Have settled on a W shape design for some modest store room led strip lighting.
Bought some L & T shape connectors on fleabay & now discovered that the connectors won't fit inside the ali channel ?!?
I was going to mitre the ali channels for nice 90 degree corners & hide the connectors inside... but can't with what I have.... unless I try & solder the led strips to each other with fly leads :-( or??
Any pointers anyone?
TIA
He likes to misconstrue & obfuscate...
Ah, intellisting, thanks Tim
Are you really unable to solder the connections?
He didn't say that, read it again!
I see you're quite right. No, I could comment but won't.
Would soldering them a little unsafe though. Seems a bit rash. Surely there has to be some low profile connections or maybe they could be crimped and heat shrank? Brian
I'd go for soldering. If you pre tin the led strip and wires, you can just dab with the iron to connect once installed.
The clip IDC connectors can be a bit unreliable anyway, according to my research - and may also be limited in mac strip run supported (current limits)
It's very standard, and more or less mandatory and higher current longer runs.
The truely paranoid will seal the join with a dob of Liquid Tape or silicone, or some other insulating varnish, just to remove any possibility of a fleck of conductive metal falling between the dobs.
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