Changing out kitchen cabinet festoon lights

💡 Lighting
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So...I've got these LV festoon-bulb LED lights in my kitchen, and they're not great. I want to replace all of them with zigbee-controlled LED strips.

So I bought some strips & a LV controller and ... I proceeded to cook the controller. Zzzap. (Yes, I tested them first to make sure they worked.)

The voltage is right, so I suspect the current. Do I need to replace the LV transformer? At this point, I'm just inclined to have an electrician come over and do everything right, but I wanted some input first on this.

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If you apply the correct voltage and your device is not defective current will be correct. Sounds like you hooked something up incorrectly.

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Thanks. It sounds like my step is to get a meter to test it, then. Good thing the controller wasn't too expensive.

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Yup. Applying 12v to a 5v will do that.

Been there, done that.

=p

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