Anyone tried these - TRON strips 166-182 lum/W from TME.eu ??

ilovereggae

ilovereggae

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Zokko said:
I'm not an expert in electronics but I do have some knowledge. My concern is - the different chips 2700k and 5000k probably have slightly different resistance (ohm) which if true would cause the Chanel with slightly less resistance take more current, heat up more than the other and cause problems in both parallel and series wiring . I know that to be true for other systems like heaters but would it apply here?

Im thinking 2 drivers - 1 for for the warm sides 1 for the cold. That way I can have a really stepless tunable spectrum to play with, which probably makes the 80cri Vs 98cri difference less important.
I want to keep my plants short during the entire grow so that could help me give them enough blue to prevent stretching during flower.




It said I. The specs that the max current that the board can take is 2A. Doesn't that mean both channels can be run at 1A simultaneously? If not
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the strips are designed w both color temps to run simultaneously so the runaway is not an issue.

in general, you never want to run a strip at max. the efficiency numbers are at test current which is 1A. the softer you run the diodes the more efficient they are. it technically is possible but you would need some heavy duty heatsink + active cooling. I think @Rocket Soul tried running the original Vestas at 2A and they couldn't take it without heatsinks. since these are cheap enough it would be better to just run more strips at lower wattage.
 
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Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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ilovereggae said:
the strips are designed w both color temps to run simultaneously so the runaway is not an issue.

in general, you never want to run a strip at max. the efficiency numbers are at test current which is 1A. the softer you run the diodes the more efficient they are. it technically is possible but you would need some heavy duty heatsink + active cooling. I think @Rocket Soul tried running the original Vestas at 2A and they couldn't take it without heatsinks. since these are cheap enough it would be better to just run more strips at lower wattage.
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The vestas can definitely not take full power on both channels at the same time very well. It kinda melted. For these plasticy strips i like 20-30w per 2 feet of strip.
 
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Sice

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I want to get these Thrives but Im still confused as to how to use them along with a driver. Lets say I want to use up all the light on the strip meaning turning both channels on with the same intensity.

Can I just hook both channels to that one driver and get all the wattage out of it. I want to use it with a 320 Watt driver. Can I just hook up both channels and get the whole 320 watts?

Or do I need 2 drivers that push out 160 watts each?

Normally I run (2) 320 watt drivers to get to 640 watts. Can I hook up one channel to one 320w driver and the other to another 320w driver and thus get the 640 watt total?

Thanks guys Im probably over thinking it.
 
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