LED Light Strip Installation Guide

1. Indoor installation: When LED light strips are used for interior decoration, they are very easy to install because they do not have to withstand wind and rain. Taking the LED light strips produced by Guanghong Electronics as an example, each LED light strip has a self-adhesive 3M double-sided tape on the back. When installing, you can directly tear off the sticker on the surface of the 3M double-sided tape, and then fix the light strip where it needs to be installed, and press it flat with your hands. As for what to do if some places need to turn corners or are too long, it is very simple. The LED light strip is a circuit structure composed of 3 LEDs in series and parallel. Every 3 LEDs can be cut and used separately.
2. Outdoor installation: Outdoor installation will be exposed to wind and rain. If 3M glue is used for fixing, the 3M glue will be less sticky over time, causing the LED light strip to fall off. Therefore, outdoor installation often uses a slot fixing method. Where cutting and connection are required, the method is the same as indoor installation, but waterproof glue is required to consolidate the waterproof effect of the connection point.
3. Power connection method: The general voltage of LED light strips is DC 12V, so a switching power supply is required. The size of the power supply is determined by the power and connection length of the LED light strip. If you do not want each LED light strip to be controlled by a power supply, you can buy a relatively high-power switching power supply as the main power supply, and then connect all the input power of all LED light strips in parallel (if the wire size is not enough, it can be extended separately), and the main switching power supply is used uniformly. The advantage of this is that centralized control can be achieved, but the inconvenience is that the lighting effect and switch control of a single LED light strip cannot be achieved. The specific method can be measured by yourself.
4. Controller connection method: LED marquee light strips and RGB full-color light strips require a controller to achieve the changing effect, and the control distance of each controller is different. Generally speaking, the control distance of a simple controller is 10 to 15 meters, and the control distance of a remote controller is 15 to 20 meters, and the longest distance can be controlled to 30 meters. If the connection distance of the LED light strip is long and the controller cannot control such a long light strip, then a power amplifier is needed for tapping.
5. Pay attention to the connection distance of the LED light strip: Generally speaking, the maximum connection distance of the 3528 series LED light strip is 20 meters, and the maximum connection distance of the 5050 series LED light strip is 15 meters. If the connection distance is exceeded, the LED light strip will easily heat up, which will affect the service life of the LED light strip during use. Therefore, when installing, you must install it according to the manufacturer's requirements and avoid overloading the LED light strip.