led pixle strips

[bizket666]

i have been trying to cut and solder a wire joint between my pixle strips but wher i have solderd them

they are 5m long i have split them ant 3.5m to solder a bend in when i solderd them back together they just stay on constant  and wont turn of i mean the last 1.5m of the strip

could i be soldering too hot?

[Ken Benedict]

Check your solder joints; it seems that one is touching the +V line and is staying on.

 

Ideally, you should be using a 15 watt iron for those small copper pads.

[bizket666]

i have found the problem was the voltage i have fitted a 10 m extention to them it just lights white

when i cut the wire to 4/5m it works fine what am i doing wrong how can i solve this is it some thing to do with power injection?

[Ken Benedict]

With a few more details, your problem can be solved.

 

You talked about soldering a bend in them, then described it as a 30 foot extension.

 

How many conductors in the extension wire?

 

Where does it stop working?

 

No, power injection looks different.

[bizket666]

hi iv solved the lighting problam with the bends the problem is if i conect a wire from the pixles to the controller more than 5m long the lights just stay white

[plasmadrive]

I assume that means you are using 2811 flex strips and not dumb RGB strips.. true? 

[Max-Paul]

What size is the extension wire? What gauge is the wire?