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by astro
Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie with more questions, apologies
Replies: 7
Views: 1446

Re: Newbie with more questions, apologies

Hey cheers for that. cutter.com.au is essentially HIV in a website, god it is awful. Once my eyes have stopped bleeding from the initial shock I will see if they have what me and my buddy are after :lol:
by astro
Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie with more questions, apologies
Replies: 7
Views: 1446

Re: Newbie with more questions, apologies

I live in New Zealand so the shipping is usually rather prohibitive on a lot of things, I truly don't know if we have to pay tax on importing things, I'm sure we don't but I may be wrong. I'm slowly figuring out the build process on these rigs - It has meant a lot of reading and re-reading...it is a...
by astro
Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie with more questions, apologies
Replies: 7
Views: 1446

Re: Newbie with more questions, apologies

Hey mate, thanks for your reply and info regarding the other strips. As it turns out basically everything is expensive asf by the time you get it to where I live, I will look into the cheaper strips and see if its possible to get them here cheaper, thanks again!
by astro
Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie with more questions, apologies
Replies: 7
Views: 1446

Newbie with more questions, apologies

Please help me clarify something so I can finally convince my friend to order some parts! The drivers listed as required for each build differ between the DIY strip build guide and the Parallel strip build calculator. for instance using 8 x LT-FB22B strips the calculator suggests using a 600H-48 dri...
by astro
Sun Apr 21, 2019 3:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..
Replies: 9
Views: 1758

Re: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..

Sup bro. You are not alone I'm just doing my first build also just got all my parts sorted. No we are not spoilt for choice in our amazing little part of the world but we do have options and I'm happy to help in anyway I can but be for warned I'm still a noon my self :lol: Hey mate, cheers for ya r...
by astro
Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..
Replies: 9
Views: 1758

Re: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..

Jolly Green Giant wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:52 pm
welcome to the forum first off.. 😁
^ Shimbob gotcha covered 😁

also, just in case you are unaware https://www.cutter.com.au a good place for DIY parts near you. 😁

again welcome
Cheers mate
by astro
Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..
Replies: 9
Views: 1758

Re: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..

Shimbob wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:46 pm
You're confusing AC input current and DC output current.

Hlg-480s are rated 2.45A at 230VAC. 10A is on the DC side.
Hey I told you I was running an ill equipped monkey brain, thanks for opening my eyes Shimbob
by astro
Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..
Replies: 9
Views: 1758

A friendly Kiwi seeking some advice..

Hi Guys, thanks in advance to anybody willing to shed some light on my questions, secondly; my apologies for yet another noob question - this is all very new to me and I have been reading so much trying to figure this out for myself and as a result my brain is almost leaking out my ears...after a bi...