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stinky17

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I'm pretty sure this is a simple answer bit I have a hlg 480h-48a and I was wondering what does the 100-240v~ 5.5a means for the input. I was soldering my own LEDs to cutters sol-skin strips with what I could say is every color of the spectrum from 2700k-65k 90cri . And I tried to put one board on the driver to make sure it lit up then.... Nothing jack shit does the 5.5a input mean I have to put 5.5amps into the driver to get it to turn on my boards?
 
NGA

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100-240 v means you can use the device by supplying voltage between 100-240volt. Operating the device outside this voltage range may cause damage to device.
 
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NGA said:
100-240 v means you can use the device by supplying voltage between 100-240volt. Operating the device outside this voltage range may cause damage to device.
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What does the 5.5a mean after that? Does it mean between 100-240v I have to input 5.5 amps (5 boards at 1.2amps) to get my strips to work? Because one board did nothing lol not even a flicker
 
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The input is the AC power from the wall, it draws 5.5 amps at 115 volts. If the drivers input is connected to 100-240 volts AC, it's not you problem.
Check that wiring to the board is not reversed. Are the voltage and current pots turned down on the driver? Where does one find specs on the sol-skins? God, I hate that navigating cutter sight, plus the stupid window that keeps popping up in the corner, who the fuck cares if joe blow in Colorado bought a piece of wire six days ago!
 
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1212ham said:
The input is the AC power from the wall, it draws 5.5 amps at 115 volts. If the drivers input is connected to 100-240 volts AC, it's not you problem.
Check that wiring to the board is not reversed. Are the voltage and current pots turned down on the driver? Where does one find specs on the sol-skins? God, I hate that navigating cutter sight, plus the stupid window that keeps popping up in the corner, who the fuck cares if joe blow in Colorado bought a piece of wire six days ago!
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Thats hilarious yes the sight is crazy slow but it's worth it. I personally bought the blank mcpcb boards and soldered them on myself had the diodes the same way as were on the board. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but I wires the one board to the driver nothing happened I adjusted the io and vo adjust tested the wires from the driver got 51v down to 40. Still nothing Im guessing that 100-240v 5.5a meant that once I supplied the driver with 100-240v input from the wall and had a minimum load of 5.5a it should work?
 

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@Randomblame I seen your message. So in order for my lights to illuminate I would have to add 8 boards? I hooked up one and nothing happened maybe I goofed up but all my diodes are aligned correctly to the board specifications.
 
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For an HLG-480H-48A you should at !east use 8 strips in parallel. This way each strip get's ~1,25A which is close to its limit. The 100-240v side is AC input! This side is connected to a wall plug(L, N and ground). On the other side you have the DC output. This side has 48v and min. 10A(see datasheet below).
You need to solder wires to the + and - side on the strips(best would be red and black) and then connect all + wires together on one side and all - wires on the other side. 5 port Wago clamps can do this and are pretty cheap. If its done you have one + Wago and one - Wago and all strips are connected in parallel. The only thing to do now is to connect the + and - wires of the driver output to these two Wago connectors and its done. As soon as you plug it in it will lit up and with the build in regulators you can dimm the light between 50 and 108%.
First thing you should do is to figure out its maximum. You turn the current regulator(the right one) fully up than adjust the voltage regulator to the point where it gets not brighter. Leave it at this point it protect your strips incase one fails. Put the rubber nipple back in and use only the current regulator for dimming.

That's it! Lamp is running, voltage limit is set, fixture should work for a long time. You can also add more strips but no less than 8. It's possible to use less strips but you would either not get the full driver output or you would overdrive the strips which can damage them.

Visit ledgardeners website he has a few nice wiring examples or search youtube for how-to vids if you're still unsure how to do it. But it actually pretty easy.
 

