Max Kabilafkas
Apprentice elf
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- Dec 19, 2020
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Hi all
Playing around with my new controller and lights, trying to figure out how it all works, and I feel like I have missed something in regards to power.
I currently have a Meanwell RSP - 320 - 5CC power supply (https://www.power-supplies-australia.com.au/MEAN-WELL-RSP-320-5CC) powering my PixLite 16 controller. It outputs 300W of power.
I have 10 strings of 5v pixels (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32844995715.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.423b4c4ddQYnO9) which I daisy chained together and plugged directly into the controller for testing. According to the datasheet, each pixel pulls 0.3W and therefore each string of 50 pixels should pull a total of 15W. These 10 strings daisy chained together should pull 150W then.
How come then when I did my test, only 4-5 of the strings lit up? And of those, only the first two did not have reduced brightness? Aren't I way under the 300W threshold, even with the 0.85 efficiency calculation?
Thanks
Playing around with my new controller and lights, trying to figure out how it all works, and I feel like I have missed something in regards to power.
I currently have a Meanwell RSP - 320 - 5CC power supply (https://www.power-supplies-australia.com.au/MEAN-WELL-RSP-320-5CC) powering my PixLite 16 controller. It outputs 300W of power.
I have 10 strings of 5v pixels (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32844995715.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.423b4c4ddQYnO9) which I daisy chained together and plugged directly into the controller for testing. According to the datasheet, each pixel pulls 0.3W and therefore each string of 50 pixels should pull a total of 15W. These 10 strings daisy chained together should pull 150W then.
How come then when I did my test, only 4-5 of the strings lit up? And of those, only the first two did not have reduced brightness? Aren't I way under the 300W threshold, even with the 0.85 efficiency calculation?
Thanks