Instruction Manual

Fact Sheet
LED Strip – Designing an installation
This Fact sheet is aimed at providing a suitable reference source available on line for staff, wholesalers and contractors in the understanding of how to design and
LED Strip installation and what is required based on the information supplied.
How do I know what is required?
This quest is one of the most common questions I am asked and the answer is really quite simple – ask the customer what their needs and expectations
are, understand the environment, why are they choosing to go this way? In most cases they will have some idea but will want to rely on your expertise and
knowledge and that is why it’s important you complete the next section with a good understanding of LED Strip.
Step 1.
This may sound difcult but it’s not as hard as you think but it does come down to asking the right questions of your customer at the very beginning:
• Why are you looking to install LED Strip?
• Where are you looking to install the strip?
• What kind of effect are you looking for, RGB coloured or white variants
• How would you like to control it, Remote, wall switch, dimmable, APP or as part of a Smart Home System?
Step 2.
Once you have asked the questions above you now have an idea of what’s to happen, now let’s make it work and look at the componentry
• What type of LED strip is required and how much
• What will be the power consumption of the Strip I intend using
• How am I going to power the strip, do I need?
- a normal power supply or
- a dimmable power supply?
• How am I going to control the LED strip?
- If its RGB I will need a WiFi/RF Controller (1009FAWI)
- If its white, I can use a Trailing Edge wall dimmer or a switch but only if you use a dimmable power supply
Note: if you want to control your White LED strip by remote you can use the WiFi/RF Controller and use a single channel allowing up to 4 channels If I am using a
WiFi/RF Controller (1009FAWI) I will still need a power supply (it must be non-dimmable).
Note: You can’t dim the 1009FAWI using a dimmable power supply as the WiFi/Rf Controller (1009FAWI) is a dimmable unit itself
I will now also need a remote to pair with the WiFi/RF Controller.
When we talk about Controllers we speak about a device which is more commonly used with LED Strip in the form of Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and in some
instances white or variations off. If we are using a single colour in some instances no controller is required unless we are looking for RF, Wi-Fi or some form of
digital control.