Wiring up 2 Meanwell drivers & dimmer to a Meijiu MAJO-V1.2-1000H-9- I'm lost!

[tommyinajar]

Hiya- I got a
MAJO-V1.2-1000H-9

for Alibaba and it came with 1 useless schematic, no other instruction- Anyone has a clue how this assembles?
3 short wires, 3 outlet plugs, the dimmer is in pieces even. Everything I googled doest match-someone? ANYONE???

The last pic is the help I got from alibaba...

 

[bk78]

That dimmer is garbage. They very rarely work for longer than a week or 2, I’ve thrown 6 in the trash.

 

[1212ham]

I wonder why they need a bunch of electronics on that dimmer?

FWIW, I like the Rapid LED 0-10V dimmer, it holds a more steady power setting than the cheap pots I've used. It's more than just a pot, it is 0-10V.

Cased Potentiometer with Knob

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rapidled.com

 

[bk78]

This ^^^^ is all the dimmers I replaced the garbage ones you have with.

 

[grotbags]

This ^^^^ is all the dimmers I replaced the garbage ones you have with.

everyone always recomends the rapid led digi dimmers but i dont rate them, i bought a load a few years back and every single one has failed.
after about a year in use i noticed random pulses of light, like the light would go full power for a split second then back to where you had it set. after a couple of more weeks use they would pulse more often and then wouldnt give full power when turned fully open.
maybe i got a dodgy batch or something but i have since went back to standard pots.

 

[grotbags]

 

[grotbags]

is that any help?, it says thats for a V1 and you say yours is a V1.2 but they might be similar enough?.

 

[tommyinajar]

is that any help?, it says thats for a V1 and you say yours is a V1.2 but they might be similar enough?.

Where did you find THAT?!? I GOOGLED for 2 days. Im looking now....

 

[Star Dog]

I wonder why they need a bunch of electronics on that dimmer?

FWIW, I like the Rapid LED 0-10V dimmer, it holds a more steady power setting than the cheap pots I've used. It's more than just a pot, it is 0-10V.

Cased Potentiometer with Knob

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rapidled.com

I wondered the same thing, the dimmer I have is only a pot with plug to connect it there's no electronic components to it.

 

[tommyinajar]

I wonder why they need a bunch of electronics on that dimmer?

FWIW, I like the Rapid LED 0-10V dimmer, it holds a more steady power setting than the cheap pots I've used. It's more than just a pot, it is 0-10V.

Cased Potentiometer with Knob

.

rapidled.com

Will that dimmer work ok with a 1000w or might I need this- https://rapidled.com/products/coralux-storm-led-controller-with-10v-analog-converter

 

[Sinfor]

I wonder why they need a bunch of electronics on that dimmer?

FWIW, I like the Rapid LED 0-10V dimmer, it holds a more steady power setting than the cheap pots I've used. It's more than just a pot, it is 0-10V.

Cased Potentiometer with Knob

.

rapidled.com

A dimmer(0-10v or 10v pwm) is actually a power supply, that is why you see all those components, the one from Rapid is not a 0-10V dimmer, it is just a 100k potentiometer.

 

[Sinfor]

Will that dimmer work ok with a 1000w or might I need this- https://rapidled.com/products/coralux-storm-led-controller-with-10v-analog-converter

It will. It only controls the dimming feature on the meanwell driver, it can sink up to 200mA and the driver source just 100uA.

 

[Rocket Soul]

Hiya- I got a
MAJO-V1.2-1000H-9

for Alibaba and it came with 1 useless schematic, no other instruction- Anyone has a clue how this assembles?
3 short wires, 3 outlet plugs, the dimmer is in pieces even. Everything I googled doest match-someone? ANYONE???

The last pic is the help I got from alibaba...

I think I saw your post on GC about this. If you wanna stick with the dimmer you got I'd suggest this: stick both dim + wires from the driver in one of the terminal blocks in the second photo and group the dim - in the other block. Use the wires from the blocks and try them in the left sockets of the dimmer, the ones marked 0v and 10v and we'll just try it out, different combos.

If you want a different dimmer (and want it to dim both drivers at the same time): make sure you get the 50k ohm, not the standard 100k ohm as it will only work correctly with one driver. As the dealer if unsure.

 

[grotbags]

A dimmer(0-10v or 10v pwm) is actually a power supply, that is why you see all those components, the one from Rapid is not a 0-10V dimmer, it is just a 100k potentiometer.

WTF!!! they are actually 500k???, you will defo get full power out of a meanwell at 479.7k lol...and it will only dim to 50%... they are fuckin rubbish...

 

[tommyinajar]

I took 1 look at the dimmer in a pile of parts and almost tossed it before hand.

The best I can figure is the blue and brown pair of wires coming off each driver are supposed to be joined by the red n blue connector (TOTAL JUNK, $800 light, & .02 wires )

So it's Brown+Brown to red and blu+blu into blue. Then the red goes in the +10v on left side blue into 0V

then the power cord goes into brown to N and blue into L in...I think LOL I'm going to have a $900 paperweight.

The extra cord, wire brown yellow and black wire bundle wasn't totally exposed, and 1 wire was shorter that's left unattached?




I did post on a couple of sites. I posted a shorter one last week and got 0 responses so I expanded.

I bought this because of Meijiu'sgood reputation. No instruction, cheap wire harness, and dimmer....I'm starting to regret it, it better blow me away LED style.

 

[Sinfor]

WTF!!! they are actually 500k???, you will defo get full power out of a meanwell at 479.7k lol...and it will only dim to 50%... they are fuckin rubbish...

Could you take a better pic to see the circuitry?
I see that the potentiometer is connected as a voltage divider(using the 3 pins) so once connected to the driver it will behave like a 100k pot. Full turn and you will measure around 10v across the dim leads, half turn and you will measure around 5v and so on.

 

[Sinfor]

then the power cord goes into brown to N and blue into L in...I think LOL I'm going to have a $900 paperweight.

The extra cord, wire brown yellow and black wire bundle wasn't totally exposed, and 1 wire was shorter that's left unattached?

Brown to L, blue to N.
The extra cord is for remote control, you can turn on and off the output of driver with that and also have a 5V line.

 

[tommyinajar]

Brown to L, blue to N.
The extra cord is for remote control, you can turn on and off the output of driver with that and also have a 5V line.

So the last pic Alibaba sent me showing the wires & video is wrong?

 

[grotbags]

Could you take a better pic to see the circuitry?
I see that the potentiometer is connected as a voltage divider(using the 3 pins) so once connected to the driver it will behave like a 100k pot. Full turn and you will measure around 10v across the dim leads, half turn and you will measure around 5v and so on.

 

[1212ham]

Will that dimmer work ok with a 1000w or might I need this- https://rapidled.com/products/coralux-storm-led-controller-with-10v-analog-converter

It will work with your drivers.
It IS a 0-10V dimmer and Meanwell's B type dimming can be controlled with a 100K potentiometer, 0-10V or PMW (Pulse Width Modulation).

As @Rocket Soul said, you can also use one or two pots.
"If you want a different dimmer (and want it to dim both drivers at the same time): make sure you get the 50k ohm, not the standard 100k ohm as it will only work correctly with one driver. a 50k pot can dim both drivers."