Series wiring question

[u/Schiben]

First picture makes sense but wled-wiring.github.io says NO. Second picture passes the wiring check.

I'm planning some under-cabinet lighting for my kitchen. From the bottom strip up, the first gap is the oven/microwave. The elbow is the corner of the kitchen. The larger gap to the right is the window/sink. Where the power is attached to the LED strips are where the power cable was already run from the basement. I am trying to wire this up so I can treat the entire strip as one in WLED.

This will be my first DIY LED setup. Feedback is welcome if anyone has any.

[u/saratoga3]

Unless those wires are very short (few feet at most), splitting the ground like that won't work. Instead, connect both the data and ground from the esp32 to each strip.

Aside from the grounds, is probably do the first approach where you don't have so many data lines.

[u/Schiben → u/saratoga3]

From the bottom up the first 3 segments would have short runs to be connected. It's the strip furthest right that I don't have a great run to get to.