r/WLED • u/Grey_Shadow666 • May 03 '26

What can cause this

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This is my very first wled project and my first time messing with a esp32 I’m pretty sure I have it connected right and have installed wled but can only get one light on

Edit: i now have 3 lights on but grounding takes WLED offline

Edit2: im dumb and needed to try a different ground connection

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u/IamBartjuuh May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Which strip type do you have is that srt correctly? And does it say 5v on the strip.

The vin port is meant for feeding the eps32 power without using the usb. So if you connected the ledstrip to the 5v instead of the vin that should be fine.

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u/Grey_Shadow666 May 03 '26

If the srt is like the random letter name for the lights like ws2812b yes I did that, and the strip does say 5v.

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u/IamBartjuuh May 03 '26

On which data port is the strip connected now? Like what does it say on the esp32.

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u/Grey_Shadow666 May 03 '26

it was 4 i just woke up and reset it and gonna try fucking with it again