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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    I've ordered 25 4 pin Ray Wu pigtails from Hanson....all they had in stock...so I'll try to make do with that for the moment. I'll probably just make a few connections permanent that I was planning to have removeable, and add a few power injection wires into the pigtails rather than using the...
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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    It's cheap enough that I think I'll just try it and see what happens....YOLO!
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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    Yeah, I hear you. I think I've come up with a plan where I can avoid the need for the 4 core extension...it'll use another channel on the controller, but I've got a few spare anyway. The problem is I can't find a local supplier for a 4 pin tee Ray Wu pigtail...I guess I'll have to make up my...
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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    Yeah, I'm definately concerned about that. The diffuser channels I've ordered are supposedly "Anti-UV Sun Protection" https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003188992895.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.21ef1802Kve7sM I don't necessarily trust that though, so my plan is to make the strips...
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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    Ahh ok, I was wondering that. So you're saying if I don't connect Backup In at the start of the second strip, it will "fix" itself (as it was designed) when the data signal gets to the second LED? In that case, do I even need to bother shorting the Backup In to Ground at the start of the first...
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    WS2815 Extending Data and Backup Wires

    Hi All I'm starting down the rabbit hole of trying to install mostly permanent LED strip lighting around our roof line for Christmas and other holidays..we like having lights up for Christmas, but I detest putting them up and taking them down! Want to make that part easier. I have ordered a...
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