You are right the pods don't have power I think he is talking about adjusting the blues and whites to get the look he wants But as you can see there are so many ways you can go with led lightingfar as i know meanwell drivers need a pwm signal which that simple kit gives through its power. the basic pots the kit comes with are not powered and wont send the signal the meanwell drivers need to turn on and dim. maxwellen drivers which is what im using dont so u run without power but cant control like u can meanwell.