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Randomblame said:
For an HLG-480H-48A you should at !east use 8 strips in parallel. This way each strip get's ~1,25A which is close to its limit. The 100-240v side is AC input! This side is connected to a wall plug(L, N and ground). On the other side you have the DC output. This side has 48v and min. 10A(see datasheet below).
You need to solder wires to the + and - side on the strips(best would be red and black) and then connect all + wires together on one side and all - wires on the other side. 5 port Wago clamps can do this and are pretty cheap. If its done you have one + Wago and one - Wago and all strips are connected in parallel. The only thing to do now is to connect the + and - wires of the driver output to these two Wago connectors and its done. As soon as you plug it in it will lit up and with the build in regulators you can dimm the light between 50 and 108%.
First thing you should do is to figure out its maximum. You turn the current regulator(the right one) fully up than adjust the voltage regulator to the point where it gets not brighter. Leave it at this point it protect your strips incase one fails. Put the rubber nipple back in and use only the current regulator for dimming.

That's it! Lamp is running, voltage limit is set, fixture should work for a long time. You can also add more strips but no less than 8. It's possible to use less strips but you would either not get the full driver output or you would overdrive the strips which can damage them.

Visit ledgardeners website he has a few nice wiring examples or search youtube for how-to vids if you're still unsure how to do it. But it actually pretty easy.
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See that why I asked you personally lol been following you on here for months lol I'm running 16 of them. 500ma each in a 2x4. Thanks bro I really appreciate it.
 
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Randomblame said:
For an HLG-480H-48A you should at !east use 8 strips in parallel.
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Randomblame said:
You can also add more strips but no less than 8. It's possible to use less strips but you would either not get the full driver output or you would overdrive the strips which can damage them.
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How many of these....
https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/samsung-semiconductor-inc/SI-B8VZ91B20WW/1510-2229-ND/6676693?_ga=2.222498514.874572130.1558460198-1281737404.1554296410
....can one use minimal and maximum on a HLG-480H-48A?
 
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Keesje said:
How many of these....
https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/samsung-semiconductor-inc/SI-B8VZ91B20WW/1510-2229-ND/6676693?_ga=2.222498514.874572130.1558460198-1281737404.1554296410
....can one use minimal and maximum on a HLG-480H-48A?
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How many amps you want out of them? I got 16 48v Sol skins. And 2 Vero 29's all running at. 555. You can do the same exact thing. We have the same driver same volt strips. Those are super pricey but worth it. @Randomblame that sound bout right?
 
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Keesje

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stinky17 said:
How many amps you want out of them?
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You can run as many as you like. The only limit is how much power the driver has.
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I am asking because on another forum someone insisted that 4 was the maximum. But someone else replied that in the combination of the HLG-480H-48A with the Samsung F-serie Gen3 (44 inch / 112 cm) you can connect 4, 5, 6 and more.
For me it is too technical. :cry:
 
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Keesje said:
I am asking because on another forum someone insisted that 4 was the maximum. But someone else replied that in the combination of the HLG-480H-48A with the Samsung F-serie Gen3 (44 inch / 112 cm) you can connect 4, 5, 6 and more.
For me it is too technical. :cry:
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That 480 watts the driver pushes will be split among however many strips you use , same with amperage its a 10A driver, so in Paralell the strips will divide the 10 amps between them. 10 strips will run @ 48 watts each and 1A... 16 strips at 30w each and 625ma and so on. I think the sweet spot on the F series double rows is like 1660ma? You need to be above the min (ma) and below the max (ma) ideally. some strips are underrated and will allow you to push them harder, but im not smart enough to tell you which lol

You have to use a minimum number of strips so they dont run too hard and fry them.

Ledgardener has 4 f series double rows(like you linked) on a 480 driver. the more strips you add, the softer they run, you keep dividing the 480w and the 10 amps by however many strips you wire to it.

Im still new to this LED racket too, but this is the basic undestanding that ive been told lol
 
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stinky17

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Keesje said:
I am asking because on another forum someone insisted that 4 was the maximum. But someone else replied that in the combination of the HLG-480H-48A with the Samsung F-serie Gen3 (44 inch / 112 cm) you can connect 4, 5, 6 and more.
For me it is too technical. :cry:
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Took me a solid full month of continuous video watching forum lurking sleepless nights to figure this out. If you want it you'll achieve it. It's waaaay easier than u think. I have my brain fart moments though lol. I believe in more lights=more coverage less amps to your electronics longer they run don't really need heat sinks just a good fan. Make sure you grab some wago's! Run your boards in parallel and don't have your strips to close and give off nasty hotspots.
 
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