How to hook up 1 RGB LED strip and 1 White LED strip to same power supply?

[kiwasabi]

Is there some sort of splitter I can buy so I can connect 2 separate LED strips to one power supply (without daisy chaining them)? One is a White LED strip that I want to remain solid, and the other is an RGB LED strip that will have some color fades through a basic controller.

Here are the exact products I have:


Lighting EVER® Power Adaptor, Transformers, Power Supply For LED Strip, 12V, 3A Max, 36 Watt Max
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DKSI0S8/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


SUPERNIGHT (TM) 16.4 Ft Waterproof 300 SMD LED Flexible Strip with DC 12V Cool White LED Ribbon 5 Meter Reel
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BH91W9G/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Lerway 6.5ft RGB Led Flexible Strip Light with 24key IR Controller (60* SMD5050, Waterproof, 12V)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C3C87TY/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[matsadona]

With that question, should we assume that you are not familiar with electronics and a soldering iron?
What you need to do is to connect the RGB controller and the white LED strip in parallel. If you can’t do it yourself, there are perhaps some Y-connectors to be found.

[kiwasabi]

With that question, should we assume that you are not familiar with electronics and a soldering iron?
What you need to do is to connect the RGB controller and the white LED strip in parallel. If you can’t do it yourself, there are perhaps some Y-connectors to be found.

Thanks for the reply. I can certainly hand wire it but would much rather use some sort of splitter if at all possible since it's much cleaner. My game is meant to be commercial so I want it to be very easy for someone to take apart if they need to.

[BobA]

I don't see specs on the lighting strips so you should make sure you PS can put out enough power for both strips.  As it is it looks like the PS will power 1 12V lighting strip not 2.   Rough calc on the white strip puts it at about 3 amps so 2 strips may overload the PS

White strip can be split into 3 led groups so 3 leds in series on 12V equals min 30 ma.  So 300 gives 100 3 LED pieces at 30 ma = 3000ma or 3 amps load.  3 amps @ 12V = 36 Watts.  Even with 20 ma as the load 1 strip (white) would be 2 amps or 24 W.

1PS = 1 strip

Don't know the number leds in the RGB strip but you can calculate it requires 20 or 30 ma per LED times 3 as it is an RGB LED.

[matsadona]

I usually get an old used standard AT(X) PC PSU for my LED strips since they have plenty of power, and looting in my closet means no cost. Even more convenient if your cabinet/game is PC based, then you only need one PSU. And that would also solve the issue with two connectors...

[stigzler]

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[kiwasabi]

Thanks for the responses guys. Seems I'll probably need a separate power supply for each LED strip.