I say its a fluke because every time ive ran in parallel the leds fried in a few minutes. The drivers have a hard time keeping a constant voltage supplied to each led (somtimes more v sometimes less v) this inevitably causes overloading/underliading issues in my experience. If you think it will work then just go for it my dude, experimentation is key to success and learning bro
I use drivers like those to drive individual cob's for l8ight usage at lower watts, like 50w or less. to run a fixture I use 4 CBV35990's 36v and a MW HLG-185H-C700B/C1400B pick either with great results and power control and no parallel connections. The MW 185H series are all 200W drivers, meaning you get 200w when you connect four 36v cob's to it. PLC has a 250w driver for five cobs at 36v. Both are connecting all cobs in series which is safest. You can turn your 8 cob 36v into 400w real easy with two hlg-185h-c1400 drivers. maybe resell your drivers on ebay for break even. peace
Im just going to test the drivers and cobs out in parallel and go by trial and error. I definitely want to do series but to return the drivers and get the other ones would take about 3 weeks and my plants are too big to wait 3 weeks plus i have plants right behind them to take their place. Theres another guy on rollitup that says hes running in parallel and doesnt have issues and been running them for years so i guess im about to find out. Im going to run 4 cobs on each driver. Each cob will be running around 50 watts so theres plenty of wiggle room if one burns out snd the power is distributed to the other 3 cobs. I have plenty of heat distribution too. 3 cobs on 6"x40" heatsinks with fans blowing on it. I will let you guys know how it works out for me k. And thanks for your advice guys. I appreciate it a bunch.
Im digging that bright red Corvette. Love those cars. Ill have one eventually lol
Looks legit my dude. you may want to consider hanging each heatsink on it own, it gives you a little more wiggle room to spread light to different parts of your canopy. Looks like you are going to pull some serious product from that space tho
Thanks haha, dude they are a dime a dozen right now. Those two vettes are the first cars ive ever bought, and the only vehicle i own hahaha. They are both 2003 c5 z06's, one is supercharged and built for autocross, the other is my daily. You can buy these beasts for less than $20,000 now bro, cheaper than buying a new honda haha.
Man i havent been car shopping for a while. 20gs is definitely doable. I wanted to trade my 2010 cts in for a newer model. I definitely like the all wheel drive in winter time here in colorado. I was thinking about hanging the heatsinks separate but im pretty good at keeping the canopy fairly even. Im still learning the tricks of the trade so ill see how it goes with this run. I take it that you hang yours individually?
You can only do this if the drivers voltage output equals the combined voltages of all 8 leds. So lets say your led chips need 34v to operate. if you want to run "8" of these 34v 100w led chips from a single driver you first need to multiply (34x8=272v) to get your drivers total needed voltage output which is 272v. So to answer your question, no you probably cant run 8 of the leds you are thinking of with this driver
When you dim it down it is no longer 200w. amps x volts = watts. In other words itll only be putting out ~100w at 700mA.
I agree. Make a rail hung from ceiling and put angles on the ends to hang on the rail. Check out GG Garden he has same arrangement. Peace