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[QUOTE="scamper, post: 86736, member: 22285"] What you say about the size of -ve being larger would to me indicate that you are as you say running a common ground. Therefore each solenoid only draws x current and are wired up individually and the ground or return wire is wired parallel meaning if more than 1 solenoid is on, it has to cope with the return current. So that would make sense. Here we are talking about each string, however if you were to run a common ground wire and control the strings separately then again you would need a ground wire that could handle the TOTAL return current. By applying power to the middle of the 2 strings, you are effectively power injecting, as the voltage drop occurs a lot because of the wire gauge of the led strings themselves not just the current draw of the led's [/QUOTE]
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