What are LED Amplifiers?
LED amplifiers, also known as signal boosters, enhance the strength and quality of light signals. It amplifies the signal, allowing it to travel longer distances without losing intensity. Signal boosters can extend the range and improve the strength of weak signals, enhancing communication and data transmission. This is beneficial when the LED strips are installed in a large area or when they must cover a long distance from the LED controller. With a light repeater, you can control the effects of your LED lights without any signal loss or inconsistency.
Why We Need Light Signal Boosters?
The control signal weakens over a long distance when you connect multiple LED strips, such as RGB, RGBW, RGBCCT, or addressable ones. Similarly, you want more LED strips to sync, but the controller cannot load that many at once. Then, you need to add LED signal amplifiers. The amplifiers will repeat and boost the signal, allowing longer runs while keeping the same brightness and color accuracy. The weak signal will cause the issues below:
1. Dimming or color shift in LEDs farther from the light controller.
2. Flickering or unresponsive sections.
3. Limited maximum run length, especially for the addressable LED tapes.
When You Need To Add Amplifiers
- Long continuous LED strip installations (e.g., long corridors, ceilings, coves)
- Multiple LED strips connected in parallel (e.g, across different rooms or furniture pieces)
- High‑output or high‑density LED sheet lights (for brightness, commercial use, accent lighting)
- RGB / RGBW / Addressable light fixtures setups requiring a stable signal over distance
- Custom lighting projects (bars, retail displays, architectural lighting, stage, events)
- When the original controller power limit is exceeded, but you want to maintain synchronization across all strips.
Types of LED Amplifiers You Can Order From Us:
1. RGB, RGBW, and RGBCCT Amplifiers: These can be used for regular color-changing LED strip lights. Separate power supplies may be applied.
2. Addressable Signal Amplifiers: They are designed for addressable LED strips, allowing them to control more ICs and synchronize more LED strips.
3. Single-Color Light Amplifiers: They are for monochrome(white or single color) LED strips.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What is an LED amplifier used for?
They can be used to boost signal and power, extend the length of LED strip installations, or control the distance between light fixtures. Ensuring consistent brightness and correct color over long runs.
2. Do I need to add for every long run of strip lights?
You only need an LED repeater when the length or load exceeds what the original controller or power supply can handle, especially for long runs, multiple strips, or high-density LED fixture setups.
3. Can I connect many LED strips to one signal booster?
Yes, you can. But please pay attention to the booster's limit and power rating. Some models even let you cascade multiple output runs controlled by the same controller.
4. What is the working voltage of them?
The regular working voltage is 12VDC or 24VDC.
5. Do they affect brightness or color accuracy?
The high-quality LED amplifiers help maintain stable brightness and color accuracy over long distances by preventing voltage drop and signal degradation.
6. What should I check before ordering one?
Ensure voltage compatibility, required current/output power, number of channels, and that your controller supports the amplifier's signal type.
7. Can I use them with my addressable strip lights?
Yes, we have signal amplifiers support the addressable LED strips.
