most LEDs are 12V, and must go through a driver. This strip that you bought from china, what is the length, 5 meter? for only 34yuan,very very cheap. you need the driver(transformer) (http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=10614550206). did you buy this? if not cannot work at all. don't plug directly into AC240v, sure blow.
btw, what u intend to fix this, up in your false ceiling? very nice effect with warm white

you probably kena duty abt RM27(duty 15%) + RM19(sales tax 10%), but depends what the supplier declare as. you courier by DHL/Fedex? They will collect the duty from you. but sometimes, if you only buy 1 unit, or just very few, the kastam won't bother, so no duty at all. I bought something last time from aliexpress, didn't pay any duty coz kastma don't bother as only very small package. of coz, not haram items lah...lol...

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Added on March 4, 2012, 1:05 pmthe price you bot is cheap, coz they direct fr china, here, they sure mark-up, coz if spoilt or not working, here can change or warranty. but if you import rosak, then matilah.... but of coz, not so suay la... the transformer you ask here overpriced la, not so ex. depends on the voltage and amp you require for every strip. some big ones are expensive, coz u can power the whole strip. there is a way to calculate the size of the transformer required corresponding to the length of the strip.

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Added on March 4, 2012, 1:05 pmthe price you bot is cheap, coz they direct fr china, here, they sure mark-up, coz if spoilt or not working, here can change or warranty. but if you import rosak, then matilah.... but of coz, not so suay la... the transformer you ask here overpriced la, not so ex. depends on the voltage and amp you require for every strip. some big ones are expensive, coz u can power the whole strip. there is a way to calculate the size of the transformer required corresponding to the length of the strip.

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Added on March 4, 2012, 1:07 pmyup, this is abt the price u get here, transformer is abt 2A, small one. enuf to power a 5m 50/50 strip. very common nowdays.

This post has been edited by mkow: Mar 4 2012, 01:07 PM

this is the type most dealers sell here...

yup, that little white box is the transformer, or it's normally called the LED driver. How many meters of the strip light can it power? There is a limit to it. Normally a 2 Amp driver can power a 5m strip

cool....