SupraSPL
Well-Known Member
I usually just mount mine on the board bare and use a few dabs of silicon to cover the outermost exposed AC connections. Another option you can heatshrink the driver or just the AC side. (These are the 900mA (30W) drivers)
If you use the eBay drivers, each Vero 18 would run at 31.5%, dissipate 42W and cost $1.51/PAR W.
Or you could use those drivers on a Vero 29, each Vero29 would run at 35.75%, dissipate 51W and cost $2.20/PAR W.
Another advantage, the eBay drivers are power factor corrected, so your AC wiring will stay cooler and lower carbon emissions to the environment.
All that said, I am not sure the Vero 3000K looks great on paper to flower on its own due to the low amount of blue (8% Mr Flux estimate). SDS (and anyone else with an opinion on this) if you had to choose only one color temp from the Vero line for a flowering lamp what would it be?
Thanks to Mr Flux for this graph!
If you use the eBay drivers, each Vero 18 would run at 31.5%, dissipate 42W and cost $1.51/PAR W.
Or you could use those drivers on a Vero 29, each Vero29 would run at 35.75%, dissipate 51W and cost $2.20/PAR W.
Another advantage, the eBay drivers are power factor corrected, so your AC wiring will stay cooler and lower carbon emissions to the environment.
All that said, I am not sure the Vero 3000K looks great on paper to flower on its own due to the low amount of blue (8% Mr Flux estimate). SDS (and anyone else with an opinion on this) if you had to choose only one color temp from the Vero line for a flowering lamp what would it be?
Thanks to Mr Flux for this graph!
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