Will this work?

and now that you understand that, go start at the beginning of this thread.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/matching-drivers-and-cobs.883866/

it should be fairly obvious how that spreadsheet at the beginning was derived. just remember when the spreadsheet shows 6.1 or 6.3 or 6.8 allowable cobs per driver - its still 6....if you can answer the question of why 6.1 is more ideal than 6.9 than you really have a good understanding of whats going on there
OK I think I can answer that. You want to be using 100% of your voltage to maximize efficiency. Unused votage= >light and <heat.
 
close. keep reading and thinking and ill tell ya tomorrow if you cant figure it out.

re: that last comment, look at the datasheets for any driver and compare efficiency at 70, 80, 90%. how different is it?
 
close. keep reading and thinking and ill tell ya tomorrow if you cant figure it out.

re: that last comment, look at the datasheets for any driver and compare efficiency at 70, 80, 90%. how different is it?
Where you talking about this? I'll keep studing haven't been sleeping well and have a lot going on.

I know as much that 185h-48a will work perfectly for price and function. I'll go ahead and go for 2 1818s on passive sinks.
 

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