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Can you guys please look over my LED-WIZ wiring diagram?

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laserbones:

Randy, again your customer service for groovygamegear.com is impeccable. Thanks for the top notch support!

laserbones:

I think I have my head wrapped around most of this. I've been searching for a couple hours but I'm still scratching my head a bit with the Bank Voltage Select. Can someone please clarify why you would run voltage to the Bank Voltage Select? If I'm wiring RGB LEDs and I use the bank voltage select do I wire the RGB wires to say LED-WIZ port 1, 2, 3 and the LEDs 5v wire to ground?

The way I'm reading it is:
For inductive loads like motors current passes through LED-WIZ 1-32 (powered by Bank Voltage Select) > inductive component > terminal block going to ground
For LEDs current passes through 5v terminal block > LED > LED-WIZ 1-32 terminal/grounded

This doesn't feel right to me. Does this instead just "specify" the bank's voltage difference?

Why specifically if I'm only using LEDs do I not have to use the bank select? Is it because I'm using the same voltage for each bank or because the board is designed to default to 5v?

Nephasth:


--- Quote from: laserbones on May 06, 2014, 08:00:57 am ---If I'm wiring RGB LEDs and I use the bank voltage select do I wire the RGB wires to say LED-WIZ port 1, 2, 3 and the LEDs 5v wire to ground?

--- End quote ---

Might as well spend a few more hours searching and read about basic electrical theory. If someone tells you exactly how to do it, you're not going to learn anything.

Here it is in black and white: http://groovygamegear.com/PDF/LEDWIZv2_INSTALL.pdf

laserbones:

Nephasth, as I've stated a couple times I've read over those instructions multiple times. I've also searched this site up and down, as well a google, and although I have gathered most information I'm still trying to understand how the LED-WIZ is handling the current. I'm sure I could study electrical theory for several hours and finally stumble across the answer. That said, this site is supposed to be a resource. I'm in no way an electrician or electrical engineer and have no desire, at this time, to further my knowledge in electricity passed getting my controls to work. I assume many people on this board, especially the newbs, have the same feelings. While searching this board I have found you posting the same types of responses to dozens of peoples questions. In other words... there is not much of a breadcrumb trail to find the information I need if you just keep saying "read the instruction manual" in every thread where people ask for help. That is extremely passive gesture. If you would instead, at the very least, link to the proper forum post you would create a knowledge loop and not have to see posts similar to mine on this board which you obviously despise. Sometimes on other posts Randy follows up and provides perfect insight and support for his product and I then mark those question(s) off my list. People on this board don't have to be an electrical wiz before they ask a question. If they do I need to leave this board all together. All you're doing is diluting the responses of people who are actually helping. I understand some of my questions may come off as elementary to you but I think I've asked the proper questions and I also provided a visual diagram that took over an hour to create that I doubt you have looked at given your first response in this thread. Thanks for taking the time to look over my post but you could help me instead of shooting me down every time and, in turn, assist all the people that will search for similar things in the future. Again, any additional information on my last question would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to bother Randy as I have no doubt he is an extremely busy person AND I would like the responses to be on this board for future members who have the same questions.

laserbones:

To clarify my question above. I understand how the wires should be wired. For instance if I'm only using 5v I know I don't need to use the Voltage Selector Bank and understand that it is just "good practice". I also understand that in good practice I would wire my fused 5v source to my Voltage Selector Bank, daisy chain the bank's terminals, and then proceed to my terminal block which will then be routed to my LEDS. I'm asking, why in practice do we wire the LED-WIZ this way and also how does the LED-WIZ handle the current? Is it as I stated above? I'm literally trying to understand how the LED-WIZ board operates. Again thanks all for taking the time to help.

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