Hello everyone! I've trying very hard to avoid buying a blurple light, however I'm in the UK where components are harder to get / more expensive and my understanding of electronics in limited.
I'm thinking of using 12 x Bridgelux EB 2 foot strips and a Meanwell HLG-320H-24 driver. According to the led gardener parallel strip build tool (I can't provide a link as my post count is too low) this driver will run the leds at 75% and give me 287watts, which should be enough for my 2x4' grow space.
There are a few things which are confusing me, and searching the internet has only added to my confusion:
Firstly, I believe as I'll be running the strips in parallel, the driver should be constant voltage, however all the drivers that are available look to be constant current (I'm searching "hlg-320h-24" on mouser uk)
Secondly, the ledgardener page says it's important to adjust the drivers output voltage down to the system voltage, which in my case is 22.8V.
Would I be correct in saying that if the driver is constant voltage then the voltage can be adjusted but not the current (amps), and that if the driver is constant current then the amps can be adjusted but not the volts? or have I got it the wrong way around, or just wrong?
Thirdly, the system current of this build would be 12.6A which sounds scary. I understand I wouldn't just daisy chain one strip to the next, but is 12.6A OK?
I really appreciate any help anyone can offer, I've spent a few weeks researching and trying to work it all out, but I'm going around in circles and my brain in close to imploding.
I'm thinking of using 12 x Bridgelux EB 2 foot strips and a Meanwell HLG-320H-24 driver. According to the led gardener parallel strip build tool (I can't provide a link as my post count is too low) this driver will run the leds at 75% and give me 287watts, which should be enough for my 2x4' grow space.
There are a few things which are confusing me, and searching the internet has only added to my confusion:
Firstly, I believe as I'll be running the strips in parallel, the driver should be constant voltage, however all the drivers that are available look to be constant current (I'm searching "hlg-320h-24" on mouser uk)
Secondly, the ledgardener page says it's important to adjust the drivers output voltage down to the system voltage, which in my case is 22.8V.
Would I be correct in saying that if the driver is constant voltage then the voltage can be adjusted but not the current (amps), and that if the driver is constant current then the amps can be adjusted but not the volts? or have I got it the wrong way around, or just wrong?
Thirdly, the system current of this build would be 12.6A which sounds scary. I understand I wouldn't just daisy chain one strip to the next, but is 12.6A OK?
I really appreciate any help anyone can offer, I've spent a few weeks researching and trying to work it all out, but I'm going around in circles and my brain in close to imploding.
