually work though. Newer power supplies do not have that issue.
155574
Sounds like a ground issue with your power supply. Try plugging your power directly into the wall socket and bypass the power strip if you're using one.
435992
I did actually did the very same to some degree. I connected only two light strips & it works fine. Can't see why only one strip won't work.The draw [amps] is well under the transformer's limit. If you think about it , if one section goes out. the remaining should still power up. Hope this helps, Edwood
1253719
You can plug two of these into a standard two outlet wall connection. Not sure about a power strip.
1803734
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.
1800412
If you're talking about a long roll strip, one end has the pin connectors and the other end has wires to splice what I did was cut in half,bought a separate power supply and spliced wires. If you're talking about short LED strips, I don't think you can cut those and use again without Soldering
1380267
Like everyone else says, it works no problem with a power strip as long as you don't exceed total watts. I have several electronic items plugged into mine through a power strip.
1493762
It depends on the type of LED strip you're using. Some strips use more power than others because they use more powerful LEDs, or more LEDs per foot.
657084
Actually you can connect the power to either controller, or any of the plugs on the strings. That is right. The power does not necessarily have to come through the controller. I tested and it worked OK. I have 2 strips in serial. I feed the power through second strip instead of controller. That gives even voltage distribution. I don't think that you can connect more 1 power sources, unless that you cut the red wire (have not tried). If you have 4 strings in serial you can cut the red wire to the 3rd and 4th string so that you can have another power connected to them.
867288
No not unless you get different power boxes and solder your own connects its one long strip that is all controlled by one power box
1109782
The included power supply provides 5 amps at 12 volts, each strip uses about 2.6 amps at full brightness, so connecting 3 strips will work, but they will become dimmer at the ends when you make them fully bright. To connect 3 strips to 1 single power supply you must buy one that can provide at least 7.8 amps at 12 volts, or your led strips will not be as bright as they could be. This power supply will power 3 LED strips: http://www.amazon.com/Power-Adapter-Prong-Output-3224-12V/dp/B0057KIHAI/ This adapter will let you connect the controller in the middle instead of at one single end: http://www.amazon.com/Ledwholesalers-Splitter-LED-Changing-Strips/dp/B0077IPRAG/ Hope that helps! :)
657085
I have run 2 strips through one of those 133 channel controllers. Just set the length to 100. 6A power supply going into the controller. No problems. You will have no problems controlling 4 strips, and you can inject power as you stated if necessary.
541911
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.