Sanity Check, 6m LED strip

[Nick Barton-Wells]

Hi all
Just asking for a quick sanity check, i have a 6m RGBW LED trip.  Since thats over the 5m documented length, i have read that this is the correct approach to allow for a 6m length

Take the + and - and wire it at both ends.  This way there wont be a voltage drop.  Is this correct?

Thanks

[Daniel Feist]

The max length will vary on the specific tape you've used and the effect may also be more or less noticeable depending on the tape.  Some tape as on-board current-control IC to allow for longer lengths even.

To half the voltage drop (which would be ideal) you'd need to connect all 5 cores to both ends.  Connecting just the "+" at both ends won't be as good, but would probably mitigate things enough to not be noticeable, especially if only 6m.  

There are actually 4 "-" cores, not just 1, one for each colour.

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