Good afternoon everybody,
Quite new to the LED gardening scene; originally I had focused on CFLs back in the day and recently thought I would get into LEDs, foolishly purchasing one of those UFO models on Amazon.
Long story short(ish) I have put together a build and started ordered minor parts for the project. I am going to be using 12x of these Samsung SI-B8V05128HUS 1 foot strips (as a Canadian there are not many other 1 foot options at the moment with the specs I am looking for). This will be mounted onto a suitably sized heatsink for my 2x2x4 tent.
Aside from the driver and strips, all the basic parts and a potentiometer have been ordered. With that being said, I am having some difficulty determining the best Meanwell driver to use for this project and I would be open to some suggestions. As well, any other suggestions regarding this build would be greatly appreciated; as I said this will be my first DIY attempt.
Cheers to all!
Basic First-timer Samsung Strip Build
- Jolly Green Giant
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first off, welcome to the forum ![😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/s9e/emoji-assets-twemoji@11.2/dist/svgz/1f601.svgz)
H series 1' strips are 24v with a 600ma max current... so using LG'S parallel strip build calculator... running all 12 at 75% of max current (450ma) he suggests a hlg150h-24.
https://www.arrow.com/en/products/hlg-1 ... nterprises ( I used arrow as a link because there is no duties for our friends to the north
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wide open that driver will put 525ma to each strip.( 6.3 total amps.. you need 5.4 for the 75%). which is close to max but it should not hurt them unless not properly heat sinked.
any other questions ask away![😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/s9e/emoji-assets-twemoji@11.2/dist/svgz/1f601.svgz)
again welcome!!
H series 1' strips are 24v with a 600ma max current... so using LG'S parallel strip build calculator... running all 12 at 75% of max current (450ma) he suggests a hlg150h-24.
https://www.arrow.com/en/products/hlg-1 ... nterprises ( I used arrow as a link because there is no duties for our friends to the north
wide open that driver will put 525ma to each strip.( 6.3 total amps.. you need 5.4 for the 75%). which is close to max but it should not hurt them unless not properly heat sinked.
any other questions ask away
again welcome!!
Which ones? LT-F562B or LT-F564B?
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Doing pretty good with the frame over here - I just had one last question if anybody had a second. Picked up the HLG-150H-24A for 4 of these strips; I assume parallel wiring is the way to go? Cheers!
Edit : I foolishly bought a constant current driver with a much higher amp (6.3) output, and a lower voltage than I would need to series wire these strips. However, I think I could still use this driver to parallel these strips unless I am missing something?
https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/7703921 driver with https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/6624001 strips
Edit : I foolishly bought a constant current driver with a much higher amp (6.3) output, and a lower voltage than I would need to series wire these strips. However, I think I could still use this driver to parallel these strips unless I am missing something?
https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/7703921 driver with https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/6624001 strips
You’ve got the right driver. The Digi-key description is not completely accurate since it is a constant voltage + constant current driver, and not just a constant current driver like it says. Wire them all in parallel and you have a great match.
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