Hi, I remember reading on here that mixing colours isnt ideal. Its safer to run all the same strip type as the Vf can vary between colours (as well as strip batches, bins etc). Why not just run all 4000k or is there a particular reason? I personaly would split the strips across diff drivers then you...

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Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:22 am

I want to test some of these thrive strips so let me know if they are available anywhere, without a big MOQ

I just built a wee cabinet for my wife using 3500k thrive units from digikey. Got 10, but moq was 1 and they had lots of choice in colour and size.

Digikey have these in stock now

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... 3/13181792

Has anyone tried them

Hi, I wanted to thank you for posting this. Reworking a cheap strip opens so many possibilities! Your approach is very thorough and we'll documented (as always) so it's a pleasure to read. As a side note I wondered if you had ever sourced cheap "metallic" pcbs, their name escapes me right now. Cheers

I imagine it's due to balancing each leg to drive each strip equally. I asked as I didn't think the odd inch or 5 of wire would matter, but in your build you have made a very neat point of doing them the same length. Devils in the detail.

Awesome build my friend

Was there a reason to keep the wires all the same length?

Hi,

Tek linked to a program that allowed you to model ppfd of a fixture. Can't rem what it's called but I will dig through and see if I can find it. Maybe worth having a play with it to fine tune the setup?

ETA - IT's called Dialux

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not familiar with "diode groupings". From my rudimentary understanding of strips (and i m no expert) they are groups of 3v diodes. E.g. 5 parallel groups of 12 diodes in series (12x3v) = 36v 60 diode strip If you work out how your strips are grouped you could short di...

One last thought was to use conductive paint (the stuff to repair heated car glass) rather than soldering.

I have too much time on my hands

Hi, I had a thought on your problem with the strips being marginally high in voltage. It may be a daft one, so be gentle. Could you not find the diode grouping on the strips and short one of the diodes on each parallel leg? Essentially just soldering a link around\across it to drop that strips volta...