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Sep 25, 2021 - 12:00 PM
The maximum length of a single LED strip containing 300 hi-intensity super-bright 5050 LEDs is 5 meters (about 16 feet). It it not possible to daisy chain more lights without damaging the LED strip itself (too much amperage being pulled through the strip). There are however a couple of options.
First, most customers who have an awning longer than 16' choose to simply center the 16' LED strip. It is unusual for an awning to be longer than 20'. So with a 16' strip you would have a 2 feet over-hang on each side. Boogey Light® LED awning strips are so incredibly bright you will have more than enough light. In fact, you will likely have to dim the strip at night because it can be too bright.
Second, if you really want to go longer than 16', you can use a second LED strip and butt the second strip up against the first. In the example of a 20' awning, you could for example use 2-10' strips (or any combination of lengths that equal 20'). Depending upon your electrical configuration you could either have the power leads on both ends of the 20' run (which is what we recommend) OR have them meet in the middle. If you have the power leads meet in the middle there will be about 4" of area where there will not be any LEDs which is something you'll want to take into account.
Here's a diagram of an installation we did recently at BOOGEY HQ with an 18' awning using two LED strips:
First, most customers who have an awning longer than 16' choose to simply center the 16' LED strip. It is unusual for an awning to be longer than 20'. So with a 16' strip you would have a 2 feet over-hang on each side. Boogey Light® LED awning strips are so incredibly bright you will have more than enough light. In fact, you will likely have to dim the strip at night because it can be too bright.
Second, if you really want to go longer than 16', you can use a second LED strip and butt the second strip up against the first. In the example of a 20' awning, you could for example use 2-10' strips (or any combination of lengths that equal 20'). Depending upon your electrical configuration you could either have the power leads on both ends of the 20' run (which is what we recommend) OR have them meet in the middle. If you have the power leads meet in the middle there will be about 4" of area where there will not be any LEDs which is something you'll want to take into account.
Here's a diagram of an installation we did recently at BOOGEY HQ with an 18' awning using two LED strips:
