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Hello everyone,
I registered on the forum to ask you guys a couple of question regarding RGBW LED strips to be controlled with the fibaro RGBW controller. My plan is to put one behind my projector screen, which is 100", meaning the strip will have to cover 7 meters. Since I am new to this topic I would appreciate some LED strip recommendations. It's fine if you can't answer all questions, any information would be helpful, and make it easier for me to narrow down the search.
1. I've read that it is recommended to put strips in parallel if they are more than 5 meters long. (This might not apply to 24 V strips.) But I might as well put two 3.5 m strips in parallel so I don't have to think about voltage drops. Does it matter for me if I get 12 or 24 V? I would prefer a power adapter which looks like a laptop charger, i.e. without a fan since it will always be on. The limit for the Fibaro RGBW controller is at 12V – 144W combined, at 24V – 288W combined.
2. Do you think the strips which have all 4 colors together on one chip are better? Some strips which are 60 LEDs per meter, have 30 RGBs and 30 Whites, which I can imagine makes a big impact on luminosity?
3. Is the SMD 5050 good, how many LEDs per meter is reasonable? Or is there anything else I need to look at? It's a pretty big screen and I would like the light to reach a few centimeters away from the screen, in order for it to look good on my dark gray wall (5-10 cm would be good).
If anyone has done something similar, I would appreciate links to the strips you are using. Thanks!
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