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Offline ArthurJuelfs

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Blue not working though all strips
« on: November 28, 2021, 03:09:06 PM »
I have 5 WS2811 led strips connected together with power injection to the end of each strip. If I turn them on with just blue they work fine but if I have it set to bars with red, yellow, blue, orange then green blue works on only the first 2 strips only any suggestions?

Offline coduke

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Re: Blue not working though all strips
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2021, 10:27:28 PM »
You'll need to power inject more often.

For full 100% brightness, 12V lights will need power injection around every 2 strings of lights connected (100 lights). Highest is probably every 125 lights, but you'd have to splice in a power tee.

I ran into a similar issue, also using WS2811 lights. I have been waiting on an extra power distro circuit board to arrive in the mail and in the meantime, I tried to lower the brightness to all the strands and my last section of lights wouldn't function properly because of the lack of proper power. I tried 50% brightness, but that just wouldn't work still, so until the circuit board arrives tomorrow, I disconnected those in-operable sections.

Offline ArthurJuelfs

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Re: Blue not working though all strips
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2021, 09:37:51 AM »
The strips I have are 5V 30 LED/meter 5 meters long = 150 LEDs I have power injected at the end of every strip so do I need to inject power at the beginning and end

Offline RandyS

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Re: Blue not working though all strips
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2021, 10:06:01 AM »
The rule of thumb for 5v Pixels is to inject power after every 50 pixels.