Where is my other 100 watts?
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According to the calculators I will still be at about a 2 percent loss if I double up the 16awg. I went ahead and ordered 10ft of cable for 16 bucks.
I had some solid core 10 awg laying around. This stuff really sucks to work with. I left about 2 inches of the 16awg on the first strip to connect the solid 10awg. At this connection I am at 23.8T. After the first LED strip I am at 23.5-6. After the last LED strip I am at 22.9. Is this what you guys are seeing or is this still way to much voltage drop?
I am now pulling 314watts.
Stranded 10AWG isn't much easier to work with than solid
On my system with an HLG-600H-42A (up to 14.3A according to spec, dunno actual yet), I measure 44.7v at the driver and 44.4v at the end of ~14 feet of 10AWG.
Can you run the 10AWG all along the frame and make the last wire to the strip as short as possible?
I did this to minimize wire loss:
On my system with an HLG-600H-42A (up to 14.3A according to spec, dunno actual yet), I measure 44.7v at the driver and 44.4v at the end of ~14 feet of 10AWG.
Can you run the 10AWG all along the frame and make the last wire to the strip as short as possible?
I did this to minimize wire loss:
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The 16 and 18awg is just cheap stuff off of amazon.
Right now I I think I will connect the new 10awg where the solid core 10awg is. Then I will also attach the left over 16awg and run that to the other side of the strips to help balance things out.
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Alright, I added the new 10awg at 5ft and ran the 16awg from the 10awg/ first strip to the last strip. Now I am pulling 337w from the wall. I am happy.