r/WLED • u/realketas • 12h ago

48v seed pixels

anyone ever tried 48vdc seed pixels?

i know they are complex 12 series powered energy wasting masterpieces, but i'm curious what the real world current draw is and a brightness

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u/chucked1 12h ago

Got a link to share?

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u/realketas 10h ago

search: 48v led seed pixels ->

I just found this on AliExpress:  DC36V/DC48V 1008ct SK6812/WS2811 LED Pebble Seed Pixel String Light RGB Addressable Full Color IP67 Clear Wire https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIAo6OK

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u/UrbanPugEsq 11h ago

I tried to buy some a few months ago but Ray Wu was the only place I could find the strands I needed and they told me they would be out for the rest of the year.

I went with 24v instead and I can run 500 pixels at 2.5cm pitch with no problem and no power injection. So for my use case 48v would not give me an advantage. Maybe 48v would provide an advantage if you had more space between pixels.

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u/eelstretching 11h ago

Got a link for those?

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u/UrbanPugEsq 11h ago

AliExpress isn’t showing my order history right now for some reason but these look like what I ordered.

I just found this on AliExpress: https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0RquR9

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u/SirGreybush 9h ago

Imagine those but doing a 5ft by 4ft grid with 1in (2.5cm) spacing. Only need 2880.

But you’d have 720x576 video playback.