Buddhafamily456
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That’s smart.
And yeah the 2’ Strips. I was thinking running all 25 on a hlg-480-24 driver in a 4x4 area and getting another driver to supplement red and far red light.
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And yeah the 2’ Strips. I was thinking running all 25 on a hlg-480-24 driver in a 4x4 area and getting another driver to supplement red and far red light.
Randomblame
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Yes, definately!
At first single monochromatic diodes are much more costly then 8 Vero13 or Vero18.
The 1750°k offers all the wavelength you want in one package, no need to mention that the colors are already mixed and you get a much more even distribution. With single diodes, there are always spots with more red or more blue, depending on where you measure the spectrum.
Wiring and mounting only 8 COB's is also a lot easier and faster.
I'm using modded DIY c-channel heatsinks for each four V18c Bridgelux COB's(3000°k/CRI93) at 500mA(~70w). It's a small 25x 20x 25mm c-channel glued into a bigger 30x 40x 30mm c-channel, both 1150mm length. Heatsink temps stabilized aound 45°C with 30°C ambient temps and a little airflow inside the tent. COB's Tj. should be less than 55°C.
The other snapshots show how I combined stips and COB's channels to one frame. It's currently designed for a 4x2', but can be easily widened for a 4x4'. That's why I used that many stripes!
As you see I've added "only" CRI93 COB's instead of the 1750°k chips. That's because I want to see the true colors of the plants and of course because they cost only half that much. I've paid only 6,93$ per COB on arrow.com with a 20% discount of course. Subscribe to their newletter and you get notified when they offer discounds.
And before you ask, the tube in the center is a 39w Arcadia UVB reptile T5HO bulb(12%/30% UVB/A, 7000°k/CRI90).
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Buddhafamily456
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Is it possible to run 5 Meanwell LDD Drivers off one Meanwell AC-DC power converter?
nfhiggs
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Yes, provided the power ratings add up correctly.
Buddhafamily456
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Would I need some sort of 5 port break out board? Or how would I do that?
Buddhafamily456
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Also on rapid LED it says you can only dim Meanwell LDD drivers with a bluefish controller, so does that mean I can’t dim an hlg-480-24b using one?
Randomblame
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If the bluefish has really no 10v pwm or 0-10v dimming then you need the extension card to convert the 5v pwm signal into a 0-10v signal. But I thought the bluefish can do that without such card, for 200 bucks he should, lol!
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Zitat:
"The bluefish controller control up to 6 channels independently using 0-10V, 5V PWM, or 10V PWM output"
That means it works with Meanwell's HLG series out of the box and you can use both 0-10v or 10v pwm dimming.
Read at least the discribtion and specs sheet, mate!
https://www.rapidled.com/bluefish-led-controller/
BTW,
rapidled has also PCB boards to mount up to 4 LDD's on. Each channel can still be dimmed seperately but you need only one 36 or 48vdc connection(depending on which LDD's you use) because of the internal circuits inside the PCB. There is also no need for a soldering iron, simple plug and play.
https://www.rapidled.com/ldd-h-4-driver-board/
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Zitat:
"The bluefish controller control up to 6 channels independently using 0-10V, 5V PWM, or 10V PWM output"
That means it works with Meanwell's HLG series out of the box and you can use both 0-10v or 10v pwm dimming.
Read at least the discribtion and specs sheet, mate!
https://www.rapidled.com/bluefish-led-controller/
BTW,
rapidled has also PCB boards to mount up to 4 LDD's on. Each channel can still be dimmed seperately but you need only one 36 or 48vdc connection(depending on which LDD's you use) because of the internal circuits inside the PCB. There is also no need for a soldering iron, simple plug and play.
https://www.rapidled.com/ldd-h-4-driver-board/
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Buddhafamily456
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Thanks man. I was looking at the specs and everything but I was getting confused because on rapidled it says it only works with LDD Drivers? So it didn’t make sense to me. And literally right as you were answering me here I was creating a thread asking questions about the LDD Drivers. I’m a little confused by them.
Randomblame
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No need to worry, it's actually pretty easy.
The main driver is connected to a certain number of LDD drivers and these LDD drivers run a certain number of LED's in series. The LDD's offer only 5v pwm dimming and they are available with with 38v and 52v input voltage and up-to 1500mA output current.
Each reef controller based on Arduino/rasPi has 5v pwm but the bluefish has also 10v pwm and 0-10v dimming options.
All the other controllers need an additional 5v pwm to 0-10v extension card.(for each channel in the worst case)
If you take such a board, you need only one 36 or 48v connection but each LDD dimming port needs it's own 5v pwm connection to the reef controller. If you use 4 LDD's you need 4 pwm ports on the controller. The driver who run the LDD's need no pwm connection because the LDD's are dimmed seperately. Therefor you only need the A version!
So a HLG-xxxH-48A + 4 LDD's means four 5v pwm channels are needed to connect the LDD's to the controller.
If you add another HLG-xxxH-24B for your white strips, you need a 5th. pwm connection but it must be set up to work with either 10v pwm or 0-10v.(if it does not recognize it automaticly).
In this case the dimming wires are directly connected to the controller.
Every other driver you add needs another pwm connection. If you need more than six there are extension boards with up-to 12 or 16 pwm connections.
The main driver is connected to a certain number of LDD drivers and these LDD drivers run a certain number of LED's in series. The LDD's offer only 5v pwm dimming and they are available with with 38v and 52v input voltage and up-to 1500mA output current.
Each reef controller based on Arduino/rasPi has 5v pwm but the bluefish has also 10v pwm and 0-10v dimming options.
All the other controllers need an additional 5v pwm to 0-10v extension card.(for each channel in the worst case)
If you take such a board, you need only one 36 or 48v connection but each LDD dimming port needs it's own 5v pwm connection to the reef controller. If you use 4 LDD's you need 4 pwm ports on the controller. The driver who run the LDD's need no pwm connection because the LDD's are dimmed seperately. Therefor you only need the A version!
So a HLG-xxxH-48A + 4 LDD's means four 5v pwm channels are needed to connect the LDD's to the controller.
If you add another HLG-xxxH-24B for your white strips, you need a 5th. pwm connection but it must be set up to work with either 10v pwm or 0-10v.(if it does not recognize it automaticly).
In this case the dimming wires are directly connected to the controller.
Every other driver you add needs another pwm connection. If you need more than six there are extension boards with up-to 12 or 16 pwm connections.
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Hi - know Keep Calm this already answered this but thought this might be useful calculator. Can't vouch for it's accuracy though it did output exactly the same ppfd as his conversion factor for a given number of lumens. It'll also give you useful info on spacing, height from canopy, etc. Can even help you save a little on the leccy, if you're so minded.
edman007.com/~edman007/pub/par-dli-cal.html
If the link doesn't work, google
PAR/PPF/DLI Calculator - edman007.com
and that should do the trick. You'll have fun.
I used it in conjunction with various info on ppfd, DLI and PAR watts and it raised some interesting stuff.