JulianLights
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Hi everyone
I am completely ignorant when it comes to power, cabling etc and am looking for some advice on cabling and fuses running between the power supply and the controller board. I am using a f16v3 with 2x 350w 12v psu’s each running once side of the board. Per the advice I’ve seen on this forum I will be running the psu’s at 85% capacity. From my calculations the total draw of the pixels running from the board will be around 80amps (980watts) at full brightness but will be running them at around 75% brightness. However for the purposes of my setup I am basing the calculations on running the lights at full power. I understand I will need power injection as the 2x psu’s won’t be able to power that many pixels.
I recently bought some power cable to run between the psu’s and the controller but only just noticed tonight that the cable is only rated at 25amps (it is 12awg cable).
I also plan on fusing between the psu’s and the controller. I have seen this one at jaycar
https://www.jaycar.com.au/automotive-fuse-box-6-blades/p/SZ2002 and would have one power line from each controller running through one fuse each on the board using 2 fuses on the block (I will also have another couple of psu’s running to distro boards through the fuse block)
But from what I understand each fuse is rated at maximum 15amps. I like the idea of using a fuse block as opposed to in line fuses as it sits neater in the enclosure.
My questions are, is the cable I have bought rated high enough for the draw from the pixels and will I need to look at using another fuse block which can handle fuses with higher amperage? Or am I completely off track in my setup?
I have had a good look on this forum for other similar questions and have read the 101 manual but just can’t seem to wrap my head around this!
I am completely ignorant when it comes to power, cabling etc and am looking for some advice on cabling and fuses running between the power supply and the controller board. I am using a f16v3 with 2x 350w 12v psu’s each running once side of the board. Per the advice I’ve seen on this forum I will be running the psu’s at 85% capacity. From my calculations the total draw of the pixels running from the board will be around 80amps (980watts) at full brightness but will be running them at around 75% brightness. However for the purposes of my setup I am basing the calculations on running the lights at full power. I understand I will need power injection as the 2x psu’s won’t be able to power that many pixels.
I recently bought some power cable to run between the psu’s and the controller but only just noticed tonight that the cable is only rated at 25amps (it is 12awg cable).
I also plan on fusing between the psu’s and the controller. I have seen this one at jaycar
https://www.jaycar.com.au/automotive-fuse-box-6-blades/p/SZ2002 and would have one power line from each controller running through one fuse each on the board using 2 fuses on the block (I will also have another couple of psu’s running to distro boards through the fuse block)
But from what I understand each fuse is rated at maximum 15amps. I like the idea of using a fuse block as opposed to in line fuses as it sits neater in the enclosure.
My questions are, is the cable I have bought rated high enough for the draw from the pixels and will I need to look at using another fuse block which can handle fuses with higher amperage? Or am I completely off track in my setup?
I have had a good look on this forum for other similar questions and have read the 101 manual but just can’t seem to wrap my head around this!