Serious N00b question - Series or Parallel?

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rabbita78
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I'm totally new to DIY LEDs, I recently purchased a XLG-75-H-AB and 2 LED Strips with 96 Samsung LM301H LEDs. The vendor told me i need to wire them together in SERIES.

Like an idiot I jumped into it without doing proper research & asking questions. I wired it identical to the following image from this site not knowing if its series or parallel! Image

Is this wiring in Parallel or is it in Series? If this is in parallel, did i do any damage to the driver or LEDs running it like this for a few days & is there an example image of wiring 2 strips in series?
Shimbob
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No worries, that's in series.

Also no worries had you wired in parallel, the light likely would not have lit up but no damage would have happened.
rabbita78
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Shimbob wrote:
Mon Nov 08, 2021 10:34 pm
No worries, that's in series.

Also no worries had you wired in parallel, the light likely would not have lit up but no damage would have happened.
Thanks for being kind & giving a straight answer for such a n00b question!

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tazztone
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easy way to remember series: "positive in, negative out, positive in, negative out".
like in life :D
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