The connection process, like the installation of the LED ribbon, is very important, so we reaches him with responsibility. To think, there is nothing complicated - we take the ribbon, connect it with the power supply and the lighting is ready. But in most cases, LED backlight fails due to improper installation. This is the main reason why we recommend that you entrust this business to specialists. But if your hands grow from where you need and you want to install the LED ribbon with your own hands, then accept the few of our recommendations, which you need for your own good. Read our article and you will save time and spent tools without spoiling the device.
How to install LED tape - power connection
A LED tape is supplied with segments of 5 meters wound on the coil with soldered on one of the ends of the wires. Of the aesthetic considerations and to protect the place of soldering, the ribbon is covered with a heat shrinking tube.
Connect with LED Connector
Tape in any case will have to cut into shorter segments. Therefore, it becomes necessary to attach the conductors to contact sites. The easiest and fastest way is to buy a special LED connector. You need to attach a tape to the controller contacts and close the lid. The cost of one connector can be compared with the cost of 50 cm of the LED tape, the connector is not so reliable as soldering the solder. Not every wizard for pockets such expenses, especially if you need to connect many tape segments.
Connection with soldering solder
The soldering method allows you to cheap and securely connect the wires to the LED tape. Anyway it seemed difficult, the main thing is to comply with the technology: solder with a heated soldering iron with a small stingy width of 2 mm. The cut end of the LED ribbon is necessarily cleaned from the protective coating. To get high-quality soldering, it is impossible to do without the preparation of soldered surfaces (coating with a layer of solder). To solder wires, they must be sent, removing isolation. The listed ends are applied to contact sites and with a solder drop on the soldering iron solder.
How to install LED tape - where to glue LED tape
Mount LED tape can only be on an aluminum profile. Categories are not recommended to use wallpaper, plasterboard, plastic boxes and glass. The fact is that the LEDs are very hot during operation. If it is warm not to fall, then the diodes will overheat and start till. As a result, the quality of your lighting in a short period of time will deteriorate significantly and fail. This process is most sensitive to the hermetic tape, since it is covered with a moisture-proof composition that impede heat exchange.
How to install LED tape - Tape length
The length of the connected sections of the tape should not exceed 5 meters. Think about why the LED tape is sold with sinks of 5 meters? The manufacturer believes that this is the maximum length that will not prevent normal functioning. The question arises, how to connect the tape longer than 5 meters? This uses a parallel connection. Each five-meter fragment of the tape is connected to the power source separately.
How to install a LED ribbon - what a power source is needed
The power supply power must exceed the power of the ribbon at least 25%. If you take a block of the same power, it will work at the limit, which will not affect his service life. Agree, no technique can work for full capacity for a long time without consequences. It is for this that there is a reserve coefficient - to protect the device from overload. The minimum power difference is 25%, and perfect - 30%.
How to install a LED tape - choose the controller
The controller is selected only from the preferences of the comfort of control and power, which he can skip through itself. Its power should not be less than the total power of all connected LED tapes. Controllers are nasty, touch, miniature with buttons and remote control.
By connecting the power supply to the controller, and the wires to the controller terminals, you can turn on the power supply to the network. Depending on the selected controller, the colors switch will be carried out on the controller or using the remote control.
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