LED strip discolouration

paulpud

Although I'm no expert on LED lighting (hence my original query) I have a reasonable knowledge of lighting as I am employed in the electrical contracting industry and, quite frankly, if anyone pays £125 for a 5m roll of standard colour LED strip they have been mugged. As we've established, LED lighting does vary in quality/reliability but it is essentially the same core product and over the last 2 to 3 years LED lighting has plummeted in cost.

I've always taken a gamble at the cheaper end of the market and, up until this latest batch I've fitted , I've had no issues whatsoever. I installed my first run of around 25 metres about 7 years ago, when our suppliers were asking around £100 + vat for a 5m roll. I paid about £18 per 5m roll from a Chinese supplier on ebay, it is fitted in my lounge, has had thousands of hours of use and still works perfectly today.

Myser

Which power supply are you using?

paulpud

The power supply is a proper 12v LED driver, the type with the perforated metal body which I have on my other LED runs.

I checked the voltage because I did wonder if this may be linked to the discolouration but it was pushing out 11.95v so ruled it out as a cause.