QuinLED An-Penta-Plus Wiring Guide

Hooking up your QuinLED An-Penta-Plus is easy! Below are some example configurations to show you how to hook up various configurations. Please also see the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus Ports guide.

Below are just examples, the output ports of the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus can be configured as desired within the hardware limits.

24v RGBCCT LED strip

A very common configuration for the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus will be the 5 channel RGBCCT LED strip so Red, Green, Blue combined with Warm White and Cold White.

24v RGB+2x White CCT LED strip (Alternative)

An alternative to the above is not using a single RGBCCT strip but combining multiple strips to produce the same result. This can have the benefit of being able to choose higher quality White LEDs or using a higher power version.

This also allows for higher power usage since the LED strips can be distributed over the 2x 8A positive power output.

2x Dual White (CCT) strip

If you want to use the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus for main lighting purposes connecting 2x Dual White CCT strips can be great, this gives you the ability to control each strip individually and also set each strip to the desired white color individually. The QuinLED An-Penta-Plus is especially suitable for this because of it’s high per channel power handling capabilities allowing you to run longer LED strips then for instance the QuinLED An-Penta-Mini.

When using a higher power or longer strip and a lower power or less long strip it’s recommended connecting the high power/longer version to the L1 and L2 channels, although these can handle the same amount of power and the others channels (L3, L4 and L5) they have double dimming channel outputs on the pluggable terminals to do power injection right from the controller!

It’s also advised to distribute the positive sides over the multiple positive outputs, this is explained more in the power handling guide.

Remember for CCT strips calculations are a bit different, with normal proper CCT blending you only require half the power that the strip is rated for. So a 38.4w/m strip will only use 19.2w/m max since there should never be a scenario where both whites are active at 100% at the same time, at max the blend will be 50%/50%. If you do not need proper CCT color temperature blending and just want more light, this of course does not hold and you need to calculate the full power.

5x single color white

For primary lighting purposes you can use each of the 5 channels to run a single color white LED strip, each of these can be controlled individually.

It’s also advised to distribute the positive sides over the multiple positive outputs, this is explained more in the power handling guide.

Using power injection

Even though we’re using 24v generally with Analog strips because of the high power and distances involved you sometimes still need power injection! The An-Penta-Plus has been designed with this in mind and offers 2 outputs, L1 and L2 that have extra power injection terminals available split from the same MOSFET.

It’s not advised to power inject using 2 channels connected to the same strip, because each channel generates it’s own PWM this could lead to interference. L3, L4 and L5 can however be used the same as L1 and L2 they just don’t have the convenience of having 2 outputs to a single channel physically.

Long length single white

Especially when running high power (up to 38.4w/m from Auxmer for instance) LED strips you will need some power injection. Depending on the strip quality it will be able to take in a certain amount of Amps from a single injection, with high quality strip this would for instance be around 5A. If you however exceed that amount you will have to add power to another part of the strip. As mentioned above the L1 and L2 dimming output terminals are prepared for this.

In this example we’re driving 2x 10m strip of 28.8w/m strip which means that’s 288w in total / 24v = 12Amps. Officially this slightly exceeds the maximum rating of 10A per output, but that’s still close enough in practice. You’d hook that up as is shown below.

Since we’re talking 2x 288w = 576w you will need at least an LRS-600-24 power supply to be able to deliver that kind of power!

Long length CCT strip

If you want to run a dual-white strip you will need 2 channels for the single strip and it would look like this. L1 and L2 dimming outputs are ideal for this because they each have 2 outputs for power injection. L3, L4 and L5 can also be used for this but you will need to cram in 2 wires or use an external splitter block.

End conclusion

The above are just examples of how you can use and configure the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus, it basically has 5 channels and any combination you wish to make with these is supported, ESPhome is most flexible for this but many configurations can also be made in WLED.

Please also take a look at all the other articles available for the QuinLED An-Penta-Plus!