[sudo-discuss] LED nube

[Jake]

yes it's pretty easy to solder to ends of this LED tape

there are little copper pads and you solder to them

On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Cere Davis wrote:

> I mean if I cut the strip and use the power supply that is provided then I
> need to come up with another power supply for the remainder of the tape
> that I want to use later.  So wondering if it’s easy to solder the wires
> from another power supply onto the section that has been cut off?
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> i don't understand the question.  There are solder points at both ends of
>> each
>> discrete 3-LED circuit.  You can splice this tape back together after
>> cutting
>> it if you solder carefully.
>>
>> if you want to use multiple power supplies, they should be connected to
>> separate sections of LED tape, power supplies' outputs should not be
>> paralleled
>> together.
>>
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Cere Davis wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>>>> P65-soft-strip-light-5cm-cut-led-tape-light-for/32440112867.
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>>>>>>
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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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *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>
>