I'm finding myself going round and round in circles thinking about powering my Christmas lights. So far I haven't yet had the time to get this hobby off the ground, maybe 2015 will be my year. However, I do have many questions!!
I'm looking at building a Renard Plus 32 or a Renard 64XC controller so will therefore need separate SSRs. Most of the light sets I have here (in the UK) are LED strings with fixed LEDs that can't be changed. They are low voltage and come with a plug pack (wall wart) that in general provides 24V DC.
Rather than have multiple wall warts I want to power more sets with fewer power supplies. My understanding is that I can use a Switched Mode Power Supply such as the Mean Well NES-350-24 to provide the 24V DC that I need to power a number of sets, as long as I stay well within the output current of 14.6 amps. Is my assumption here correct?
Also, I therefore assume that as most of my lights run on 24V DC, I would therefore use DC SSRs and provide power to them from the SMPS, with each SSR running 4 strings (channels). Am I thinking along the right lines, or is that just a load of rubbish??
I've added a couple of pictures showing the power supply I mean and also an example of the information given on the boxes of my LED light strings.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
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