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3.0 CURRENT LIMITS
3.1 Total Current Draw / Main Resettable Fuse
The unit can handle a total current draw of 8A before the main resettable fuse blows. If the fuse
blows, the power indicator light will change from green to red and the unit will stop working. This is
an indication that the total current draw has exceeded 8A. As previously discussed, you will need to
reduce the total load and then press and hold the
“
Fuse
”
button to reset the fuse.
To avoid this issue, it is important to know that the longer the LED strip is, the more current it draws
from the channel it is connected to. Each individual channel is capable of drawing up to 2.5A.
Therefore, when calculating the power budget for a lighting set-up, there are two key current values
to consider: each individual channel cannot exceed 2.5A and the sum of the current draw from all 8
channels cannot exceed 8A.
On average, our LED strips consume 1A for approximately every 40
”
. With that said, there are
numerous ways you can
distribute the unit’s overall power budget. You
can use equal length LED
strips that draw up to 1A for each of the 8 channels
(see “Example 1” below)
or you can use various
lengths of LED strips that add up to draw a maximum of 8A across all 8 channels, pending you do
not exceed 2.5A on a single channel (s
ee “Example 2” below)
.
Example 1: Equal Channel Current Draw
Channel
Current
LED Strip Length
1
1A
40”
2
1A
40”
3
1A
40”
4
1A
40”
5
1A
40”
6
1A
40”
7
1A
40”
8
1A
40”
Example 2: Variable Channel Current Draw
Channel
Current
LED Strip Length
1
2.5A
122”
2
1A
40”
3
0.5A
14”
4
1A
40”
5
1.5A
68”
6
0.5A
14”
7
0.5A
14”
8
0.5A
14”
