James I really appreciate your help! Im new to this type of light. My customer wants the following light:
Our in-house lighting specialists developed this LED strip lighting kit with you in mind. Each kit includes everything you need for simple, stress-free installation and use. Use solderless clamps to quickly and safely connect segments of LED strip tape with out the hassle of wire stripping or...
www.superbrightleds.com
Is it possible to buy extra strip lighting and just use the one driver? I need it above and below the counter. Total length will only be about 18'? I am not sure if this brand sells the led strip separately, but in general can you do this with other brands? I would splice the 18g from top and bottom light together where it ties into the driver. Is this a common practice?
Hi Olly. No problem at all.
On the link you sent for the product page, you can click "view more details" where I drew an orange arrow pointing to the link. It shows all the specs.
There are 3 components:
1) The strip says it's 22 watts
2) The controller is rated for 3 amps
3) The driver is 24 volts output, and supplies 36 watts. That's 1.5 amps
The short answer is that the driver can power about 25 feet, and the controller could handle twice that.
One word of caution, I think. I don't know if you saw the rated Lumen output of the strip, but I don't think it's going to be anywhere near that much.
The strip says it's total 22 watts, and shows lumen output of 2460 for a whole strip. That's 112 lumens per watt. I've never in my life heard of a 3528 l.e.d. putting out that kind of brightness.
I'm not saying your customer will be disappointed, but it's not going to blind anyone.
I also saw on the bottom of the page a contact number for the seller. Not sure if you saw
1-866-590-3533
I think you should call them to see if they sell the strip by itself so you can get more without additional driver and controller. I've heard good things about them.
Or maybe buy the whole second kit, cut what you need and save the rest for another project
As for joining top and bottom strips together, I would look into some extension cables. Run one cable from your driver/controller location to each strip location, and put a Y adapter. Make it all plug-n-play if possible.
Your strip cables will not plug into the driver, they will plug into the controller
I would imagine it takes a 4 conductor cable, just because there are three colors to choose from. But when you call them you should ask about those extension cables. Just explain to them what you're trying to do and they will steer you to the right accessories.
