Hi, all! I just purchased a Nanoleaf Essentials Lightstrip Starter Kit, which includes a 2M RGBWW light strip, controller, and 30W (15V x 2A) power supply.
The specs state that the strip uses 23W for its 2M.
They also sell 1M extensions for the strip (which you'll see at the above link) and state that you can add up to 8 of these 1M extensions to your starter strip -- which means you'll ultimately end up with a 10M strip. If these strips consume 23W for every 2M, that means the 10M strip would be consuming a total of 115W.
But that's what has me confused: They expect you to just attach all these extensions end to end, and use the original controller/power supply that came with the starter kit. How is that possible? I understand that a 30W power supply is fine for a 2M strip that consumes 23W... but how is it possible for that same power supply to to be okay for a 10M strip consuming 115W? (And what about the controller... can it possibly handle that kind of load?)
This question is killing me, and Nanoleaf support is no help, so hoping you can help me understand!
The specs state that the strip uses 23W for its 2M.
They also sell 1M extensions for the strip (which you'll see at the above link) and state that you can add up to 8 of these 1M extensions to your starter strip -- which means you'll ultimately end up with a 10M strip. If these strips consume 23W for every 2M, that means the 10M strip would be consuming a total of 115W.
But that's what has me confused: They expect you to just attach all these extensions end to end, and use the original controller/power supply that came with the starter kit. How is that possible? I understand that a 30W power supply is fine for a 2M strip that consumes 23W... but how is it possible for that same power supply to to be okay for a 10M strip consuming 115W? (And what about the controller... can it possibly handle that kind of load?)
This question is killing me, and Nanoleaf support is no help, so hoping you can help me understand!