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X6xsilverx6X

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So this will be my first Samsung LED strip build, and hopefully I have everything right. I have two shorty gorilla tents one for 4x4 flower and a veg 4x2

I am thinking 10x lt-fb24b SI-B8VZ91B20WW

(4x4 tent) 6x run on a hlg-600h-48a at 50% Parallel wiring

(4x2) 4x run on a hlg-480h-48a at 50% Parallel wiring

10x 2”x46” Aluminum U channel from HD or heat sinks

2x L shape 48”

2x L shape 24”

14 gauge wire

Wagos

Roll of thermal tape

L20 power connector

And

NEMA 5-15P

Or

2x IEC C14

2x 18 AWG Universal Power Cord (NEMA 5-15P to IEC320C13)

Have I gotten everything right? Forgotten anything? Am I using to many strips? Any cheaper or easier solution to what I’m trying todo? And what is my estimated efficiency? Also if it’s to much light what should I be looking at?
Thanks for any help in advance


Should be about $1000 overall for lights for both tent.
 
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X6xsilverx6X said:
So this will be my first Samsung LED strip build, and hopefully I have everything right. I have two shorty gorilla tents one for 4x4 flower and a veg 4x2

I am thinking 10x lt-fb24b SI-B8VZ91B20WW

(4x4 tent) 6x run on a hlg-600h-48a at 50% Parallel wiring

(4x2) 4x run on a hlg-480h-48a at 50% Parallel wiring

10x 2”x46” Aluminum U channel from HD or heat sinks

2x L shape 48”

2x L shape 24”

14 gauge wire

Wagos

Roll of thermal tape

L20 power connector

And

NEMA 5-15P

Or

2x IEC C14

2x 18 AWG Universal Power Cord (NEMA 5-15P to IEC320C13)

Have I gotten everything right? Forgotten anything? Am I using to many strips? Any cheaper or easier solution to what I’m trying todo? And what is my estimated efficiency? Also if it’s to much light what should I be looking at?
Thanks for any help in advance


Should be about $1000 overall for lights for both tent.
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Sounds like good system!
It's the 4ft double row strip, yes? If so there is no issue using 100% diver output. A double row strip can work with up to 170w overdriven. 100w is optimal range for good efficiency but you can get away with only 4 strips on the HLG-600. ~650w total, ~163w per Strip.
The HLG-480 has up to 550w that's a bit too much for only 3 strips. So you could use 4 double row strips per driver.
And search for single core wires for the internal wiring. Fits much better inside the strip connectors.

Edit;
Efficiency with HLG-600 should be ~2,4μMol/J with 6 strips and ~2,2μMol/J with 4 strips. The HLG-480 with 4 DR strips should be ~2,3 fully ramped up to 100%. At 50% driver output strip efficiency goes 2-3% up, yes, maybe up to 2,6μMol/J but dimming costs driver efficiency on the other hand. So system efficiency with dimmed drivers will stay almost the same. At 100% and with 230v the HLG-480 reach 95% efficiency; dimmed down to 50% it's olny 93%. (see screenie below)
The 2-3% better LED efficiency gets lost on the driver side. I would recommend to use all the juice available. In your case it's better to use a HLG-480 (4-6 DR F-strips) and a 240(2-3 DR strips, 550 and 280w). It's cheaper and more efficient! And it's more than enough for a 4x 4' and a 2x 4' area. That's 35w/sft and when I include a short distance of 12" to the canopy that is surely around 1000 μmol/s/m².
 

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