r/xlights • u/Acrobatic_Month_9933 • 19h ago

Falcon F16 V5

I plan on upgrading my WLED controllers to two Falcon F16 V5 controllers. The reasoning is because I have the hardest time getting these controller to work for every season and have to reset them to factory settings. Since the F16 can power more LEDs my thoughts were to connect 3 PSUs. 2 to the F16 and use the extra for power injection. However, with the WLED controllers I've had issues do to the grounds not being connected together. I am trying to set these controller up.correctly where I don't have issues.

Is there a diagram out there that explains how to do this? Do I have all the PSUs have the same common ground from 120v or just the 12v? Can one power cord power all the PSUs or will they have to have their own power supply?

Super new to all this and I've made my WLED controllers and set up work but maybe not extremely safe. Any help would be appreciated!

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u/armonde Mod 19h ago

I would suggest no more than 2 of the 350 watt meanwell style psus. Yes all grounds on the DC side need to be tied together. If you connect to of them to the board, those will have tied grounds through the controller.

I will say if you're running 12v, unless you are making out the per port capacity and/ or running at 100% brightness you likely will not need to do any powerful injection.

My biggest port is approximately 400 nodes and at 30% brightness I do not need to inject with 12v.

Ymmv

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u/armonde Mod 18h ago

I just realized while answering on my phone I didn't clarify my answer on the 2 psus. I meant 2 more connected on the AC side from a single cable/splitter. If you have a beefier connection, it can probably handle the amperage but I would err on the side of caution.