Hey ya thread, and good to say hi.
Just a couple of random questions for you all on these newfangled whites. I've decided I'm definitely suffering from too-few-blue syndrome, and not enough spread syndrome with my current 2xVero 3000/3500k setup.
And I still haven't built a mom/clone/veg box
While I ponder what to do over this state of affairs (it might involve a new cabinet), here are some random qs for you all.
1) Can I try running my Vero in parallel? Really interested to try this out. I dunno what the voltage difference between the emitters is, but I just want to plug em both in to my Meanwell LPF-60-36 -
http://www.trcelectronics.com/View/Mean-Well/LPF-60D-36.shtml
Assuming will start with 100% dimming and gradually power em up. Presuming slightly different forward voltages in parallel I should see uneven current between emitters and differing performance - right? No idea if one will be brighter or what.
I think sweet-spot for V18 is around 0.80A - LPF-60d-36 puts out 1.67 which would be awesome for 2 emitters in parallel. If things get unstable the Meanwell will just shut down - I have complete faith in them, they've been bulletproof.
So any thing else undesirable I'm missing?
2. What colour XML2 would you recommend for a Veg light? What colour CXA?
3. What current level would you recommend for XML2 emitters? Thinking 1000mA a nice balance between output and efficiency. Or would you crank em even softer?
Thanks for any insihgts