JulianLights
Apprentice elf
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- Jan 5, 2019
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Hi everyone
I’m looking at getting a few outdoor power points installed for my display this year as I currently only have one outside which is used for my water tank pump. I am trying to get an idea of how many I realistically need for my display.
My display will be using around 10-11 psu’s powering around 7000 pixels of a mix of strip and nodes. All pixels are 12v running off of 350w psu’s.
From reading other posts my understanding is that depending on the efficiency of the psu they will typically draw upwards of around 1.6 amps on the 240v side, assuming they are running at full power. Although I won’t be running the lights at full brightness I am planning my power requirements based on full brightness. My other understanding is that each power point can typically handle a maximum of 10amps, with the understanding that the circuit that the power point is on can only handle 16amps in total across all power points in use across that circuit.
I know I am probably trying to cover off on allot of different factors here but with all of the above in mind, I was hoping to get some advice on how many power points I would realistically need to power my display?
From my calculations, assuming a draw of 1.6amps I would need two power points, with each power point running off different circuits. However that doesn’t seem like enough to me and I am thinking I have misunderstood something along the way.
Thanks everyone.
I’m looking at getting a few outdoor power points installed for my display this year as I currently only have one outside which is used for my water tank pump. I am trying to get an idea of how many I realistically need for my display.
My display will be using around 10-11 psu’s powering around 7000 pixels of a mix of strip and nodes. All pixels are 12v running off of 350w psu’s.
From reading other posts my understanding is that depending on the efficiency of the psu they will typically draw upwards of around 1.6 amps on the 240v side, assuming they are running at full power. Although I won’t be running the lights at full brightness I am planning my power requirements based on full brightness. My other understanding is that each power point can typically handle a maximum of 10amps, with the understanding that the circuit that the power point is on can only handle 16amps in total across all power points in use across that circuit.
I know I am probably trying to cover off on allot of different factors here but with all of the above in mind, I was hoping to get some advice on how many power points I would realistically need to power my display?
From my calculations, assuming a draw of 1.6amps I would need two power points, with each power point running off different circuits. However that doesn’t seem like enough to me and I am thinking I have misunderstood something along the way.
Thanks everyone.