Would you have to connect them in parallel with this? CV vs CC ?
Yes, it would be parallel. Constant Voltage. That's the same power supply I am using. I would use two supplies at 700 mA per stick. These cheap supplies last longer if you don't run them hard.
Actually, I'm not getting 1 amp - my current/voltage displays were lying to me!. I double checked the current with my multimeter and at 25V I'm pulling just about 6 amps total for all ten strips, so about 600 mA each. You can run them hotter than that, but you need to be able to increase the voltage over 25-26V
They will take as much current as you can feed them, up to their point of failure.
Thanks, man. I have been messing around with the strips and my home made power supply tonight and I am able to send over an amp each to 6 strips, but not 12. It seems that is just the limit of my little power supply, so I am hopeful that I can get the 700 watts I want out of these strips with enough power supply.
Take a good look at the strips there rated for 1050 its in writing on the strips them self ive been trying to look up more info in regards to them.
NFHiggs, thanks for the link. I just received one of these to try it out on 15 strips and it works well (so far). That power supply at 25.13 volts is drawing 503 watts at the wall! Not that I am running it at that, but when messing around with it, it really puts out some juice. Currently, I am drawing around 280 watts from the wall. So, ASSuming the power supply is 80% efficient, the strips are getting around 224 watts total, 14.9 watts per strip, ~622 mA per strip. 1- 2' x 4' light done, 1 to go.
Yes, they are also 24 V strips. I'm reading about 8 amps total, at 25V, for 200W at the strips. No idea what the wall watts are since I don't have an AC ammeter or a kill-a-watt.
