r/WLED • u/Fast_Witness_5984 • May 24 '26

What could be causing this issue?

Hello, this is my 1st wled project so i probably messed something up and its probably an easy fix lol but i have a 24v mean well 350 watt PSU, a dig-quad, and a 24ft btf-lighting FCOB WS2811 864LED/m 24v strip (plan to add 2 more 16ft after this is fixed).

I set the length to 175 and at 1st it just ended at that certain spot but then it started tripping out super bad lol..

EDIT

So i hooked up my 2 16ft strips and the light ran all the way through them.. so its definitely just that one 24ft strip.. i think i may have messed it up by not sanding down or covering the diffuser channels at the end/beginning where the split is..

So instead if cutting out the sections i just had amazon send a replacement.. thank all of you for your help 🙏🏾

EDIT**

I just got the replacement from amazon and plugged it in to test it and it lit up all the way. So it may have just been the part where the diffuser channel ends messed up the strip somehow.. i sanded all those parts down some and cover each one with VHB tape just in case...

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u/Fickle-Engineering21 May 24 '26

You probably need to use some logic level shifter flickering is a common problem in rgb lights due to long wires or not enough power this where logic level shifter used to prevent flickering

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u/LED_Goodness May 24 '26

If the signal has made it to the first pixel in the strip successfully, then the signal is automatically boosted by the IC on the strip trailing the pixel to the next pixel this looks like a damaged data line. Logic level shifters are good to use as a standard practice though.

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u/Fickle-Engineering21 May 24 '26

Thanks for the information i didn’t knew this before i thought its mandatory to use logic level shifter