Damn thats a lot for a small driver.

I would look at the cheap models from Thomas research products, I don't think they loose in any metric.

Also if your in the US, I think ELG drivers dont give full output from 110v AC...

For these strips TRP have two interesting drivers. The one you are looking at will give 60w @20v. There's another 40w 22v driver that costs around 6e. it's about 4x smaller and lighter. The 75w driver is 88% efficient and the 40w driver is 86% efficient. With minor heatsinking I usually drive 2 stri...

Are you still around? How did the seed project go? Was enjoying some of the little cookies kush I have left, and thought of your grow

Are the popcorn areas filling themselves? When testing sidelighting I had a cookies kush that responded very well with low light levels, so on the next round I grew a huge tree of Ice, and tried similar power levels with it. Ended up with a 6ft plant that had 4 feet of popcorn. Lots of edibles. I do...

Personally my strips are often very close to the walls, if they are reflective. If not, I would add an extra circle of strips below my main light, pointing towards the bottom center of the tent at approximately a 45deg angle. I find it gives me 30-50% extra penetration, although penetration is reall...

If your trying to optimize your space, you try to keep the node distance such that the flowers can fill the spaces between the nodes. 5cm +- a little is perfect. Right now I have one plant that has maybe 15cm node distance, the flowers maybe take 7cm so there is a lot of wasted space. Its a sativa a...

Really a question about how hard you will drive. @700mA they don't need a heatsink at all. I think that will handle even running full power, @1400mA.

If you want to drive them ultra low, there is a batch of 48v 250mA 12w Thomas Research Drivers at digikey that cost about 5$ a piece. Perhaps thats less power then your looking for? should give a bit under 10w, way over 1500lm a piece. I used these to setup some lights for my mom, and they were pret...

Here's another vote for threaded rods, if in a location where 2020 aluminium extrusion is not readily and cheaply available. If modular extrusions are available for a cheap price, then thats your ticket to a clean build... and it will allow you to tune the angle of your strips. I planned to do a bui...

Yeah thats the one.