These strips are usually arranged in numerous parallel segments of a few series LEDs. The RGB strips can be a little different, but they work basically the same way. It looks like your strip is analog control and not digital (which would have little ICs in the strip to control individual LED color), so the specific color ground lines are all in parallel. You should be able to connect numerous strips in parallel - 12V to 12V, red to red, green to green, and blue to blue to blue. That is the same reason you can cut the strips into smaller segments if you want.
There is a limit to how much current can flow through the strip itself, which varies between manufacturers. Your other limit to how many strips can be connected together is how much power your supply / remote controller can handle. It should specify a limit in watts / current or total number of LEDs or parallel segments. That information should be on a sticker on the power supply or be listed in the manual.
From your product page:
Power 72 W
Which is 6A at 12V DC. That means your power supply/controller has to be able to handle at least 144 W (12A @ 12V DC) to connect two strips in parallel. Although, it is never a good idea to run something long term near its maximum ratings, so the supply should really be rated for something closer to 200 W.
If you are able to power multiple strips from your supply, it would be best to power them with a star topology so the current for each strip is separated. For example, connecting Christmas lights together end to end is daisy chaining, and the current for every light strand has to flow through the strands before it. Powering multiple light strands from one power strip is more of a star topology, with the current to each strip only flowing through itself (think of the power strip as your power supply).
Answer from Kurt E. Clothier on Stack ExchangeHey guys,
So I made my "dream" come true by lowering my ceiling and leaving an 8 inch space between the walls and the ceiling, so I can add RGB strips.
At first I thought about going all in and just buying a full 100ft / 30 meter strip for.. yeah, like $500. But that's freaking insane.
Now I thought about buying 5 strips for just 60 bucks, and combine them. I want them to do the same thing, switch colors at the same time, I don't want to manually switch colors for each strip. I know that I need an amplifier, and a power supply, to make this possible in some way. But can someone explain what exactly I have to do, and what I have to buy? I can't spend HUGE amounts of money.
This guy did exactly what I want to do, but I would have to use longer cables as I want them all around the ceiling, and I can't find the exact information that I need in the comments
Here are some stats about the RGB strips that I want:
0.72-0.8A/m
14.4W/m
DC 12V
I need 25 meters, I hope this information helps in some way.
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These strips are usually arranged in numerous parallel segments of a few series LEDs. The RGB strips can be a little different, but they work basically the same way. It looks like your strip is analog control and not digital (which would have little ICs in the strip to control individual LED color), so the specific color ground lines are all in parallel. You should be able to connect numerous strips in parallel - 12V to 12V, red to red, green to green, and blue to blue to blue. That is the same reason you can cut the strips into smaller segments if you want.
There is a limit to how much current can flow through the strip itself, which varies between manufacturers. Your other limit to how many strips can be connected together is how much power your supply / remote controller can handle. It should specify a limit in watts / current or total number of LEDs or parallel segments. That information should be on a sticker on the power supply or be listed in the manual.
From your product page:
Power 72 W
Which is 6A at 12V DC. That means your power supply/controller has to be able to handle at least 144 W (12A @ 12V DC) to connect two strips in parallel. Although, it is never a good idea to run something long term near its maximum ratings, so the supply should really be rated for something closer to 200 W.
If you are able to power multiple strips from your supply, it would be best to power them with a star topology so the current for each strip is separated. For example, connecting Christmas lights together end to end is daisy chaining, and the current for every light strand has to flow through the strands before it. Powering multiple light strands from one power strip is more of a star topology, with the current to each strip only flowing through itself (think of the power strip as your power supply).
There are devices called "RGB amplifiers" designed to do just what you are looking for, you run the input in parallel with the exist strip and your new strip off its output.
I’m trying to add RGB lights to two frames near each other. I want them to run off of one power source. How do I cut the strip and run an extension so there is a gap of no lights between the two frames? Help please