Alrighty, I think we're in business then:Yes, i believe you can use the battery’s provided splitter for that purpose. You can leave the spare splitter connector unused.
Thanks for all the help!!! Will show updated pics once the new lights come in. Made a mess of it the first go around. Accidentally tried going around the whole table with one continuous LED and it split as I was flipping the table over and it folded in half a bit.
Now I'm wondering how people deal with the gap between the two different LED strips on the hole side...