New solstrips and how to connect?

Hi guys. I Just got my new x2 solstrips and they have two connectors om each end. One end is + and the other is -. How do I connect them? Two wires from each end? So one strips has for wires? Thanks for Quick help :blush:

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Only attach 2… One to + one to -. The other connectors are for linking boards.

However I am. Not sure if you are supposed to run these in Series or parallel.

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Paraler. Or the others I got are conencted this way :slight_smile:

yeah 4 connectors is normal, it’s for if you’re linking multiple boards in parallel

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Yep its so you can link up more boards in parallel by just wiring from one board to the next.
No need for Wago connectors or anything.

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Hi. I Just finished the Light. Pls tell me it is alright :joy: the three part wago clamps will be conencted to the circuit with other three Lights and 185w driver :blush:

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That don’t look correct!

There are many good threads about how to build SolStrip lights, just find the link-o-rama thread and have a look. There you can see all the best, of how others have done already.

Good luck

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@Baudelaire can you please spare a few minutes here.

Throw away the wagos. The whole point of the dual-connector design is to eliminate the need for them. Just wire all the positives together and all the negatives together:

With your end-to-end design, you might consider placing all of one pole (pos or neg) facing each other in the center to keep things neat.

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Both of these options will blow up your strips. Do not use them. The connectors are clearly marked + or - (pos/neg). Just follow the marks.

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Yeah I forget to tell the whole design. Its going to be a store shelf for growing microgreens. So I have Four seperated Lights and each of them is on its own shelf. Something like a huge cloning station :smiley: anyway I put them together and switched them on. They work like a magic :slight_smile:

See them your self! :muscle:

Edit: its 185w meanwell driver set on max with 8 strips. They are Just warm to the touch :blush:

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