Ebuechner Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 13 minutes ago, Mr. P said: As Ebuecher stated, voltage drop would be a reason for power injecting but with the Pixcon the bigger reason would be because of the smaller 4 amp fuse. The Pixcon has a problem running two strings on one port so power injecting will supply power to the pixels by bypassing the fuse. Bypassing the fuse on the controller. you should always have a fuse on your circuits. You can go to Amazon and buy some cheap fuse blocks or even inline fuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Falcon controllers sells a 8 port fused power distribution board for power injecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, robongar said: Re power injection. On the control board, what ever make used. There would 1 or maybe 2, 5v or 12v inputs. So, 1st bank. 1st power supply onto the board. 2nd power supply " injected" . The negatives of both power supplies would be tied together. The positive? Does that go to ALL the string, between node #25 & # #26 for example of each string on that side of the board. Eg strings 1-8? Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, Dennis Laff said: Falcon controllers sells a 8 port fused power distribution board for power injecting Dennis, please can you give me the link to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 So lets say we keep the 100 pixel strands. We have 300 pixels required. At the end of each 100 we add lets say a leg off a 300 watt ps. Pixel 100 would no longer be connected as far as power to the line of 101-200, however the data line would continue to be spliced between all 300? Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Once again, THANK YOU. For all the help you've given on this thread. It's all sort of clicked into place now ( we'll mostly) a special THANK YOU to Dibblejr for starting this thread. A great team of lads on this forum. Once again. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, robongar said: Dennis, please can you give me the link to this. I think this may be what Dennis is speaking of https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php?id_product=46&controller=product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, dibblejr said: So lets say we keep the 100 pixel strands. We have 300 pixels required. At the end of each 100 we add lets say a leg off a 300 watt ps. Pixel 100 would no longer be connected as far as power to the line of 101-200, however the data line would continue to be spliced between all 300? Correct? Wonderful, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, robongar said: Wonderful, thank you. No problem, figured we'd try. Here is the controller a lot of people talk about but I believe there is a new one coming out. This is the scary part for me but all of this is helping me learn. I just wish there was someone close by MR. P and Don are both several hours away from me, I like to see in person. https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php?id_product=38&controller=product JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I just prchased one of the new HinksPix16. It is a new controller but offers a lot for the introductory price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Of course to determine total wattage, you just multiply the watts per pixel, so a 50 count pixel string with 30mA pixels would be 18 Watts or 1.5 amps @ 12 volts. In a 16 output pixel controller it is common that the controller will be broken, from a power standpoint, into two banks and that those banks are often around 24-30 amps. There is a good reason for this - this also happens to be the standard amount of power of a 350 Watt power supply (12v @ 29 amps). If all the lights connected to both banks are less than the total amount of power supplied by the power supply, a single power supply can then supply both banks of power, otherwise you may need to break the power into two banks with two separate power supplies. Should be able to run 1600 pixels per power supply just stay in the 100 per channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, dibblejr said: So lets say we keep the 100 pixel strands. We have 300 pixels required. At the end of each 100 we add lets say a leg off a 300 watt ps. Pixel 100 would no longer be connected as far as power to the line of 101-200, however the data line would continue to be spliced between all 300? Correct? No, there are limits on Nodes 170 is one I have seen, so you would probably use 2 connections (150 @) and those would have 2 (additional) Injected power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 34 minutes ago, Derkngoogly said: Of course to determine total wattage, you just multiply the watts per pixel, so a 50 count pixel string with 30mA pixels would be 18 Watts or 1.5 amps @ 12 volts. In a 16 output pixel controller it is common that the controller will be broken, from a power standpoint, into two banks and that those banks are often around 24-30 amps. There is a good reason for this - this also happens to be the standard amount of power of a 350 Watt power supply (12v @ 29 amps). If all the lights connected to both banks are less than the total amount of power supplied by the power supply, a single power supply can then supply both banks of power, otherwise you may need to break the power into two banks with two separate power supplies. Should be able to run 1600 pixels per power supply just stay in the 100 per channel. I cannot wait for that drive to the OKC mini. Maybe you can build a mini matrix enroute to practice on. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 well looks like you guys got it figured out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Dennis Laff said: well looks like you guys got it figured out . LOL, right. You have to remember there is always tomorrow. Now I see why so many people have 1000's of post counts. Just trying to get into a new type of light will create those post counts to skyrocket Edited January 22, 2017 by dibblejr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 9 hours ago, dibblejr said: I think this may be what Dennis is speaking of https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php?id_product=46&controller=product The only problem you may have is that Falcon doesn't ship to Canada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Thanks Darryl, if they don't ship to Canada, Detroit is just at the bottom of my garden.........well, plus over the river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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