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Yea that was me being an idiot and mixing the 2 and 4 ft strips. Thanks. Will 2mm aluminium angle/channel be good for those if I run at 22w?

Ok I've had no luck finding my camera and the one on my phone's knackered - need a new phone tbh but that can feckin wait. I'll dig out that cam tomorrow and decorate this thread a bit. So I need to knock together another couple of lights and I've narrowed my choice down to Bxeb Gen 3 4ft...

Ok thanks. Obviously there's more I need to know and I'm nearly at the point where I can focus just on individual things. When I've got the main bits of my build I'll carry on taking it all in. I'm just about to buy my F-series strips and I'm thinking, if I want to add some deep and far red at...

Oh I just received my BXEB strips btw. Code says they're 90 CRI :hump: 30G2000-C-C3

Understood. Thanks So let's say you're running your strips at half power in the first place, and a couple go out. Would I be right in thinking this gives you some insurance as well? I mean the rest of the strips are still well within their max range aren't they?

You obviously missed my sick sketch a couple of pages ago Waiting for my pic of the month prize

Right. Clearly explained. Nice one So let's say we would never need to overclock the driver. In fact we would only ever need to dim it. Then there will be no real reason to get the A version of the driver?

Ok so I'm now the proud owner of 2 cutter PR boost kits with 4 extra strips each and 2 x HLG-480H-36AB drivers. We are moving...

I understand, but what I don't get is, if the voltage of the driver can be dialled down, doesn't that protect from the issue of overload? I mean if I got a driver a few volts over what I needed and turned it down, what's the problem there?

Thanks very much. Can't get the AB on Digikey so gonna go with the A unless I ca source them somewhere else.

Here COB This is for the F-series https://www.digikey.co.uk/products/en?keywords=SI-B8VZ91B20WW These are the BXEB https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/lighting-solutions--light-engine-led-assemblies--light-engines/bxeb-l0560z-30g2000-c-c3-bridgelux-5115970

So will the driver need a certain voltage buffer to do that? When you say nothing I can do much about,do you mean if my driver is under powered for the strips? I'll just put it bluntly, what would you buy for an F-series 4ft 8 strip build? Thanks bud

So This to match my 46V 48A And this for the 20V 20V A They've got the B version of the second one. But you're saying if it's either or, get the A?

Thanks very much again. I was compensating for voltage drop by going a bit higher on the drivers. I was originally matching the driver with the strip based on the exact voltage but @cobshopgrow told me to compensate for voltage drop. I think I misunderstood how to do that so mistakenly went...

Maybe that's at light level. That bit's a bit vague. Does it say anywhere at what distance that figure is accurate?

So for 8 F-Series strips with a forward voltage of 46V Would this driver be good? https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/mean-well-usa-inc/HLG-480H-54A/1866-2554-ND/7704117 And for my 240w builds with the BXEB strips, this...

What's the total wattage of your light/driver? Do it like I did up there and see what you come out with

Just done a calculation based on my space. Someone tell me if I've got this wrong. So The F-Series run at 168 Lumens per watt and the light is 480w max. Using the waveform calculator: 168 lumens x 480w = 80,640 80,640 input into the waveform calculator with high CRI 3000K as my choice =...

@CaliWorthington Use this to get your ppf first. Then use that calculator you linked. https://www.waveformlighting.com/horticulture/convert-lumens-to-ppf-online-calculator Use the specs on the strip's datasheet or on the digikey page for lumens per watt, then multiply by the power each strip...

Not sure I'm entering the right parameters in that calculator but I've played around with it and I'm not getting much voltage drop at all. Drivers will only be 6 feet away from the light, which is maybe 10 feet in wire accounting for bends. What kind of buffer in voltage would you recommend in...