rustybiker69
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HI,
Am planning to step things up this year and have made the plunge in the Falcon world by just getting hold of a Falcon16V3. have ordered some strings and will have some strips, I think when I am finished will come to using all the ports on the F16.
Started to think about PSU and have done some research but have some questions. I plan on using 5V for all my pixels
I noticed the F16V3 has max of 32Amps per connector V1 and V2.
I have seen a youtube video (Leechburg Lights) where he essentially uses two 5V 300W Psu on the board. I would like to have an enclosure where I have the PSU and the F16v3 together. I am guessing I will need some power injection so want to plan for this.
Is the general approach to use a 1 x 300W psu to the board, then use a second one to act as the power injection psu? and feed the pixels through a 2 core pig tail for injection?.
Or do I run each 300WpsU to to v1/v2 on the f16 and use the F16 terminal to run additional wires for power injection? I will use 30amp fuses on v1 and v2, but if i do that the second option really doesn't need 300W PSU could be half that.
I may use some satellite PSU for power injection on some leaping arches etc, but generally was hoping to try to power everything from one central location.
I have attached a sketch to try to explain better than I can write
Am planning to step things up this year and have made the plunge in the Falcon world by just getting hold of a Falcon16V3. have ordered some strings and will have some strips, I think when I am finished will come to using all the ports on the F16.
Started to think about PSU and have done some research but have some questions. I plan on using 5V for all my pixels
I noticed the F16V3 has max of 32Amps per connector V1 and V2.
I have seen a youtube video (Leechburg Lights) where he essentially uses two 5V 300W Psu on the board. I would like to have an enclosure where I have the PSU and the F16v3 together. I am guessing I will need some power injection so want to plan for this.
Is the general approach to use a 1 x 300W psu to the board, then use a second one to act as the power injection psu? and feed the pixels through a 2 core pig tail for injection?.
Or do I run each 300WpsU to to v1/v2 on the f16 and use the F16 terminal to run additional wires for power injection? I will use 30amp fuses on v1 and v2, but if i do that the second option really doesn't need 300W PSU could be half that.
I may use some satellite PSU for power injection on some leaping arches etc, but generally was hoping to try to power everything from one central location.
I have attached a sketch to try to explain better than I can write
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