So, considering the above statement I have a feeling g 3 amps would work for ya.
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So this bugger is overkill?
uxcell Power Converter Regulator DC 48V/60V 10V 60V Step-Down to DC 5V 10A 50W Waterproof Voltage Convert Transformer
Erase absolutely everything I said…i was running a setting that gave less amps from the strip. At full blow it’s another story
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Oh lol, so full brightness for 144px is 25W?
Full brightness (according to my app) on white since it’s the most current drawing color, I get this as a max
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And they are toasty hot
dammit bevis!! I made u a good light lol… my shit still be kicking like no tomorrow… wassup with roads in your town? or u u have wheels made of steel lol
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Nice dude! Looks cool strapped on with the belt 
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Lol somebody noticed.
Yeah was having a hard time getting it to stay. Have a pile of 245/250/255 belts ill never use. Said fuck it.
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more pictures of this on your build please!!
And do you have those 3d printed files for it?
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Details on the headlights ?
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Just for another buck converter option this is the one I’m using right now:
Typically only have like 48V cap on the input side this one has 60V and believe the main chip there is rated high enough for this to be safeish (it works fine for 5 high brightness RGB LEDs at least not sure how many is too many though).
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Cheap Ebay fog lights of some kind, will post link here later when I’m not on a work computer.
The mount is designed myself but based on the shape of one on Thingiverse
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Looks pretty cool. Is it running off its own power or the boards battery?
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Thanks! It’s running off the board power through a buck converter
It only pulls about 0.17A so it’s not much of a drain when it’s on. I could write up a little guide next time I open up my front enclosure for people’s information. I also put a switch on the line after the buck converter to turn them on and off.
They could do to be brighter but at 10$ for 12 lights I think it is okay. They make me visible to other people on the road more than lighting up far enough for me to see at 20mph
In my experience so far.
Board mounted lights = for others to see you
Helmet mounted light = for you to see road
Lights are just too low when on a board to see far enough at high speed.
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Yeah they don’t really get enough distance, unless you have one of the 6-LED spotlight kinds they use for offroad trucks that is mounted on the top of the board, I have seen some good throw on those in videos
Besides the board mounted ones look dope. I need one of those thin line style LED tail lights, those look so cool
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If you’re driving high-power LEDs (>1w total), and you don’t have anything else you want to run from the converter, you can use the LDU48 or LDU56 series LED drivers from XP Power. 56v maximum input, and available with output currents from 150mA to 1.2A, and with external dimming control. Will run any string of LEDs from a single, all the way up to a combined series forward voltage of just under the input voltage.
Meanwell has their LDD series which is also similar in price and performance.
(these can be had from Mouser or DigiKey for $5-8)
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