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As you can see, it has 2 of each terminal. The supplied wiring diagram only shows one being used. I have two identical 24v strips that I want to dim together - can I just wire them both in?
Yes as long as the total power draw (watts / amps) doesn't exceed the controller or the power supply you're using.
You could plug two in even if there were only one set of terminals. You're wiring them in parallel.
You could plug two in even if there were only one set of terminals. You're wiring them in parallel.
The sections of an led stripe are connected in parallel anyway, so that's why always connect two led stripes (with identical voltage) in parallel.
Awesome. To be honest, I was expecting to wire the two strips off one terminal so this is a pleasant surprise for keeping it tidy. I was just worried I'd misunderstood something.
24 volts times 12 amps means this thing can draw up to 288 watts of power.
I've never seen a consumer LED strip that needs more than that.
I've never seen a consumer LED strip that needs more than that.
I mean, LED tape wattage will vary based on how long you end up needing it to be. If the tape is able to handle the power draw, you could even wire multiple pieces together in series to reach that 288 watt limit.
I could chain a few together if I wanted to burn my house!
Some speaker wire, like 18awg stranded is more than enough to extend to the next led strip, if each of your strips is 40w or so you can run quite a few.
The strips themselves probably can't transmit more than double their own draw, but the strip should tell you max length on it somewhere.
The picture is a bit blurry regarding the specs of the controller, but it looks like it has an Output spec of 12A. So as long as you keep your overall load below that, it should be OK.
12 A x 24 V is 288 W. I don't know what your project is but a quick Google search indicates that these strips consume far less than that unless you are going hundreds of feet.
Haha yeah I'm using an 80w driver so I don't think that will be an issue. Not sure I'd trust these random little guys with ao much power though!
@Nurgus Mostly yes. Check if the currrent is enough to drive both stripes. Sometimes LEDs can make problems if they are connected paralell to a power source, cause they have minimal different forward voltages, but stripes who are allready on 24V should not have that problem. Try it out.