QB linkage help

KlosetKush

KlosetKush

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so I have an HLG 135watt QB with an
hlg-100h-54A. what would be some good boards to link with this driver to make my flower room have a better footprint?
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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KlosetKush said:
so I have an HLG 135watt QB with an
hlg-100h-54A. what would be some good boards to link with this driver to make my flower room have a better footprint?
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Look for boards and strips that are 48-54volts. Chilled logic pucks are 54v but are suggested to be ran in series not parallel.
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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Airwalker16 said:
Look for boards and strips that are 48-54volts. Chilled logic pucks are 54v but are suggested to be ran in series not parallel.
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That advice is no good. In order to put another led on that driver it would have to be in parallel.
Only do parallel with exact same chip/board or something that has the exact same electrical and thermal characteristics. With different voltages the 2 boards will pull different amount of amps, heating up unequally and possibly leading to thermal runaway.

You need another Qb, preferably with the same voltage bin.
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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Rocket Soul said:
That advice is no good. In order to put another led on that driver it would have to be in parallel.
Only do parallel with exact same chip/board or something that has the exact same electrical and thermal characteristics. With different voltages the 2 boards will pull different amount of amps, heating up unequally and possibly leading to thermal runaway.

You need another Qb, preferably with the same voltage bin.
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Ya I misread his question. My bad. Although, I've still yet to see an example of documented thermal runaway actually happening on here.
 
KlosetKush

KlosetKush

Active Member
Rocket Soul said:
That advice is no good. In order to put another led on that driver it would have to be in parallel.
Only do parallel with exact same chip/board or something that has the exact same electrical and thermal characteristics. With different voltages the 2 boards will pull different amount of amps, heating up unequally and possibly leading to thermal runaway.

You need another Qb, preferably with the same voltage bin.
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so basically I would need the exact same board or buy a different set up?
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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You can try something else with a similar voltage but its not recomended. Thermal runaway might not be common but whats the point in challanging Murphys law?
I suppose you could get a china clone of your board but you should make sure your board and the china board uses the same voltage bin.
 
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