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Cat 5 to Rainbow Flood

Discussion in 'RGB Lights - Intelligent Pixels and 3-Channel RGB' started by TheBanker, Nov 13, 2011.

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    Can someone tell me what of the 8 wires on cat 5 goes where on the rainbow flood or wall runner?
     
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    Technical documents @ www.seasonalentertainmentllc.com
     
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    I don't see any technical documents.
     
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    ok so do I put all the stripe wires together and solder them into the one common hole?
     
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    The common anode (+) would connect to the + on your DC controller, you could just join them together if you wished as they are the common.
     
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    This may be late, but this is what I used for my Rainbow Lights



    Color - Cat5 Wire
    Red - green
    Green - Blue
    Blue - Brown
    common - White green, White blue, White brown
     
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