Soooooooo maybe I don’t need to worry so much about the rain getting on bare WS2811’s?? Lol I have 300 I want to put outside and half are wrapped in heat shrink and silicone. The others are bare. I’ll see what happens. Lol
Be careful man. use clear packing tape in a pinch but I would suggests not going without some kind of insulation. Ws28xx can require a lot of amps to run depending on the led count.
My setup pulls about 2.3 amps on a full brightness rainbow, the highest consumption of all the patterns that it switches through. 4 strings of 75 LEDs all with different timings to switch between patterns.
2.3 amps sounds about right. I was pulling right @ 3 amps w/ 120 brightness and full rainbow matrix 300 LEDs.
I’m a big fan of diffusing with PVC, hdpe ect and capping the ends with some clear silicon. Gives a great effect and also protects from the elements.
Nice, I have two of the strings wrapped in heat shrink and sealed with silicone at both ends, I’m just getting lazy since it’s so close to Christmas, I just want to put the lights up. Haha
I did not even do a single light this year. Kind of a letdown when everyone know me as the LED guy.
Yeah, this will (hopefully) be my first year of “good” lights. Haha
i think its not so much the rain nut the corrosion which will occur i would suggest glued heat shrink quick to use and seals its self when shrunk just my opinion
Now that I think about it maybe a quick dab of hot glue on each bulb and the contacts on the back?
I would do test Frist I used hot glue on some smd leds and it melted them.and they stopped working so try it first
Yes it works a while under water / in rain. But keep in mind, that even with distilled water a current between the cables is flowing which means that an electrolysis will happen. And that means your metall will corrode until it dissolves completely.
Hot glue is better than nothing. Transparent 2K Epoxy is the weapon of choice for ever lasting underwater installations.
@Stefan_Petrick … the voice of reason. 