I'm new to the forum because I am having a problem with my LEDs at home, although I have used this forum a ton in the past, just never registered. I have been using the "chinese led strips" on cars, boats and motorcycles for years, from a 12v source, and have never had a problem. I wanted to, and did, place led strips on the hood of my fish tanks to give some moon lighting at night.... along with these led strips came a 12v converter, so i could plug them into my house. This portion is new to me. So i wire them up, stick 'em on (in a dry location, even though they say waterproof), and after running for a few days (about 6 hours a day), half of the leds start to dim down, and they are hot...
If someone could "dumb down" my problem, I would appreciate it. I've never had a problem with a 12v battery powering any type of strip, and i've used a ton, but this 12v power coverter is frying them, and i've tried 2 different converters and 4 different led strips. My voltmeter says its outputting 12.33v, could this .3 be burning them out like this?
Trouble is I don't know any of the other specs, as these are just the LED's you get when you go to ebay and type in LED strip. If i put a 51 resistor it brings it down to about 10v, should i do that to fix it? I like, need, the brightness at 12v so i guess any non-scientific help would be appreciated.
If someone could "dumb down" my problem, I would appreciate it. I've never had a problem with a 12v battery powering any type of strip, and i've used a ton, but this 12v power coverter is frying them, and i've tried 2 different converters and 4 different led strips. My voltmeter says its outputting 12.33v, could this .3 be burning them out like this?
Trouble is I don't know any of the other specs, as these are just the LED's you get when you go to ebay and type in LED strip. If i put a 51 resistor it brings it down to about 10v, should i do that to fix it? I like, need, the brightness at 12v so i guess any non-scientific help would be appreciated.
