Male connector for SPI Haviflex LED Strip

Male connector for SPI Haviflex LED Strip

This is a connector to suit flexible LED strip.

⚠ It is a component on its own. There is no LED strip in it and no driver - it is one of the parts that holds, joins or terminates a strip run you already have.

What it does

This connector joins SPI strip without soldering. SPI strip carries a data line as well as power, which is what lets each section of it be addressed separately, and that data line has to be carried across a join exactly as reliably as the power is.

A soldered joint does that well when it is done well, and badly the rest of the time. On a run that has to be made on site, in a ceiling or behind joinery, a purpose-made connector is both faster and more consistent than a soldering iron held at an awkward angle.

This is the male half of the pair. ⚠ Check which half you need - a male connector mates with the opposite type, not with another of its own kind.

It is worth ordering both halves together where a run is being made up from scratch, and worth keeping a spare of each where a run may be extended later.

Using it

Cut the strip at a marked cutting point only. A connector needs the full contact pads to grip, and a cut taken between the marks leaves nothing for it to make contact with.

Check the polarity and the direction of the data line before closing the connector. SPI strip runs one way, and a section wired backwards will not simply be dim - it will not respond at all, which is a much harder fault to find once everything is installed.

Test the join before it disappears into a channel or behind a face panel. This is the single most common failure point in a strip installation, and the only cheap moment to find it is before it is buried.

Frequently asked questions

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