@Tom Stoltz posted:And while in uncharted territory, changing the design to use DC regulators with a bigger resistor is beyond my pay scaleā¦ I would have no idea. Are you using the 5V LED strips with youir DC regulators?
My regulator boards are a constant current design, so they regulate current and not voltage. This works out to be more controllable as far as intensity for LED use as LED current vs light is a linear function. However, LED voltage vs light is most certainly not a linear function, it's a very sharp knee from dim to cooked.