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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 1217069" data-attributes="member: 18896"><p>Should be fine, but those types are notorious for spiking during init.</p><p></p><p>We're talking like 1/100th of a second spikes, so needs an oscilloscope instead of a multimeter to capture it, unless you have a fancy multimeter like a Fluke with options to detect short spikes. Electrolytic capacitors help smooth spikes out, but that all depends on what the output of your PSU is doing.</p><p></p><p>Example -- <a href="https://a.pololu-files.com/picture/0J781.1200.png" target="_blank">https://a.pololu-files.com/picture/0J781.1200.png</a></p><p></p><p>As you can see the 5V output on that power supply spikes to 39.6V during init, and then it is bye-bye LED strip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 1217069, member: 18896"] Should be fine, but those types are notorious for spiking during init. We're talking like 1/100th of a second spikes, so needs an oscilloscope instead of a multimeter to capture it, unless you have a fancy multimeter like a Fluke with options to detect short spikes. Electrolytic capacitors help smooth spikes out, but that all depends on what the output of your PSU is doing. Example -- [URL]https://a.pololu-files.com/picture/0J781.1200.png[/URL] As you can see the 5V output on that power supply spikes to 39.6V during init, and then it is bye-bye LED strip. [/QUOTE]
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