CADORVEN Lighting Guide
12V vs 24V LED Strip Lights
What changes with voltage?
Voltage does not automatically determine brightness or color quality. It changes current, available cutting increments, driver selection and practical run length. The strip and driver voltage must always match.
Can a 24V strip use a 12V driver?
Is 24V always brighter?
Use voltage as a system decision
For the current CADORVEN assortment, 24V is the default specification platform. Confirm the exact strip voltage before selecting the driver, controller, connector and wire. A 12V alternative should be treated as a different system rather than a drop-in substitute.
Record these values before approval
- Total run and longest single-feed run in ft.
- Verified W/ft and maximum run for the exact strip model.
- Driver output voltage and available capacity.
- Controller current limit, wire length and feed locations.
Estimate driver capacity or send the run schedule to the project desk.