However it is recommended that you make allowances for unintentional overloads.
5 meter led strip wattage.
The led strip has a power consumption of 14w m.
Example scenario connecting 5 ft of led strip where led strip power consumption is 4 watts per foot.
This checks out because there are 5 meters per reel and 4 8 watts meter 5 meters 24 watts.
Not sure if you should choose between 12v and 24v.
Conventional 3528 smd power is 0 08w 2835 smd the power is 0 1w or 0 2w and other smd models are.
Aloysius defenestrate mar 22 15 at 15 05.
With 5050 smd 60pcs per meter led strips the power per meter is 14 4w it is because 5050 smd single smd watts 0 24w x smd quantity number 60leds 14 4w m.
This calculation is important for determining the size of the power supply needed.
14 x 8 5 119 watts in total.
I use one of these ebay item 201217255753.
It was 10 with shipping and took about 3 days to get here.
The power draw per foot or meter is almost always listed in an led strip s datasheet.
12 volt at 5 amps 60 watts 300 rgb leds.
Our 5ft length example setup will use 5 12w ft x 5ft 26 5 watts.
I assumed 300 leds in a 5m strip and picked the higher of the draws between rgb and white.
Although it s not listed here we can calculate the amperage using the formula p v x a where p is the wattage v is voltage and a is amperage.
Power 4 watts per ft x 5 ft 20 watts.
So you need a led power supply sometimes referred to as a led driver that can deliver at least 119 watts.
Again this is based on type and length of the light strip.
The led strip lists the total wattage as 24 watts or 4 8 watts per meter.