Thanks for the reply. That's pretty much the reason I asked because I've never seen it myself either but see the recommendation for fail safes in multiple discussions. I got looking into it a bit and couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Inline dc fuses in the 1.4 amp range seem to be hard to come by also if one light goes all 12 fuses will blow so not the ideal situation. I was thinking a current limiting resistor so that no more then 1.4 amps could reach each strips but again couldn't quite figure out what resistor I needed for that, as well how much that would affect the reading on my drok meter. i.e. x amount of amps, volts, and total watts are being consumed by the resistor itself.