Charles Belcher
New elf
Still trying to work through the cabling for my new Mega Tree system built with 5m 5V 2812b strips with 30 led per meter.
The potential problem I see is that the controller output port will only handle 4A 's total and the all white 5M is well over that.
So my question is this:
If I connect all three wires (positive negative and data) from my controller port to the first strip and inject power from an external power supply at the opposite end of the first strip, does that injection take any "burden" off of the amperage the controller port will see? The would be the same power supply that is supplying power to the controller and as I go down the tree, strip after strip and add power supplies, I will tie all the grounds together.
Charles
The potential problem I see is that the controller output port will only handle 4A 's total and the all white 5M is well over that.
So my question is this:
If I connect all three wires (positive negative and data) from my controller port to the first strip and inject power from an external power supply at the opposite end of the first strip, does that injection take any "burden" off of the amperage the controller port will see? The would be the same power supply that is supplying power to the controller and as I go down the tree, strip after strip and add power supplies, I will tie all the grounds together.
Charles