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[QUOTE="LightsOn81st, post: 82122, member: 25674"] Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the information and suggestions! I chose 12v nodes based on my research that it seems like 12v nodes don't suffer from voltage drop issues as badly as 5v and can run longer distances before needing power injection. I'm not averse to switching over to 5v, but would welcome any sources you can suggest for 12v nodes that don't have efficiency issues that Ray Wu's nodes have. Thanks for the suggestion buy extra nodes. I planned on have at least one extra LED strip and 25-50 more bullet pixels than I need. Would you suggest having more on-hand than this? If so, I'll grab more just in case or for testing / playing around. I planned on grabbing some of those end caps, but then also considered just ending each strip with a 3-core pigtail soldered and heatshrinked on and then using endcaps that fit the pigtails. This way I figured I would rearrange or extend any of my runs should my plans change in the future. Regarding power injection, I think I've got the basic idea of it down, it seems somewhat similar to how you would wire in multiple batteries into a car stereo system (something I have a bit more experience in). Let me know if the below diagram makes any sense. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lHiqkMv.png[/IMG] For power injection, do you have to run a wire back to the power supply for each injection point, or can you use "T connector" points in the power line as well similar to how I have for the line that connects the LED strips? [/QUOTE]
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