Rocket Soul
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Someone is seeing thousands of purple spots on their retina...
Chilled x6
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Kindbuds303
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still am bro what a dumbfuck I am no way around it imma crush can’t wait got some seedlings going now and just dropped some more this am legend og x wedding cake soaking now seedlings going 3 regular doho x dosi all seeds from Cannarado
Airwalker16
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One is for dimming which is already wired to a pot, the other small wire is just a 5V supply fit whatever. And the other 2 are actually BOTH outputs wired in parallel so you should divide it where 3 bars goes in to each of them. 3&3 for the 6 bars.
Kindbuds303
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I’m all good Austin hooked it up
Kindbuds303
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@Airwalker16 didnt have to do any of that was already ready to go just had to connect couple things
Kindbuds303
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All hooked up
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Barristan Whitebeard
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Since your driver has two power output cables (each with 14 gauge + and - wires), you may as well take advantage of it. With the amperage your driver will produce at/near full power, it would be prudent to connect three bars to each output cable.
Did Austin @Chilledgrowlights recommend that you use both output cables when you put together the light or just one?
If you're not using a controller right away, I would do like @Rocket Soul advised and cover the RC wires individually with some electrical tape or wire connectors if you have any at hand.
Kindbuds303
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just using one now
Kindbuds303
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I’m not to tech savvy so have really no idea what your saying no offense all I know is light works and is bright as fuck
Kindbuds303
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What do mean by that in broken down terms I can understand are u saying lights not as efficient when using it way I am or ?
Barristan Whitebeard
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The way your driver is designed to run ( especially if you are using its full power potential) is to distribute the load (LEDs) as evenly as you can between the two output cables. So in your case connect three bars to each output cable. Shouldn't be too hard, there's already a connector on the end of the cable.
It's your call, but you can wait for ChilLED to chime in to adjust anything if you prefer.
Airwalker16
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This is exactly what I said but he was too arrogant to take my advice.
Kindbuds303
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Not being arrogant @Airwalker16 dont know where getting that brother he never mentioned that and I’m not tech savvy to do such things @Chilledgrowlights can u elaborate on that because wasn’t mentioned to me if it’s already most efficient light didn’t know I needed to split them up obviously I want it to last as long as possible and perform at its best I appreciate all the help and advice sorry if I came off arrogant to u killa not my intention
Kindbuds303
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So I think I understand what your saying And thanks for pointing it out so the other push lock I’m not using your saying I could take off and rewire for three and leave the other push lock for other three making it run cooler and use power more evenly? @Airwalker16 @Barristan Whitebeard
Kindbuds303
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So afraid to fuck this light up took me a min to save to get
Rocket Soul
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You should probably check with chilled tbh, you seem a bit unsure and nobody wants to give advice that may damage your light.
Im not even sure of where the confusion is.
Afai understand you should be able to split the output of each of the 2 output cables between 3 strips each. Please talk to chilled.
I always use A or AB version dimming cause theres ways to make sure you dont blow any leds with those. Voltage dimming is really convenient.
Im not even sure of where the confusion is.
Afai understand you should be able to split the output of each of the 2 output cables between 3 strips each. Please talk to chilled.
I always use A or AB version dimming cause theres ways to make sure you dont blow any leds with those. Voltage dimming is really convenient.
Rocket Soul
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But you actually got it working with no blown leds? You should be fine then. Im not sure what issue you need help with. Chilled is best point of info.
Kindbuds303
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That’s what I’m saying hooked it up like @Chilledgrowlights told me to works fine but they were saying split them up my dimmer works and etc thier and u are just trying to help me make light more efficient I assume and is greatly appreciated but I’m not tech savvy and I don’t wanna mess anything up something simple to u guys I might overthink I’ll reach out to them
Rocket Soul
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I wont go against what chilled are saying. If youve done what they say just stick to that. Mmy understanding is that that driver is 300w each output. Not sure how chilled works this this with those connectors. Just go with what chilled said as long as all is working fine
Airwalker16
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Just imagine the output literally having 2 wires connected to it. If you use one, it will still work, it just pulls all 600watts through that one cord. You can, however, split 3 bars onto each wire and split the load to 300 & 300. Much less heat through one wire and distributes the power way better.