[sudo-discuss] LED nube

[Cere Davis]

Is it relatively easy to splice in new power supplies into these things
after you’ve cut one?

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Cere Davis <ceremona at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jake.
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> hi Cere,
>>
>> you're correct that you can cut that type of LED tape along any of the
>> dotted
>> lines.  It's made up of a bunch of independant circuits which each have 3
>> LEDs
>> and resistors and run on 12V, and then they're all in parallel for 12V
>> down the
>> whole strip.  The current draw from your 12V power supply will change
>> with the
>> number of LEDs, but the voltage will always be 12V.
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Cere Davis wrote:
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>>
>>> I’m sort of an LED nube and am looking for confirmation that this:
>>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5M-Roll-3528-60led-m-12VDC-I
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>>> works they way I think it does.  My only question, really, is whether I
>>> can
>>> just cut the strip at the designated locations and it will work fine
>>> with a
>>> 12v power supply without any need for extra resistors?  It looks like the
>>> LEDs all sit in parallel along the strip so therefore…?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cere
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>
>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>> CereDavis.com
>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Cere Davis*
>
> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
> CereDavis.com
> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>



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