Yeah I realize I probably won't save much if any money, but It will be a learning experience and keep my mind busy in this time of quarantine. That being said can you direct me to some other good sources for diodes that will be good? Is it the data sheets you can find the bin info ?

Greetings all, Ok as you all are I'm bored a bit...... And I think I have an addiction to making LED lights.... better than opioids... So to keep my hands and mind busy I decided to make some of my own LED pcb stars . I want to make supplemental flowering bars to place around my other lights. I use ...

SO I would wire them in parallel -it seems you need about 600 some odd watts at minimum for that space so 2 x 320 w drivers. Seems the HLG-320H-42 is your answer as your strips are 43.1v. Maybe the 48v is a better choice ...You need to look up parallel wiring to figure out how to do it. 2 months ago...

Something looks wrong in the hand drawn image. The first hand drawn example shows both + and - driver leads shorted together, plugged into the + connector on the solderless led puck. THe solderless LEDs have little jumper plugs - the drawing just doesn't show that clearly. They look like what you s...

I recently found out the Meanwell 36V drivers go to 39v so they are a great option as the strips are 38.3v. I have one now going with 10 strips on a HLG -320 -42a - I'm going to use the extra volts on that one to add some extra red. It runs real nice at that power and just warm never hot. I also hav...

I wouldnt add 450nm as you already have plenty, 420nm or 430nm would be my first choice. If you add either of those colors then you can also add 730nm 1 to 1 ratios of 420 and 730 are a good thing I found some 420-425nm diodes for a decent price - what is the benefit of this wavelength on flowering...

Here's the diagram she sent me - maybe help someone who wants to do something similar . Here's two she gave me that let me figure it out.

I recently ordered 20 BL Gen3 1120mm strips to make 2 lights -first one I posted was 10 of them on a HLG 320 42A driver. I through a weird series of events ended up with a HLG 320 54A driver for the second one but the strips are 38.3v so it left me with a bit of extra juice to play with. I contacted...

I called RapidLED to ask about using some of their photo red solderless stars on my build to use the extra juice of the 320w driver I have available. THe lady there was super sweet and talked my noob ass through how to do it. LOVE them. THe driver is 54v and the strips are 38.3v so when I run it I a...

I got all the pieces! Scored a alu sheet and a few pieces of channel for 11$ at metal recycling place and some good fasteners at a recycled building center -also scored a few free new LED ceiling fixtures there ! For the first one I decided to use a HLG 320 42A driver on 10 of the strips. I am now g...