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How are you guys handling the voltage drop if you are powering the whole 5m strip? I did a test and put it around aluminum tube, to act like a bulb... If I feed it with 12.0V, I get only 8V at the end of the strip, resulting in very low light output at the end of the strip.
If I increase voltage to achieve 12V at the end, I'll probably fry the LEDs at the start of the strip.
This is how all LED strips are. You can make shorter runs and piggyback them on the controller, or spread the load over several channels, if it's a problem.