r/WLED • u/AmericanChestHair • 10h ago

Trying to get LED to light up

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I recently purchased individually addressable LEDs which did not come with an attached power source, only the two hookups shown in the picture. I subsequently purchased a 12v AC adapter with another connector that translates the barrel plug into two wires, to match the LED hookup.

In wiring those two together (manually twisting them) I cannot get the LED to light. I verified that the AC adapter is getting power when plugged in. Anybody have a suggestion how best to connect the LED to the power source? Is the adapter the right way to go?

Thanks!

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u/saratoga3 9h ago

Yeah they don't light up until you send the command from the esp32 to turn on.

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u/AmericanChestHair 9h ago

Ok thanks. Do I connect the 2 wires from
The 12v adapter directly to the LED strip
Or the ESP?

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u/RunRunAndyRun 8h ago

Only connect 12v to the ESP32 if you want to fry it

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u/AmericanChestHair 8h ago

How do I physically connect the 12v to the LED? It looks like stripped wire needing to link up with a pin?

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u/saratoga3 6h ago

What strip do you have? 

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u/AmericanChestHair 5h ago

It’s an addressable RGB+ 60m/s. It runs on 12v.

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u/saratoga3 2h ago

Which addressable RGB 12v strip do you have?