Cutting LED's

WhiteHawk77 · 18 Apr 2013 at 23:12

I have a NZXT Hue http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-NX&tool=3

It comes with a about 2 metre LED strip that was way too long for my case so I risked cutting about 1.5 foot off of it along a point where it had a few solder lines and says +GRB, it worked, but it's still about 6 inchs too long, and the next point it says +GRB is going to be too much to cut off.

So would anyone know if I can cut it other places without it killing all or some of the LED's I want to keep.

Thanks.

geuben · 18 Apr 2013 at 23:14

Without a photo of the actual strip its hard to say

d_brennen · 18 Apr 2013 at 23:16

If it looks anything like this then those points are the only places you can cut without modifying the circuit

Even then it might be a job getting it working, probably better off hiding the excess imo

WhiteHawk77 · 18 Apr 2013 at 23:43

Best I could find.

d_brennen · 19 Apr 2013 at 01:30

Ahh, RGB too. I'd say cutting it anywhere other than the cut points would be a mission and a half

Tealc · 19 Apr 2013 at 15:09

Yes don't even try and cut anywhere but the prescribed areas. RGB just makes things do much more complicated.

WhiteHawk77 · 22 Apr 2013 at 02:00

Oh well, my case has one of those spare vertical addon slots and that has a hole big enough for the strip to go through, so I've put in there and out down the back of the case, so I have 3 LEDS giving light at the back.

Thanks for the heads up guys.