RGBW Controller / IP Cameras

[dmcconnon 0]

Hi,

I am new to using the Fibaro Homecenter and their other products so am looking for a bit of advice.

I want to have about 10m of RGB Led strip lights in a room, and was going to connect to the Fibaro RGBW controller.

Cany anyone advise a decent cost effective type of LED light Strip to use, and any other items required such as power or amplifier?

Also, can anyone recommend decent IP cameras that work for indoors / outdoors with night vision?

Thanks for any help, it will be much appreciated.

[Mitam 0]

I like D-link DCS-7010L.

I have a couple of them, and they work very well.

[hvb83 1]

I would advice to use 60 leds / m, otherwise it will not look as good. Most of those strips consume 14,4 W/m. Since the Fibaro can deliver 12 A, with the 10 m that you desire, you're right on the edge of what the RGBW-module can deliver. Should it turn out that it's just a tad too much, then just limit the maximum value at which you can set it, you probably won't notice that in practice.

This works with RGB-strips, if you use a RGBW-strip, you can't go this long or you need to use 2 controllers.

[Guest GG]

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I have 15 meters connected to one FGRGB-101 and driven by, for now, 8A 12V power supply. The powersupply is not powerful enough to drive the 15m led-strip at full power which would need about 200W.

But the led-strip delivers more than enough light for my use. I have it illuminating the front of my house.

[ivan.ruban 3]

The powersupply is not powerful enough to drive the 15m led-strip at full power which would need about 200W.

The problem in your case is not in power supply. The total limitation of RGBW controller is 144W at 12VDC (or 288W at 24VDC). So in your case (12v LED strips) it is max 144W. BUT! There is also a 6A limitation per output channel (there are 4 channels as you know) - so in your case it is 12Vx6A=72W per channel. Thus a limitation per channel in your case is 72W/14.4W=5 meter per channel. So you can use max 10m in 2 channels (5m strip in each channel).

With 24v LED strips you can get more power from RGBW.

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[ Added: 2013-12-30, 19:39 ]

Regarding cost effective LEDs - m.nu is a right place in Sweden.

Check also

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but you have to pay also import taxes (In Sweden: moms 25% + DHL administrationsavgift 150 kr., tulavgift=0 if amount < 1300 kr.)

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Hmm. I actually missed the fact that it is RGB-strip, whereas my calculations were about sinlge LED 14.4w/m strip. It is not your case, but was a good math practice for me.

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So in you real case (RGB LED = 3 channels LED) the total power grows faster than per-channel power. So you need to care just about total power of connected RGB-strip. And thus you can connect max 10m (=144w) of 12v 14.4w/m RGB strip. I don't recommend to connect a longer strip because it will hurt RGBW controller in time.