RobHowes34
Novice Member
Morning All,
I have an issue with some Lightstrips I bought recently. Strangely I have found absolutely nothing on the web about this although I am sure it must be a fairly common issue.
About a year ago, I bought some Hue Lightstrips and put them up in my cellar. After enjoying them for a while I decided to extend the system and a month or so ago I bought 3 one metre extension packs.
I was surprised to find the extensions did not fit my original light strip – the connectors were smaller on the new ones and without getting the soldering iron out there is no way that they are going to fit. The packaging is exactly the same for the original system and the extension, with no clue whatsoever that they could be incompatible.
The only explanations I can think of are:
1. I am missing something very obvious.
2. Phillips have changed the design without telling anybody and this has seemingly gone under the radar of everybody who has recently tried to extend their ‘older’ system (unlikely).
3. I have somehow managed to buy knock off or Lightstrips intended for another region – The original strips were direct from Amazon and the extensions from the O2 shop so I would be surprised if this was the case.
Please help – it’s driving me slightly insane!
I have tried to attach a photo showing the disparity between the connectors. New on the left and old on the right.
Many thanks,
Rob
I have an issue with some Lightstrips I bought recently. Strangely I have found absolutely nothing on the web about this although I am sure it must be a fairly common issue.
About a year ago, I bought some Hue Lightstrips and put them up in my cellar. After enjoying them for a while I decided to extend the system and a month or so ago I bought 3 one metre extension packs.
I was surprised to find the extensions did not fit my original light strip – the connectors were smaller on the new ones and without getting the soldering iron out there is no way that they are going to fit. The packaging is exactly the same for the original system and the extension, with no clue whatsoever that they could be incompatible.
The only explanations I can think of are:
1. I am missing something very obvious.
2. Phillips have changed the design without telling anybody and this has seemingly gone under the radar of everybody who has recently tried to extend their ‘older’ system (unlikely).
3. I have somehow managed to buy knock off or Lightstrips intended for another region – The original strips were direct from Amazon and the extensions from the O2 shop so I would be surprised if this was the case.
Please help – it’s driving me slightly insane!
I have tried to attach a photo showing the disparity between the connectors. New on the left and old on the right.
Many thanks,
Rob
