Samsung F-Series Internal Wiring?

Wanting to wire up some F564B
My question is about the wire connectors and internal bus bar(if it even has this). The connectors(+ and -) at each end of the strips are electrically connected to each other. Is it possible to jumper from driver output to first strip and then from the other end of strip jump to a second strip? Will the internal circuitry handle the added current of any additional stips?

The internals of the strips are already split into parallel and series internally. I know the spec sheet has the internal circuit diagrams. 16 series, 9 parallel I believe .
I run my strips in parallel.

The 564b is 16sx9p its 144 diodes. The single row is 8sx9p with 72
And yes what you're talking about is wiring the strips in series. You wire the + or the driver to the + of the strip, you take the other strips + and wire it to the - of the 2nd strip, take the other - and wire it to the - of the driver. If more strips keep jumping from - to + finishing by wiring the - of the strip to the driver.

What driver are you using. Constant Voltage drivers are wired in parallel, constant current drivers should to be wired in series. Usually.

GBAUTO said:

Wanting to wire up some F564B
My question is about the wire connectors and internal bus bar(if it even has this). The connectors(+ and -) at each end of the strips are electrically connected to each other. Is it possible to jumper from driver output to first strip and then from the other end of strip jump to a second strip? Will the internal circuitry handle the added current of any additional stips?

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I would not daisy chain more than a couple of strips that way. You end up with a very long effective conductor length, with a large amount of current going through the first one. This can cause a voltage droop on the ones at the end of the chain, and they may be noticeably dimmer as result.

Aolelon said:

The 564b is 16sx9p its 144 diodes. The single row is 8sx9p with 72
And yes what you're talking about is wiring the strips in series. You wire the + or the driver to the + of the strip, you take the other strips + and wire it to the - of the 2nd strip, take the other - and wire it to the - of the driver. If more strips keep jumping from - to + finishing by wiring the - of the strip to the driver.

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No he is not talking about wiring in series. He is talking about daisy chaining them through the internal bus on the strip.

Ah I see I didnt know it had one

Aolelon said:

Ah I see I didnt know it had one

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Yes, it has a V+ bus and a Ground bus that runs the length of the strip from one set of connectors to the other. You can connect 2-3 at the most that way before you start seeing voltage droop.

nfhiggs said:

Yes, it has a V+ bus and a Ground bus that runs the length of the strip from one set of connectors to the other. You can connect 2-3 at the most that way before you start seeing voltage droop.

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This is what I was wondering. I wasn't sure how much current the bus is rated to carry. All I was going to do was daisy chain one strip so it would only carry 1 amp on my setup. I ended up just running the leads back to the driver and splicing it all together-lamp is up and running. Thanks for the replies.

GBAUTO said:

Wanting to wire up some F564B
My question is about the wire connectors and internal bus bar(if it even has this). The connectors(+ and -) at each end of the strips are electrically connected to each other. Is it possible to jumper from driver output to first strip and then from the other end of strip jump to a second strip? Will the internal circuitry handle the added current of any additional stips?

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I wire my strips by connecting the driver output wires to a 5 connector wago, and then that wago goes to 3 strips and then to another 5 connector wago, and so on.

GBAUTO said:

This is what I was wondering. I wasn't sure how much current the bus is rated to carry. All I was going to do was daisy chain one strip so it would only carry 1 amp on my setup. I ended up just running the leads back to the driver and splicing it all together-lamp is up and running. Thanks for the replies.

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I did mine (six strips total) in pairs like that. You CAN connect them in longer chains that way, but you have to connect the V+ wire from the driver to the first strip in the line and then the Negative wire from the driver connects to the LAST strip in the line. That will equalize the voltage droop across all the strips.

Crimped female bullet connectors and heat shrink. Cheap and effective, you can probably get some at your local hardware store.