LED Strip Connection: Is this safe?

[raisonjohn]

Question on LED Strips connection. Is this safe?

Led Strips: Silverstone LS01 (300mm, 15 Led's, 3.6W, 12V)
Psu/Cable: Seasonic M12II 620W/6pin-to-3x Molex

I wish to connect 6 total Led Strips, as shown:

However, in the Silverstone website, it states "When installing the peripheral to Led 4pin connector, you can connect the Led 4pin connector to either side of LS01. The maximum number of LS01 that can be daisy chained at once is 5."

I do not have any remaining 6pin slots in my psu. So, is this connection considered 6 daisy-chained Led strips (which is not safe according to manufacturer) since I'm using a single 6pin-to-3x Molex Power Cable (from Seasonic) or is it okay?

 

[Inkiad]

It will be ok. Just install it like the way you illustrated.

 

[Zerk2012]

LED's draw very little power you can chain all of them off 1 Molex if you wish.
I actually hooked all mine up to 2 switches that I mounted in a front case 5.25" slot.
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[raisonjohn]

Thanks for your answers Inkiad and Zerk2012.

Am I correct that, since Silverstone states their strips as "3.6W, 12V", mean the current draw of the strip is 3.6W / 12V = 0.3A per strip?

If that is correct, what could be the reason why Silverstone would set a limit (as stated in their website) that "The maximum number of LS01 that can be daisy chained at once is 5."? (Where 5 strips * 0.3A per strip = 1.5A total). That's still a low figure for the molex current capacity (11A? if I'm not mistaken) right?

 

[Inkiad]

Limit can be for the reason that daisy chained strips will draw power through the first LED strip. This may damage the first LED strip, not the power supply. As leds work and operate in a very low current.


PS: So all current for the daisy chained strips will flow through the first one to the later ones. This puts the first one danger.

 

[Zerk2012]

Using the Molex connectors chained to one molex your not feeding the entire chain through one connector so no the first LED strip will no be feeding the power to all of them. All of my LED's and switches are powered from 1 single molex.