Which driver for 4 Zeus xT 308 lm301b in 4x4

Belko

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Hey i need little help

I ordered today four 50cm custom grow strip, 10 led per strip with 8 osram square 660nm 1.95 v at 350ma and two ssl 120 730nm 1.85v at 350ma.

https://www.led-tech.de/de/50cm-Osram-SSL-Horticulture-Plug-Grow-Streifen

it gives 19,3v per strip at 350ma = 6,755w, I am 27,02w with four strip at 350ma.

I thought about 2s2p on 700ma 30/35w driver.
I looked for constant current drivers with efficiency approaching 90%.
i do not know what to choose mean well, osram, tridonic ...

i look for the orsam OT FIT35 500/600 / 700ma

https://oled-tech.de/files/13/ZMP_1123347_OT_FIT_35_220_240_700_CS_L.pdf

I'm not on sur but if I use the led outputs 21/22 23/24 at 700ma I should have 350ma on each series?

there is also mean well PLM and LCM with a lot of interesting function
https://www.tme.eu/fr/Document/374d4d32b00434a59ee7cb2d31a4c8a6/LCM-40DA-EN.pdf

TRIDONIC drivers seems to be serious competitor
https://www.tridonic.fr/object/PDF/loader.aspx?articleid=291883&CompanyId=9&Lang=FR&ISO2=COM&Cat=www.tridonic.fr

All tips are welcome
 
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Belko

Well-Known Member
4 Zeus XT 1,9a / 4x4 space


box temp 22°C
Outside temp 20°C
After 18 hours boards are just lukewarm

"First test" ^^
with hs1010 luxemeter ~15euro
4 Zeus XT 1,9a~300w 40 cm / 24 000 lm all space
400w mh lumatek with old aaw 40cm 12000 lm under the bulb

I ll add reds later
8 Osram square 660 nm
2 Osram ssl 150 730nm
Constant current strips

Reds will be drive with an hlg 60h
I think add more cooling(heatsink) if i want run strips at 700ma but I have really no idea how it heats

I will have to do something for the heat too cool in the box
 
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jessicajonny

New Member
Hello

I m looking for a driver to run 4 Zeus xT in 4x4 Space

Sorry i can t post the link

internal interconnection of Zeus Compact and XT cards :

14 LEDs in series, 22 series in parallel

I Was looking for a driver cc hlg480h2800c for serial wiring but the seller recommends a hlg480h-42a for 4 board in parallel

I have seen the pro here most of the time recommends cc + cv drivers for led boards for high voltage or efficiency reasons,
and the led boards are not originally designed to run on cc drivers with a high voltage.

For exemple : the qb are sold with cc drivers
ledgardener recommended it for led to avoid thermal bottling and the fluctuation of the current in the circuit.

safety is very important to me I don t want to burn the house.

Sorry for my englih and thank you for you r help
Have a look at digikey for Bridgelux COB's but make sure it's gen.7. They ship to EU and you don't have to pay custom fees only VAT. All the prices are net prices and VAT is different and depending on the country.

I would use 3 or 4 strings of 3 COB's, 9 or 12pcs COB's in 3 or 4s3p. Each COB would run with ~24w/700mA or 17,5w/525mA and you can mount them to the exsisting fixture. I'm using ⅔ CRI80 F-strips and ⅓ CRI93 COB's. F-strips are running with ~525mA and COB's are at ~500mA and I've used the fixture at 12" with no issues like bleaching.

The good thing with low driven COB's is you need no expensive heatsinks. A modded aluminum C-channel with 30x 40x 30mm, 4ft. long is enough for 70-80w low driven COB's. See the 400w light in my signature, it has two modded C-channels each with 4 COB's at 500mA(70w) and highest temp reading was 116°F/47°C with 84°F/30°C ambient temps.
You only need to glue a small c-channel into a bigger c-channel to increase the surface area and convert it into a long passive heatsink.

For UVB I would recommend to use good reptile bulbs. 24w each 0,5m² is enough because the daily dose is determined by hours of usage! Agromax has indeed the PureUV which is 3 times more powerful but they do not ship in the EU and there is no official EU distributor till now.
But good reptile bulbs like the Arcadia D3desert(12% UVB/30% UVA, 7000°k/CRI90) or D3dragon(14%/30%, 7000°k/CRI90) used for 3-6h the day gives you more than enough of these high energy wavelengths.

Lets say you use the 24w D3dessert 2ft T5HO bulb at 16-18"/40-45cm above the tops. You can expect 80-100μW/cm² UVB with alu reflector. If you use it for 6h the day(3h at the beginning and 3h before lights off) that's already a dose of 17,28 to 25,92kJ/m². Reflectors are a must have with those 360° bulbs and target is to distribute the light as even as possible without loosing too much on the walls.
 

jessicajonny

New Member
Have a look at digikey for Bridgelux COB's but make sure it's gen.7. They ship to EU and you don't have to pay custom fees only VAT. All the prices are net prices and VAT is different and depending on the country.

I would use 3 or 4 strings of 3 COB's, 9 or 12pcs COB's in 3 or 4s3p. Each COB would run with ~24w/700mA or 17,5w/525mA and you can mount them to the exsisting fixture. I'm using ⅔ CRI80 F-strips and ⅓ CRI93 COB's. F-strips are running with ~525mA and COB's are at ~500mA and I've used the fixture at 12" with no issues like bleaching.

The good thing with low driven COB's is you need no expensive heatsinks. A modded aluminum C-channel with 30x 40x 30mm, 4ft. long is enough for 70-80w low driven COB's. See the 400w light in my signature, it has two modded C-channels each with 4 COB's at 500mA(70w) and highest temp reading was 116°F/47°C with 84°F/30°C ambient temps.
You only need to glue a small c-channel into a bigger c-channel to increase the surface area and convert it into a long passive heatsink.

For UVB I would recommend to use good reptile bulbs. 24w each 0,5m² is enough because the daily dose is determined by hours of usage! Agromax has indeed the PureUV which is 3 times more powerful but they do not ship in the EU and there is no official EU distributor till now.
But good reptile bulbs like the Arcadia D3desert(12% UVB/30% UVA, 7000°k/CRI90) or D3dragon(14%/30%, 7000°k/CRI90) used for 3-6h the day gives you more than enough of these high energy wavelengths. vat calculator

Lets say you use the 24w D3dessert 2ft T5HO bulb at 16-18"/40-45cm above the tops. You can expect 80-100μW/cm² UVB with alu reflector. If you use it for 6h the day(3h at the beginning and 3h before lights off) that's already a dose of 17,28 to 25,92kJ/m². Reflectors are a must have with those 360° bulbs and target is to distribute the light as even as possible without loosing too much on the walls.
is that good? i want to say more about this
 
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