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Does the artwork help increase the yield?!?! Sort of like classical music or talking to your plants can make them happier? :)

Well it looks like my calculations were correct. I tested the output of my driver, and it read 84 volts, which seemed to indicate that I could run 3.5 x 2' strips @ 24volts each. Well 3 worked fine, and when I tried adding a 4th they started blinking. So maybe I should have waited for the...

I also just tested the power draw using a kill a watt meter, and it looks like the 4 drivers powering 12x2' strips are using ~300w and I believe 2.8amps? Which I guess is in the ballpark? Am I correct that the 2.8 amp reading is the total draw of the 4 drivers? And that 2.8amps / 4 drivers =...

Indeed. lol The funny bit is that I used electrical tape because I was worried the packing wouldn't be able to handle the heat... I'll pick up some Kapton tape, and maybe toss a few screws in them all too ;)

And if you're just using tape to mount the strips, use a lot! I thought a few lengths of black electrical tape on each end would be enough to secure them, but I found 1 strip had fallen down and toasted a few clones yesterday ;). Luckily these things generate almost no heat, so the plants...

Just wanted to thank everyone for the great advice and guidance. I now have 12x2' 3000k strips in a 3'x2' space, powered by 4 of the scavenged LED drivers, and it's looking more like that old fashioned HPS glow now, rather than the pink hue I had become accustomed to with the Mars II's :) And...

Is that the price for a complete COB assembly, or just for the LED itself? When I was shopping around I noticed that the COBs themselves were reasonably priced, but then you needed to add a heatsink etc. to each COB which essentially doubles the price? Also it seems that the COBs must be...

Thanks for the confirmation, I think I might finally be remembering my circuit education from electronics class :).

I tested DC by just putting the probes on the red/black driver wires, with no LED strip attached, and it seems to be reading ~86 volts? So would this mean I can run 3.5 x 2' strips (86v available / 24v per strip), and that they will all be getting the maximum current of 1400mA since they're...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5eTEZecnPJIYs9Kr2 So it's just the red driver lead wired to the positive of strip #1, the black driver lead wired to the negative of strip #2, and the both strips wired together using the negative of strip #1 and the positive of strip #2. I tested this circuit while...

That's what I thought too! So maybe I actually have them wired in parallel? The wiring picture is my new avatar. I have the Driver's positive (+ red) lead wired to the positive (+) solderless point on strip #1 , and the Driver's black lead wired to the negative (-) solderless point on strip...

I just meant that when I tested the voltage and amps, I tested the strips that were already mounted, wired in series, and powered on, and the circuits that I tested consisted of a single driver, and 2x 2' strips wired together in series. When I tested these circuits by placing the multimeter...

I think I figured out the multimeter, and it looks like my drivers are providing 24volts, however I'm not sure I'm getting the correct amp reading. The Volt reading for a single strip was ~24volts, and with 2 strips wired together the reading as ~22volts., which I guess accounts for the ~1.5v...

Any computer store should sell thermal paste, try Canada Computers for something like Arctic Silver.

Hopefully you can use a less expensive driver, $226 and 600W might be overkill for 12 2' strips :)