4 wire pixels

[Gerald]

How do you power inject 4 wire pixels , do you just cut the red positive wire from the first supply and leave the negative to join the new one or do you also have to cut the negative from the first supply also?
I assume you leave it to provide the joint return path for the data which was joined at the original controller end

 

[merryoncherry]

Right. Same as 3 wire, you want the common negative or the data (and backup data on the 4th wire, which is the only difference vs 3 wire) will go nuts.

 

[Gerald]

Thanks for the confirmation, I am always grateful for advice from the experts on here

 

[Skymaster]

from the experts on here

Oh we use that term very lightly

 

[dannyp]

Trying to understand this, but can someone post a diagram of how this is se tup please?

 

[merryoncherry]

Ooh let's exercise our mediocre paintbrush skills and also earn a rebuke from people who actually know about electricity . With the exception of the green "backup data" line (assuming the 4th wire is backup data and not clocked pixels or something else), this is an editorialized version of what you find on page numbered 53 (59th physical) of the manual.