Driver Too Powerful? Driver Selection Guidance

dogcheese

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Howdy y'all,
I've been doing some research for building a Samsung strip lighting set up for a 20x20x40inch grow tent and just have a few questions!:

Will this driver work for 4x SL-B8V1N30LAWW (1-1.6A, 11.1V/per strip) in series?

or will it not pull enough volts at lowered current (1-1.4A) with ONLY 4 in series?
My thinking is I should buy a driver that I can add more strips to in the future; this is possible correct/right?


Also when it says:
'Dimming: Analog'
Does that mean it is dimmable by a potentiometer or something?
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I greatly appreciate any feedback!
cheese
 
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SLP-DUA47501US or SLP-DUA47531WW , if there's an option to to choose the dimming form make sure that u select 0-10 , I'm not r
 
Sorry .., I'm not really sure if there will be an option , though never worked on those , and in catalogue it's unclear if the driver is combined or not, but in specs it definitely says 0-10 v , and that's what u looking for to dim those panels u choose ( that's what analogue dimming means ), if U have an option leave the driver outside the tent (cooler is better ;)) or grow room , only one thing U need to watch out 4 , is the length of the cable from the driver to light , U want that to be short as possible generally around 2-3m should be ok ( I'm not gonna bother u with voltage drop and all that shit ), when extending any cables make sure U using same diameter cable , not smaller ,(bigger is ok ), NEVER EVER ignore earth (green yellow) cable as thats the only guarantee of your SAFETY , that driver should do 4 of those panels without pushing it , buy two of those drivers, split the load on to two of them , 2 panels each - means they running on lower temps , and u still have around 40-50 % expansion possibility on the drivers , on top of that if one of them dies , U can always connect all 4panels into one u have left , you just can't have too many spare parts in my opinion , sorry but English is not my first language , and hope u understand what I'm saying , happy growing, ACAB
 
Oh yes is dimmable by potentiometer , but u don't need power supply for it , just 2 core cable in and out from potentiometer , make sure the potentiometer is 0-10 v, any will do
 
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