Im attempting to run a 4x strip blade but not as a zigzag type blade. I’m simply splicing off my LED outputs. I can easily do 3x but Everytime I put on a 4th it seems to fail. Is this impossible without running a zigzag build?
You’re just hooking these up in parallel, right?
It seems more likely to be a power issue than a data output issue.
WS281X inputs are high impedance, so you should be able to run a fair number of them from one output.
How does it fail?
It just lights up and makes it about 3/4 of the way down before it shuts itself off.
Power problem most likely. Make sure battery is a good one, charged, and at least 15 amp high drain. Should be able to run what you have. Make sure you are running the correct guage wire. 22g would be a choice…even though its a short distance to the pcb.
Yeah, that sounds like the protection circuit in the battery triggering.