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[QUOTE="i13, post: 72526, member: 21708"] If you're starting this late then be prepared to accept that you might not get it working this year. The displays are year-round projects. Starting small is a good idea but you're really pushing the boundaries of what can be done let alone without the background knowledge. Injecting power is quite simple but if you limit yourself to one strip per controller output then you won't need to do it. If you use two per output then it's worth a try without power injection because the website says the controller can handle it. This means the worst thing that can happen is your lights are underpowered and shine pink when they should be white. If this happens then you need to thicken, shorten or double up the power cables between the power supply and lights and try again. Fortunately you've chosen pretty much the most forgiving type of strip when it comes to lack of power injection. If you still can't get them to shine white or if you want more than two strips per output then you will need to inject power. With those strips you'd have more than enough voltage if you inject power between every second strip. The data line is just connected from strip to strip as normal and so is the negative. You need to connect the positive and negative from a power supply to the points between every second strip. You'd be connecting the power supply at the 'wrong' end for every second strip but that's ok. Disconnect the positive line in the joins between the strips where there's no power injection. You should never leave the positive connected from one power supply to the next and that includes the controller. I'm assuming you're using multiple power supplies as this setup will still work if there's only one supply. You don't need to disconnect the positive between injection points if you're using the same power supply but I still recommend disconnecting between the controller and first injection point to avoid having too much current flowing through the controller. You might not be able to get much help with that controller. I have never dealt with HolidayCoro and nor have I seen that particular controller in person so I'm not going to comment myself. Just letting you know that this issue is there in the background. See reply 22 in this thread [url=http://auschristmaslighting.com/forums/index.php/topic,7180.0.html]http://auschristmaslighting.com/forums/index.php/topic,7180.0.html[/url] It's very possible that you might be able to get away with less power injection. [/QUOTE]
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