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Need general help about LED's.
IronBuddha:
Thanks guys for the help, I'll go the easier route and connect the buttons etc. I buy from paradise to the molex connector on my PC.
IronBuddha:
Actually I decided to buy a LEDWiz. Like I mentioned all the buttons I'm hooking up are 12v, I also picked up a set of the LED Nova Matrix Linx Marquee lighting. There's a few questions I have about how I want to set it up. On the LEDWiz I know how to set up the banks to 12v, I read somewhere (might have been Randy through email, can't remember right now) to measure up the polarity and run a in line fuse to the Ledwiz, but since the buttons have resistors on them, is the in line fuse still needed?
Also with the Nova Matrix, there's 2 things I'm curious about. Can it be hooked up to the Ledwiz, and if it can, my cabinet has a on/off switch, could I hook up the Nove Matrix to the switch and then to the Ledwiz. I didn't know if switching it on or off while it's connected to the Ledwiz could mess anything up.
BobA:
The fuse is recommended as you are using an external 12V power source and it helps protect the circuitry. Here is a link re the 12 V LED wiring. Discount Phildo's answer as it is totally incorrect. 12V LEDs LEDwiz
IronBuddha:
After talking with Randy I decided the on/off switch may not be a good idea. He wasn't able to discuss exactly any power measurements cause of liabilities but I found something on another site explaining how to determine what size fuse to use for how many led's you're using. I'm gonna try this out and see what happens, I'm waiting on a few things yet before I can put together my control panel so hopefully within the next few weeks I'll have it set up and can post some pictures and let everyone know how it works out.
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