Size the driver properly. It is the part that fails first.
Enter your run length and the strip's watts per metre. We add 20% headroom and tell you which 24V driver to buy.
Length × watts per metre, plus 20%.
Multiply your strip length by its rated watts per metre — 12W/m on KAYVA 480 Pro — then add 20% headroom so the driver isn't running at full capacity. A driver running flat-out runs hot and fails early. Check the W/m figure on your strip's spec sheet; generic strip is often rated optimistically.
Printed on the reel or the spec sheet. If a listing quotes only total watts for a 5 m reel, divide by 5.
Power draw
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Minimum with headroom
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Current at 24V
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Buy this driver
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Constant-voltage 24V. Nearest standard size above your — minimum. TRIAC-dimmable version if the run is on a wall dimmer.
Common runs at 12W per metre.
Recalculates with the watts per metre you set above.
For runs 6 m and longer, power the strip from both ends or split it into segments with separate feeds. This prevents voltage drop, where the far end of a long run appears dimmer than the start.
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