Why are my led strip lights only lighting up red? Answer: 24v LED strips on 12v power supplies

Why are my LEDs only lighting up red?
This is because you have 24v LED strips using a 12v power supply.
This is the case for all RGB and RGBW LED lights.
The only way to resolve this issue is you you were to get a 24v power supply and swap it for the 12v power supply, so that the 24v supply matches the 24v of the LED strip

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[ChristopherEspenas]

Replaced my LED strip lights after the old ones went dead with the same brand and (seemingly) the same model. Because I thought everything was the same, I didn’t bother replacing the power adapter and was so stumped when only the red lights were working and it seemed super dim. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO AND FOR SOLVING MY PROBLEM, YOU ARE A HERO AND A SAINT

[oceannami]

The only thing that was working was my green and red rgb strip light. Other color like white, blue, pink, yellow and etc are not working.

[patsr]

My problem is that green and red do not show up, also when i turn the lights off they turn out a slightly faded blue, they used to work really good idk what happened

[crochet_by_me_liza_lee]

Thank you so much. You just made my son so happy. I don't understand why they would give a power cord that wasn't powerful enough to work on the strip. Luckly my son had another power cord that was stronger for something else. Awesome straight forward video.

[xxnootjesxx]

Finally it worked, couldn't find a solution but now my lights work

[elderflower]

mine looks exactly the same : faded red and no other colors! but both my usb power cable and rgb strib says 12v

[isla.sievers]

My problem is, whenever I try and change the color, it just goes back to this bluish white color

[lylewasacow]

Thank you! This was my exact issue (only 12v, I was powering it with 5v). :)

[fxlse]

My problem is that when I click the off button it turns a dim red

[CarlosCruz-ujdx]

Also most of the time I try changing the color with the remote right, but it doesn’t do anything and sometimes it changes fine to every color except the blue ones and instead of blue it’s purple, and I am pointing at the sensor

[melissaeilish]

Mine only show green and red do I just do that?

[wiggo]

I cut the strip and used a corner connector. Now the end piece after the corner only lights blue but the rest of the piece closest to the power supply works fine. Can it be fixed?

[jadenlove]

Okay I’ve been looking everywhere for an answer and still can’t find it so I would like to ask you why are my led lights stuck on green? I’ve done everything and still can’t figure it out all my remotes work but the lights refuse to change so can you please help me!

[leonorencarnacao]

My led light only red works because green and blue aren’t working, what should I do???? Please help me (the strip is 12v and the power is 12v too)

[haileythompson]

it was working before but now it’s not working since i came back from my trip. do you have any ideas on how to fix it. it’s only showing red

[nandanaaryancas]

hey there, im having a similar problem with my LED strip only lighting up red, but in my case, when the RGB module is turned off (from the remote), the red light keeps glowing bright. I checked for the voltage the LED strip needs just like what you did in the video, and it already says DC 12v. Im already using the correct power supply for my case. I tried replacing the RGB controller module with a brand new one, and it still didn't solve the problem. Next, i replaced the 12v power supply (i read somewhere in a website that it might be due to a bad power supply. It did solve the problem and works as normal for maybe 3-4 hours, but after that, the red light keeps on glowing even after the module is turned off. If i unplug the power source, the red light do turn off, but it doesn't turn off instantly, it fades out until it finally dies off. If you have something / suggestions that might help me, please reply, thank you very much

[the_flash_lab_rats_]

I need help every time I plug it in it be red and when I click a color it powers off and when I click another random button it be red

[Mart-E]

So I thought it was a problem with my Gigabyte motherboard but now with Asus I still get this thing. When I set all of my LED light strips and fan frames to WHITE they become RED instead. Lowering the brightness makes them white again but darker. Basically more brightness makes them orange to red, as if the blue and green LEDs were failing for some reason. Both the light strips and fan frames are by Phanteks and connected to a single RGB header.

[lucyk]

with my lights only a bit of them shows red, the rest looks as if it’s turned off? can you help?

[jordynlam]

my strips will only turn shades of blue and green. what should i do?