Bigwillystyle
New elf
Hey guys, Firstly thankyou so much to everyone for the Online Mini it was amazing.. I've been thinking about doing this now for 3 years and was always missing a few pieces of information to get started.. Now not only do I have enough information to be dangerous I also have the feeling that I'm part of a community with the zoom group..
I have been decided that 12v was the answer as far as pixels go as I felt that electrically it makes sense with less voltage drop and less complication with reduced power injection requirements. also higher voltage = less current draw.. Based on my experience of 14 yrs in car audio 12v is my happy place..
Then i Jump on Ray Wu site today and start looking at a shopping list.. I discover that 12v pixels are 2x the price of 5v ones.. so I can purchase 10k 5v pixels for the price of 5k 12v ones.. Am I missing something here?? I understand that there will be more work with power injection (not really concerned about additional cabling and soldering) the only place I can see this coming undone is the costs of the additional power supplies and the inability to run the power supplies in one central location as they will now need to be mounted much closer to some of the long distance elements?
This seems like a simple financial decision am I missing something??
I have been decided that 12v was the answer as far as pixels go as I felt that electrically it makes sense with less voltage drop and less complication with reduced power injection requirements. also higher voltage = less current draw.. Based on my experience of 14 yrs in car audio 12v is my happy place..
Then i Jump on Ray Wu site today and start looking at a shopping list.. I discover that 12v pixels are 2x the price of 5v ones.. so I can purchase 10k 5v pixels for the price of 5k 12v ones.. Am I missing something here?? I understand that there will be more work with power injection (not really concerned about additional cabling and soldering) the only place I can see this coming undone is the costs of the additional power supplies and the inability to run the power supplies in one central location as they will now need to be mounted much closer to some of the long distance elements?
This seems like a simple financial decision am I missing something??