{"id":961,"date":"2022-04-04T06:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.superlightingled.com\/blog\/?p=961"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:12:46","slug":"how-to-wire-rgbw-led-strips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.superlightingled.com\/blog\/how-to-wire-rgbw-led-strips\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Wire RGBW LED Strips?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does RGBW<\/a> stand for? RGBW means that there are four colors of R(red), G(green), B(blue), and W(white) on an SMD LED or a group of LED lights. RGBW led strip is equivalent to RGB color plus white light color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Constant current led strip lights VS Constant voltage led strip lights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Constant current RGBW led strip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constant current led strip lights have no voltage drop<\/a> over long distances, which means that the brightness of the led light strip remains the same when power is supplied to one end of the led lighting strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RGBW constant current led strip<\/a> can be up to 20 meters without voltage drop, supports DC24V and the white light has options for 3000K warm white and 6000K pure white. It is suitable for long-distance installation without voltage drop. There is no need for complicated wiring, which saves the cost of led strip installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to install constant current led strip lights? The constant current RGBW led strip still needs to be controlled by the RGBW constant voltage led controller and powered by the constant voltage led driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Constant voltage RGBW led strips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 RGBW led strips<\/a>: DC12V, DC24V
\u2022 COB RGBW<\/a> led lighting: DC24V
\u2022 Addressable RGBW<\/a> led light strip: DC5V, DC12V, DC24V<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Constant voltage led strip lights mean that there is a voltage drop in a long strip running length. And in order to prevent the inconsistency of led color and brightness caused by the voltage drop, different low voltage led light strip has different wiring methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n