LED Receiver Output – online calculator

LED Receiver Output – amps, volts & channels

The output wattage supplied by an LED receiver is calculated like this:

amps per channel x number of channels used by the LED tape x LED tape voltage

The number of channels used by the LED tape is perhaps the trickiest notion to grasp here. An LED tape uses a separate channel for each colour it can display – so, for example, an RGB LED strip will draw power from three of your receiver’s output channels (one for Red, one for Blue & one for Green).

White or Single-Colour LED tape = 1 channel

Dual-White aka CCT LED tape = 2 channels (warm-white & cool-white)

RGB LED tape = 3 channels (red, blue & green)

RGBW LED tape = 4 channels (red, blue, green & white)

RGB+CCT LED tape = 5 channels (red, blue, green, warm-white & cool-white)

LED Tape Voltage – feature lights or task lights

InStyle LED supply LED strip lights that require either a 12-volt or a 24-volt power supply. The voltage your LED tape uses is a significant factor in the calculation of your receiver’s output wattage.

Simply put, your LED receiver will provide twice as much power to 24V LED tape as it will to 12V LED tape.

As a rule of thumb, low-intensity feature lights and highlights need a 12-volt power supply, while high-brightness working lights and main room lighting use 24 volts. But when using the LED Receiver Output calculator, you should check the specs of your LED tape product.