QB96 V2 Wiring Question

User64

User64

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Recently moved and am unpacking all the LED things for a single light setup. I've got the LED, Driver, Meter, Cord, 18 AWG Solid Core Wire, 2 Port WAGOs and the Potentiometer for dimming. Can not for the life of me find the bookmark that explained how to wire them properly. Can anyone explain or point me in the direction to learn the proper way to wire these so they function as intended ?

The potentiometer seems pretty straight forward but the meter and shunt are confusing me. The Input seems pretty straight forward with the cord. Green should be Ground, ACL Brown should be Live and ACN Blue should be Neutral. Just need to get the Output figured out, unless I'm completely wrong in the input wiring.

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Barristan Whitebeard

Barristan Whitebeard

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User64 said:
Recently moved and am unpacking all the LED things for a single light setup. I've got the LED, Driver, Meter, Cord, 18 AWG Solid Core Wire, 2 Port WAGOs and the Potentiometer for dimming. Can not for the life of me find the bookmark that explained how to wire them properly. Can anyone explain or point me in the direction to learn the proper way to wire these so they function as intended ?

The potentiometer seems pretty straight forward but the meter and shunt are confusing me. The Input seems pretty straight forward with the cord. Green should be Ground, ACL Brown should be Live and ACN Blue should be Neutral. Just need to get the Output figured out, unless I'm completely wrong in the input wiring.
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The external shunt power monitors are a little more complicated than the models with internal shunts. Are you having trouble following the diagram on the back of your power monitor?
 
User64

User64

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Barristan Whitebeard said:
The external shunt power monitors are a little more complicated than the models with internal shunts. Are you having trouble following the diagram on the back of your power monitor?
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Yes, it's a bit confusing since I've never wired something like this before. If it were a straight shot, with no meter, that would be simple.
 
User64

User64

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Sinfor said:
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This picture really helped me to try and get the meter setup but fear I might have wired it wrong. The amp readings I'm getting are way out of spec for the QB96, unless I'm completely misunderstanding how the meter works and what it's actually measuring. I thought the meter was supposed to measure the amps being put into the QB96 via the driver. At zero, the amps read .55. At full potentiometer turn, the amps read well over 50. Maybe I just don't understand what exactly the meter is measuring vs what I thought it would measure, the output of the driver vs the amps being used by the LED. This is a constant current driver, for the record.

For now, the meter is out of the loop and running just straight from the driver to potentiometer and LED. This is for a test run anyway and will be changed for future grows. Thank you everyone for the input and help.
 
Airwalker16

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User64 said:
This picture really helped me to try and get the meter setup but fear I might have wired it wrong. The amp readings I'm getting are way out of spec for the QB96, unless I'm completely misunderstanding how the meter works and what it's actually measuring. I thought the meter was supposed to measure the amps being put into the QB96 via the driver. At zero, the amps read .55. At full potentiometer turn, the amps read well over 50. Maybe I just don't understand what exactly the meter is measuring vs what I thought it would measure, the output of the driver vs the amps being used by the LED. This is a constant current driver, for the record.

For now, the meter is out of the loop and running just straight from the driver to potentiometer and LED. This is for a test run anyway and will be changed for future grows. Thank you everyone for the input and help.
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If its on the cord from the driver to the wall, it's wall pull, if it's after the driver on the LED leads, it's the drivers specs.
 
Boatguy

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Airwalker16 said:
If its on the cord from the driver to the wall, it's wall pull, if it's after the driver on the LED leads, it's the drivers specs.
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Thats a dc only meter. Not sure what would happen if hooked to the input side of the driver.
Probably nothing good
 
User64

User64

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Meter was hooked to driver output, LED and shunt. I've got the potentiometer turned to about half rotation, no fires yet. Might be I just don't understand what the meter is measuring. Thought it was supposed to show what the Driver was putting to the LED. I'll have to measure with a proper ammeter, those WAGO clips have test points just for that.
 
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