Hello there. New to the forum and to electronics, so you'll have to excuse any noob questions I might ask. But I appreciate any help.
I have purchased 4 of these **broken link removed**. My goal is to wire these strips in line (parallel) to create one 12 volt light. I have a few questions. Do I need to add any resistors or anything like that when wiring the strips together? I've got another question which may change the answer for the previous question. The input range for these LEDs is 8-15 volts. I would like to power the LEDs with a prosumer camcorder battery that runs at 7.2 volts. So how would the LEDs react to only having 7.2v power them? Would it be too much of a drain with all three strips running or would it just be dim? Another option I have, which I'm leaning more towards, would be to power it with two batteries running at 14.4 volts. Would I need any special wiring to do that setup? Could I just wire the batteries in series to create the 14.4v and would that be safe for the lights? The battery bracket would look something like this:
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Essentially this is what I'm trying to create but not to this caliber:
Again, sorry for the noob questions but thanks a lot for any info.
I have purchased 4 of these **broken link removed**. My goal is to wire these strips in line (parallel) to create one 12 volt light. I have a few questions. Do I need to add any resistors or anything like that when wiring the strips together? I've got another question which may change the answer for the previous question. The input range for these LEDs is 8-15 volts. I would like to power the LEDs with a prosumer camcorder battery that runs at 7.2 volts. So how would the LEDs react to only having 7.2v power them? Would it be too much of a drain with all three strips running or would it just be dim? Another option I have, which I'm leaning more towards, would be to power it with two batteries running at 14.4 volts. Would I need any special wiring to do that setup? Could I just wire the batteries in series to create the 14.4v and would that be safe for the lights? The battery bracket would look something like this:
.
Essentially this is what I'm trying to create but not to this caliber:
Again, sorry for the noob questions but thanks a lot for any info.