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LEDWiz 5V power splitting......
unclet:
--- Quote from: kegger on December 20, 2007, 01:19:32 pm ---Uncle T, I noticed your diagram and I am a little confused, I don't know why you are tapping into the 5v going to your led's before going to the ledwiz. I would think you would want 5 volt to ledwiz then output's from ledwiz to your led's then otherside of led's
all going back to ground. I might be missing something though? The way the diagram shows, nothing goes to back to ground. Just curious....
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I updated the diagram to show where the 5V power goes using RED arrows.
Here is a quick picture from GGG which explains how to wire the LEDWiz. I am "not" using RGB LED lights but rather a normal single LED.
Green Giant
Based on my updated picture (first post), the thicker lines indicate thicker gauge wire and the thin lines indicate thin wire. Please confirm my wiring one final time to make sure I am not going to fry anything....
Also, please note, for each group of 4 LEDs shown in the picture the four blue wires coming from each LED grouping will be combined into one wire and then connected to one port on the LEDWiz. This is because all four LED lights (in each group) are going to act as one LED light to the LEDWiz. Also, I might need to have 5 LED lights per group in the future. Anyway, knowing this information now, will you please verify my blue wires can still be "thin" wire going "from" the LED lights "to" the LEDWiz.
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: unclet on December 20, 2007, 02:23:07 pm ---
Green Giant
Based on my updated picture (first post), the thicker lines indicate thicker gauge wire and the thin lines indicate thin wire. Please confirm my wiring one final time to make sure I am not going to fry anything....
Also, please note, for each group of 4 LEDs shown in the picture the four blue wires coming from each LED grouping will be combined into one wire and then connected to one port on the LEDWiz. This is because all four LED lights (in each group) are going to act as one LED light to the LEDWiz. Also, I might need to have 5 LED lights per group in the future. Anyway, knowing this information now, will you please verify my blue wires can still be "thin" wire going from the LED lights to the LEDWiz.
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That looks just fine. Running 4 or 5 leds through the thin wire shouldn't cause any problems. Good luck and post pictures of the progress.
unclet:
Thanks for all the help.
I have been taking pictures along the way of building my jukebox cabinet and will share once the cabinet has been completed of course.
Dudeman:
Looks good as long as you stick with the larger gauge.
Remember the water analogy when working with electricity.
Current is the amount of water flowing through the pipe. The more water, the bigger the pipe. If you try to push too much water through a small pipe, it will burst. Same with the wires. A tiny wire will handle the 5 volts fine, but 1 or 2 amps might be too much.
unclet:
Thing is I have no idea what the difference is between a Volt and an Amp ....... but I do know not to stand in water when dealing with either ...... :P