How To Repair Led Strip Lights Repair Guide

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Introduction

The best way to fix this problem is to replace the faulty section with a new working strip. This guide will walk you through the steps of replacing your faulty light strips. You will learn how to identify which strip is in need of replacing, as well as how to remove that strip from the working strip. You will also see how to replace and reconnect the two working strips so that they are secured and working properly.

Reconnecting the strips will be completed by soldering the two working strips together by their corresponding connections.

If soldering is not a skill you are familiar with, you should first check out another guide on the basics of soldering. It is called “How to Solder and Desolder Connections.”

Before attempting this guide, remember to turn off the power to the strips that will be handled.

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Step 1

              How to Repair LED Strip Lights               

• Find the spot where the lights stop working and where there are four connections labeled in descending order, “12V, R, G, B” with a scissor “cut here” marking and a copper colored backing.

Find the spot where the lights stop working and where there are four connections labeled in descending order, “12V, R, G, B” with a scissor “cut here” marking and a copper colored backing.

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Step 2

• With a scissor, cut along the “cut here” line, separating the faulty strip from the working strip.

With a scissor, cut along the “cut here” line, separating the faulty strip from the working strip.

Step 3

• Align the new strip next to the working strip and keep them steady. Look at the four connections like a mirror image. R to R, G to G, and so on and so forth. Apply solder in any order for all four connections. Make sure solder is secured and steady.

Align the new strip next to the working strip and keep them steady. Look at the four connections like a mirror image. R to R, G to G, and so on and so forth. Apply solder in any order for all four connections. Make sure solder is secured and steady.

Step 4

• Once the four connections are soldered securely, plug in the strip and turn the lights to all three colors to ensure that the connections are steady. Now you may place the lights where so desired.
• If the strips had an adhesive backing, some new adhesive material may be required.

Once the four connections are soldered securely, plug in the strip and turn the lights to all three colors to ensure that the connections are steady. Now you may place the lights where so desired.

If the strips had an adhesive backing, some new adhesive material may be required.

A solder and soldering iron are fairly common and easy to acquire at a hardware store. Extra length of lights may be left over from initial use, use these first before buying more in order to lower costs. In order to put the lights back where they originally were, some form of an adhesive agent may need to be utilized.

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Andrea Sherville - Nov 8, 2022

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I dont know why this tutorial is rated as difficult, it really isnt.

S Lee - Dec 12, 2022

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Totally agree with Andrea Sherville. This has to be rated easy-moderate as this really isn’t difficult at all.