If my LED light strips takes 4.8Watt, is it close enough to min load? I don't want waste time returning it if it doesn't turn off, thanks
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The minimum required Watts in the specs says 5-7 Watts...Therefore anything less may or may not work! My Sensor unit works as advertised but I use surge strip.
1776719
I don't know but we have ours set on a very small Christmas tree with a short string of LED lights (50) and it works perfectly with this load but I don't know how many watts?
9779
There is another model (RPLS540A) with the same features. It does not require a neutral wire but does require a minimum load. It says 40W on the package. Some of the reviews for this model (RPLS540A) say they have worked with a smaller load but if you consider that a single CFL or LED is only about 9-13W that could be a problem. I am using the RPLS540A with 8 LED can lights with no problem. The RPLS740 has a different design and it does not matter what type of light or load (up to the maximum rating) you use with it.
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It depends on the type of LED strip you're using. Some strips use more power than others because they use more powerful LEDs, or more LEDs per foot.
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Dear Mstruyf , Nice day. Thanks for your interest on this item. This is Lydia from customer service team, it's my pleasure to help you. So you mean the size or the watt of the LED? If for the watt of the LED, 250W or 400W is much better. Thanks for your time and best regards! Lydia
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Are you running 3 full standard 16.4ft, 150 led rolls/strips equaling 49.2 feet? Each strip is 3 Amps witch means the power supply must be 12v 9 Amps minimum. If you are over 49.2 feet you might need a stronger power supply or add another amplifier to the run. The amplifier output reads 12A but I've noticed that all diagrams never show more the two strips per amplifier. Good luck
1023143
As long as you do not exceed 12w per channel. Check the wattage on the leds. I would guess that a 5050smd strip would draw about 10w. You'll probably be fine.
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I had it over-loaded with christmas lights for a float. At least 900 watts, likely more and all of it continuous load, not surge. We pulled that float all around town and probably got 3.5 hours out of it (maybe more) before I had to refill. If you ran it with a 700 or 800 watt load and didn't get at least 4 or 5 hours, I'd be suprised. Having said that, we did this 9 and a half months ago so the details may be a little fuzzy... But I honestly was very suprised how well this little genny ran. I actually expected it to fail due to how long we were running it with that heavy of a load. I wouldn't try that heavy a load for that long if I was using this as a home power source. Remember you are getting this guy for under a hundo...
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Here is a link to the most extensive testing I've seen with these lights (although the link is discussing the 300 LED version, so you'll want to do your own calculations based on these numbers.) Basically the spec sheet states .24 watts per LED. Of course you'll have to take into account the voltage drop, and with 20M of them you'll definitely want to look into dual-feeding to keep consistent brightness/color value... but all of that is explained in the link below much better than I can do here. Hope that helps! http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/19413/why-doesnt-my-5050-led-strip-draw-as-much-power-as-i-expect
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I ordered mine for controlling LED strip arrays, but there is no reason why this product could not control any type of lighting that uses 12 VDC as long as the current limits are observed. From an initial contact with this firm, I understand this device has a maximum rating of 60 watts, which would equate to a current draw of 5 amps at 12 VDC. As an electronics technologist of long standing, I normally would not run any controlling device at any more than 80% of it's maximum load and would prefer to use only 60% of load maximum for long life. That would mean no more than about 35-40 watts in normal use. Hope this helps...
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I'm wondering the same thing. It does NOT power my LED strip, and I'm wondering what's wrong.
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I ordered mine for controlling LED strip arrays, but there is no reason why this product could not control any type of lighting that uses 12 VDC as long as the current limits are observed. From an initial contact with this firm, I understand this device has a maximum rating of 60 watts, which would equate to a current draw of 5 amps at 12 VDC.As an electronics technologist of long standing, I normally would not run any controlling device at any more than 80% of it's maximum load and would prefer to use only 60% of load maximum for long life. That would mean no more than about 35-40 watts in normal use. Hope this helps... I ordered mine for controlling LED strip arrays, but there is no reason why this product could not control any type of lighting that uses 12 VDC as long as the current limits are observed. From an initial contact with this firm, I understand this device has a maximum rating of 60 watts, which would equate to a current draw of 5 amps at 12 VDC.As an electronics technologist of long standing, I normally would not run any controlling device at any more than 80% of it's maximum load and would prefer to use only 60% of load maximum for long life. That would mean no more than about 35-40... » Read More I ordered mine for controlling LED strip arrays, but there is no reason why this product could not control any type of lighting that uses 12 VDC as long as the current limits are observed. From an initial contact with this firm, I understand this device has a maximum rating of 60 watts, which would equate to a current draw of 5 amps at 12 VDC.As an electronics technologist of long standing, I normally would not run any controlling device at any more than 80% of it's maximum load and would prefer to use only 60% of load maximum for long life. That would mean no more than about 35-40 watts in normal use. Hope this helps... « Show Less
1969061
Don't know? Mine is a 400 watt and I have had no power problems, seems totally sufficient to do the job.
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I haven't measured Watts consumed but consider lumens lower than standard for a 65W CFL. Bulb Life is also variable and often substandard. I noticed failure if you turn one off...then on several seconds later. The bulb does however fill a niche for my needs.
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well you need to sum the total load the power supply must drive and personally I recomend you to use any power supply at 70% of its maximum cappacity; That means you must sum the total load for your 8' led strips and divide by .7, the total you get is the recomended power load for the power supply you need, don't buy waterproof if you don't need it, a vented circuit works better than a sealed that is more expensive too
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I am using mine to run a 24 watts LED strip. The power supply is rating 60 watts, but is not a good idea to run any power supply to the maximum capacity.
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Dear Mstruyf ,Nice day. Thanks for your interest on this item. This is Lydia from customer service team, it's my pleasure to help you.So you mean the size or the watt of the LED? If for the watt of the LED, 250W or 400W is much better.Thanks for your time and best regards!Lydia
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This is ere I am using it. LED light is NOT supposed to attract bugs and has MUCH lower power consumption. Hope this helps!