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@chillin014 … heya, ill have to try and pull a schematic on this one. but it looks as though it has 2 strips in total. + , - , 1234. this being the case, the two strips are going to be wired in series. how many leds are there? (3v per x ?, this is roughly what you should be reading from the power supply after powered on and steady with load. will be higher with no load.) to test if there is overcurrent, set your meter to the min/max setting so it will hold the max voltage read. set up your leads to take the reading so it will record the voltage when the set first applies the current to the leds. it should not read higher that the max output listed on your power supply. upload a pic of the back of your power supply. id like to see the traces leading to the if1 and if2. 9 times out of 10, these weird pins arent even hooked up in circuit (no current flow to the pins) as far as the modification they are recommending, this is common practice in the field with known devices that just push too much current. increasing the size of the resistor from lets say 100k ohm to 110k ohm will allow the longevity of the leds by off setting some of that heat caused by an underrated resistor for the circuit. these guys are good at mods and i would go ahead and just install whatever kit they give you. as far as the leds go, business as usual. apply your manual dc current and test the bulbs, series, strip individually…how ever you wanna do it and your tools can handle. if they check out then you know it not them at least and can take them out of the equation. test your leds, test your start up voltage from your power supply with and without a load and match it against the output listed on the legend and what the logic is for how many leds they are powering at a time per line. let me know where you end up.
This should answer most of your questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejaRVrnD… Good luck!
