Chilled x6

Rocket Soul

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Just imagine the output literally having 2 wires connected to it. If you use one, it will still work, it just pulls all 600watts through that one cord. You can, however, split 3 bars onto each wire and split the load to 300 & 300. Much less heat through one wire and distributes the power way better.
I thought it was half and half, my apologies
 

Kindbuds303

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@Airwalker16 im totally with u on this makes since to divide them run cooler and run more evenly hopefully @Chilledgrowlights will chime in on this and if this is case I would assume gotta take whole fixture apart and re wire it this way longevity and efficiency is what I’m going for thanks I appreciate it
 

Airwalker16

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@Airwalker16 im totally with u on this makes since to divide them run cooler and run more evenly hopefully @Chilledgrowlights will chime in on this and if this is case I would assume gotta take whole fixture apart and re wire it this way longevity and efficiency is what I’m going for thanks I appreciate it
I can almost guarantee you 99% they'll OK this wiring method, but never a bad idea to wait for their confirmation I guess. It's literally the same thing, just splitting it over two wires instead of all through 1.
 

Airwalker16

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All I can say, is if it were my fixture, I'd have done it from the beginning. 600watts is pushing it to have all through one cord. Thats thee SOLE REASON the HLG-600 model has 2 output leads. It helps keep everything balanced, cooler, and more efficient. I'm excited to see pics of how it turns out when you've done it.
 

pulpoinspace

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the outputs are 14awg and im sure the cord chilled supplied is too so one lead can carry 20 amps. 48v the 600h driver is like 12.5 amps max so it should be fine to run them all through one lead but i bet that wire gets pretty warm.
 

newbplantgrower420

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does Chilled use samsung and osram diodes? I havent seen much info on their lights. Are they reliable and top of the line like Gavita, HLG, and Fluence?

$1300 for a 4x4 for the Growcraft x6 seems steep. But understandable if it meets all the above criteria.

Spectrum also seems heavy on red so probably not a full cycle light which is perfect for my flower only room.
 

Barristan Whitebeard

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does Chilled use samsung and osram diodes? I havent seen much info on their lights. Are they reliable and top of the line like Gavita, HLG, and Fluence?

$1300 for a 4x4 for the Growcraft x6 seems steep. But understandable if it meets all the above criteria. Spectrum also seems heavy on red so probably not a full cycle light which is perfect for my flower only room.
The ChilLED Growcraft lights use Samsung LM301H whites ( not positive, but looks like an equal mix of 3000k and 5000k diodes).
The deep red diodes are Cree XP-G3 660nm (Cree calls this wavelength photo red).
 

Airwalker16

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does Chilled use samsung and osram diodes? I havent seen much info on their lights. Are they reliable and top of the line like Gavita, HLG, and Fluence?

$1300 for a 4x4 for the Growcraft x6 seems steep. But understandable if it meets all the above criteria.

Spectrum also seems heavy on red so probably not a full cycle light which is perfect for my flower only room.
Oh it has plenty of 5000k diodes for plenty of blue.
 

end_of_the_tunnel

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The X6 600w kit is supplied with one power distribution pcb. Just follow the instructions at Step 7, and safely terminate each connection on the second dc driver output with supplied wagos.

I do not know what sums they did on the 20AWG twin cord they supply with kit. Might get warm like pulpoinspace mentions. Personally would have used beefier cord on dc side, and paralleled the meanwell dc outs to the lamp cord. Chilled been doing this stuff for long enough though?

kit contents.jpgX6 600 Step 7.png
 

Chilledgrowlights

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@Airwalker16 im totally with u on this makes since to divide them run cooler and run more evenly hopefully @Chilledgrowlights will chime in on this and if this is case I would assume gotta take whole fixture apart and re wire it this way longevity and efficiency is what I’m going for thanks I appreciate it
Hey guys,

Hope you all had great weekends.

The X6-600W is designed to use one of the two output leads, that's not to say you couldn't use both, we just find it unnecessary.

If you ever have questions shoot us a DM on social or email us at service@chilledgrowlights!

-Austin
 

Airwalker16

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Hey guys,

Hope you all had great weekends.

The X6-600W is designed to use one of the two output leads, that's not to say you couldn't use both, we just find it unnecessary.

If you ever have questions shoot us a DM on social or email us at service@chilledgrowlights!

-Austin
The drivers DESIGNED with 2 outputs for a reason.
 

SDS_GR

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The drivers DESIGNED with 2 outputs for a reason.
Yes , indeed.
It delivers a very high power output ,
at low voltage.Thus the current that runs through wiring is pretty high.
12.5 A in particular for the HLG 600-48 driver.Pretty high amperage and pretty dangerous also.
To avoid overheating the output wiring ,either very thick wires have to be used which is a very expensive,bulky and heavy option or another option will be that the driver is splitting it’s output into two ,thus two pairs of thinner wiring can be used.
Still only one of the outputs can be used ,if the wiring length is kept as short as possible ,while still being kinda “beefy”.

 

Kindbuds303

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I have a 7ft extension cord for output and the wires are super thick had on full blast for days now and is not hot I’m not taking fixture apart and messing with it under warranty anyway some goes wrong will be replaced immediately by @Chilledgrowlights and I’ll have them wire it that way before sent I don’t foresee this to happen
 

pulpoinspace

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it probably has two output leads because its the same design as the other 600h drivers which output in 24v, 36v etc. the 600h-12 outputs 40A, so with that driver it would be imperative to use both leads. the 54v only outputs 12A which can be carried over one lead. could be wrong.

but im pretty sure chilled knows what theyre doing guys.
 
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Kindbuds303

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Idk enough to do all that tech stuff but like u said they have done extensive research they wouldn’t tell everyone to do that way if thier was another better way they would of done that thier pretty transparent
 
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