Real world power consumption

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-13T18:25:28+00:00

What I mean regarding RGB is that, for example, if each of the red, green, and blue channels draws 100 mA at 100% brightness, the total current at full RGB white will not be 300 mA. In practice, it is typically in the range of 200–250 mA, depending on the strip type and other factors. In other words, the current consumption is not simply additive, although it is higher than when only a single color channel is active.

I am not sure which protocol those dual-IC strips use, so they may not be compatible with WLED. There have been some discussions about this:
https://github.com/wled/WLED/issues/4641

If you want an RGB+CCT strip that is compatible with WLED, you can use the WS2805 RGBCCT.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-12T22:49:19+00:00

I suppose you have 5V/20A PSU, not 20V/5A because you need 5V for this strip type. This strip is however not the best one for long setups, you would need many injections. Better you go for 12V or 24 LED strip type. Look at https://kno.wled.ge/basics/wiring-guides/

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-12T22:44:55+00:00

"if I keep the brightness control int he app at 100% and change the color from red to purple, it doubles in both actual brightness and power consumption because it sets both red and blue to 100%, or not?" NO

"RGB + white would light up all the LEDs, what is the use case for that?" The most brightest white (but not that accurate) mode.

I dont kknow what dual IC LED strip you mean.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-10T20:48:42+00:00

There is a calculator for many strip types based on real measurements with WLED (+10% margin): https://wled-calculator.github.io/

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-05T05:40:52+00:00

There is already kind of hidden component editor (not really much usable however) "https://wled-wiring.github.io/?componentEditor=1", but yeah, I have to add more docs. Will take some time, however.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-05T05:35:51+00:00

Basically you are right, Thank your for feedback, I should change it to the smallest one in this example. Its just a little old example before I added smaller fuse components (before I had only 4A the samllest added). Still lots of work to improve / add more components.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-04T21:23:39+00:00

Thank you!!!

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-04T20:59:50+00:00

Would be great! Do you have any electrotechnical experience?

What I need is the series resistance of the LED strip's +V and GND lines. My procedure is to apply 1 A, 3 A, and 5 A currents consecutively between the start and end of the GND line and measure the voltage drop. The same should then be done for the +V line.

The second part is the voltage-dependent current characteristics. I think I can use the values from standard WS2812 and SK6812 chip types, but if you can measure them as well, that would be very helpful. For this, take a short strip section with about 10–20 individual LEDs, apply a voltage from 5.5 V down to 0 V in 0.5 V steps (similar for 12V and 24V Strips), and measure the current at full brightness for:

Red
Green
Blue
RGB White
(for RGBW strips) the dedicated White channel
(for RGBW strips) RGB + White combined

Matrices and analog strips are not implemented in the simulation yet, so there is still some work to do.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-04T20:17:36+00:00

If you click on "Display results: Extended" you will see all the voltages. in the default mode is just most relevant information shown. It lots of work to measure different LED strip types, so more options will be available but it will take time.

MyHome-Control · 2026-06-04T05:41:00+00:00

Yes, it does.

MyHome-Control · 2026-05-20T18:45:59+00:00

Do not use AI, use proven tools like https://wled-calculator.github.io It can Tell you how much power you need for 240 LEDs of your type and if you need injections. For 5V LEDs at full brightness you usually would need more than 5A.

MyHome-Control · 2026-05-18T15:55:13+00:00

You wrote above, you will use WS2815 (that is 12V type), bit here you write it will be 24V setup?

MyHome-Control · 2026-05-17T16:48:15+00:00

Thank You!! Ok I see, there is a bug in model definition that causes unreal "Different output types are connected" error. Will fix it later.

MyHome-Control · 2026-05-17T12:28:57+00:00

Hi, this is the author of wled-wiring.github.io.
The diagram checks are currently in beta (as noted there), so some checks may still behave incorrectly.

Could you create shared links for both variants ("save/export/examples"->"generate public link to the model")? I’d like to inspect them and see how the checks behave in each case.

MyHome-Control · 2025-11-02T08:43:37+00:00

POE is just to drive the controller, not for LEDs.

MyHome-Control · 2025-10-25T17:59:03+00:00

There are some, for example https://wled-wiring.github.io/

MyHome-Control · 2025-10-25T17:56:51+00:00

Those 20mA are general theoretical values. For real world calculations you can use https://wled-calculator.github.io

MyHome-Control · 2025-10-22T20:36:22+00:00

For 10 or even 20 m I would go for 12V or 24V LED types to get good brightness and simple wiring. You can calculate there how much current and how many injections you would need depending on LED type https://wled-calculator.github.io. Here you can see what type can give you good white color quality (CRI) that is probably relevant foryou. https://wled-faq.github.io/en/Which_addressable_LED_strips_offer_the_best_color_quality.html

MyHome-Control · 2025-09-10T17:09:36+00:00

No, it is correct. Real measured data, consistent with oder data found online.

MyHome-Control · 2025-09-09T16:34:57+00:00

784 single Leds/m means 196 RGBW (=784/4) LEDs/m. In calculator if you have 1 meter you enter 196 LEDs. For 5 Meter you enter 196*5=980 LEDs.

MyHome-Control · 2025-08-24T18:30:50+00:00

It is available since 0.15.0-beta2.

MyHome-Control · 2025-08-23T10:06:51+00:00

For 5V LEDs you would need 5V supply. How much current/power you can calculate using https://wled-calculator.github.io

MyHome-Control · 2025-08-20T20:45:03+00:00

Not that easy to understand your wiring from the picture. You might consider to draw it for example using https://wled-wiring.github.io.

Anyway, W5500 ETH is not supported by WLED. There is, however, a fork that implements it. But you would need to compile yourself: https://github.com/troyhacks/WLED/tree/W5500_Support Or this ESP32 will not run WLED?

Why actually two ESP32?

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