rrog, sorry I haven't followed your whole thread but I see in the last couple of pages talking about multiple drivers and their costs...so have you looked at stevesleds.com drivers? They have their triple and quad drivers on sale and you could probably use one power supply for them all. I'm using his single drivers on some small diy fixtures and am happy. I've also been happy with their aluminum tubing heatsink and fan. I'm keeping some XMLs very cool and happy. Anyway, hope it helped and if it didn't...sorry.
Building New Panels - Sharing the Process
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yeah; that's what i mean too ~seems like you can get 'em that drive like 4 XMLs & i m sure there are bigger ones {or you could underdrive them} just higher amperage drivers seem to be lower voltage
this one:
is seeming like the heatsink is adequate {passive!} i touch the heatsink after hours of continuous operation and it's only lukewarm out about maybe 3/4" from the diode
so; it would be no big deal to do like 3X3 on the same footprint & have 9 diodes
but there doesnt seem to be any 2A ~27v drivers & the 3X3 is what i envisioned so; that design was limited by what i could find for a driver {i was looking @ 3A to be fair but that is even worse the 24v are $100+}
here's 1 that would do 16 XMLs @ 2.5A but it's $90+
still a 16 diode fixture would defo be nice in a closet grow or larger micro
this one:
is seeming like the heatsink is adequate {passive!} i touch the heatsink after hours of continuous operation and it's only lukewarm out about maybe 3/4" from the diode
so; it would be no big deal to do like 3X3 on the same footprint & have 9 diodes
but there doesnt seem to be any 2A ~27v drivers & the 3X3 is what i envisioned so; that design was limited by what i could find for a driver {i was looking @ 3A to be fair but that is even worse the 24v are $100+}
here's 1 that would do 16 XMLs @ 2.5A but it's $90+
still a 16 diode fixture would defo be nice in a closet grow or larger micro
As Guff mentioned, Inventronics makes some high voltage drivers, as does Philips. I don't see any Philips in that amperage range, but this one would drive about 30 XMLs. I don't know how the price stacks up against buying Meanwells in bulk though. The good thing about numerous strings/drivers is when something goes south on you, you don't lose the whole damn works. Future Electronics has a pretty nice utility for "driving down" into driver parameters.
http://www.futureelectronics.com/en...modules/Pages/1007631-EUC-200S210ST.aspx?IM=0
http://www.futureelectronics.com/en...modules/Pages/1007631-EUC-200S210ST.aspx?IM=0
Yes indeed- 50 XM-L's. At 2A, that's 300W. One could increase the panel to 60 easily, or look at two 30 diode panels. Rives really cemented it in my head that there's a real value to having several powerful panels rather than one big central source. With an articulated tube steel frame that I'm contemplating, I'd be able to independently position the 4 panels over a 4x4 footprint.
I'm using the HLG-120H-54, can run 16 XM-Ls at 2.3 amps, and it has the longest warranty of all their drivers. I think it'd be nice to one driver per color, that way you can dim each one tiger the spectrum you want.
I'm using 3 of those drivers. 2 for warm white and 1 for neutral white. dim down the warm in veg and turn it up in bloom.
I'm using 3 of those drivers. 2 for warm white and 1 for neutral white. dim down the warm in veg and turn it up in bloom.
For my first panel I'm actually thinking of using 4 of those HLG-120H-54's, two og them dimmable. Then use 2 strings of NW (one dimmable) and 2 strings of WW (one dimmable). That way I can determine a good ratio of NW to WW for veg and bloom.
If a 1:1 ratio of NW to WW works good through veg and bloom, I'll just use 2 inventronics 200w drivers instead of the 4 meanwell HLGs as the inventronics are not dimmable.
I have a small panel with 12 WW and 12 CW XP-Gs for my mothers and I love the growth, lush and not stretchy, I think 1:1 with NW and WW would work good in veg and bloom.
Cant wait to see yours up and running! I'm still in the process of ordering parts.
If a 1:1 ratio of NW to WW works good through veg and bloom, I'll just use 2 inventronics 200w drivers instead of the 4 meanwell HLGs as the inventronics are not dimmable.
I have a small panel with 12 WW and 12 CW XP-Gs for my mothers and I love the growth, lush and not stretchy, I think 1:1 with NW and WW would work good in veg and bloom.
Cant wait to see yours up and running! I'm still in the process of ordering parts.
luvdemshrooms
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GuFF 1:1 seems like a good way to simplify it i think i actually like that because it is simple
its good to see your observation w/ ww 1:1 to cw as well; thanks!
man wouldnt it be something to see some side by sides but; holy crap! how many side by sides would you have to do ~lmao
its good to see your observation w/ ww 1:1 to cw as well; thanks!
man wouldnt it be something to see some side by sides but; holy crap! how many side by sides would you have to do ~lmao
Yes indeed. 5 drivers, 10 LEDs per driver. One has a sub switch for the WW. So 40 on during veg and flip the last WW string for flower (all 50)
Um..... you mean the one that I linked up above or am I missing something?
http://www.futureelectronics.com/en...modules/Pages/1007631-EUC-200S210ST.aspx?IM=0
