Qb132 diy
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BobThe420Builder
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Now wire it up and kill like the heater, see if the breaker trips
Bigjim34
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I have yes. It is still running but is so hot you cant touch it for more than a second or two. It will kick the breaker soon
Bigjim34
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The breaker finally kicked off with only the light running.
So I can leave the power supply plugged in with no issues (not connected to the lights)
I cant run the light for a full 12 hours.
I cant run the light with other things in the room on
Maybe the wire I used isnt thick enough?
Maybe I crossed a wire somewhere?
I guess tomorrow I will see if i can find some 18AWG solid core wire and wago connectors to rewire the whole thing and see if that helps.
Should the driver be getting so hot you cant touch it?
So I can leave the power supply plugged in with no issues (not connected to the lights)
I cant run the light for a full 12 hours.
I cant run the light with other things in the room on
Maybe the wire I used isnt thick enough?
Maybe I crossed a wire somewhere?
I guess tomorrow I will see if i can find some 18AWG solid core wire and wago connectors to rewire the whole thing and see if that helps.
Should the driver be getting so hot you cant touch it?
BobThe420Builder
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Be sure and Google the wire colors on the driver and the cord yer using
Some are goofy
I took pics of mine and kept them for future reference, I'm camping, so no help to you now
I'd think a wire issue 1st,
Then contact who you got the driver from
I just don't think it's the driver personally, but it's possible
Some are goofy
I took pics of mine and kept them for future reference, I'm camping, so no help to you now
I'd think a wire issue 1st,
Then contact who you got the driver from
I just don't think it's the driver personally, but it's possible
First of all, be careful.
Continuing to run a driver that's tripping breakers isn't a great idea.
Maybe it's a bad driver!!!
It's not your wiring on the dc side, those drivers have protection circuits... you can short out the dc side and it will simply shut down the output.
There is no way that driver should ever trip a breaker!
HLG drivers get fairly hot under load.
BobThe420Builder
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I agree
sureshot138
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i've seen two die, never tripping a breaker tho. and both were the same model as this one only b versions.
"I also had 2 Mean Well drivers that I got from Meiju fail on me, one just quit working, which wasn't great, but caused no damage, but the other one a HLG-320H-AB that failed caused a expensive fire in my back shed. "
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sureshot138
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dam dude, that sucks. was it a series or parallel wiring?
That wasn't me, I was quoting piratebug, hence the link.
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