My sentiments exactly.
I will be liking order this Friday. I'll be glade to order some extra. Which one you looking at. Side note there are only 5 of the ELN-60-48P left. 8 of the ELN-60-48D. I will more then likely buying the last 5.
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I'd prefer the P's as thats what I have and they would serve as backups to critical lighting if something breaks' and also I have arduino boards for the lights; otherwise either one should work...
mapierce7
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My mistake on the $18 quote, they were $22 I was thinking of the non dimmable I was looking at for supplemental LEDs. But either way saved me over $75 for the 6 I needed. If you have questions about availability or quantities e-mail mary@bravoelectro.com she has been really helpful and gets back to me within 10 minutes. Good luck on the builds, cant wait to see how they all turn out!
:brick::brick::brick::brick::brick::brick: This build is kicking my ***. I'm down one again and one that doesn't seem to be working correctly. Getting voltage out but led are not lighting up. The meanwells setup is more of hassle then Steve's leds setup. The meanwells setup I got 7 plug in total that I have to hook up. Steve's Led only 3 Wiring steve's set up was at lot easy then trying to wire the meanwells. I will probably bit the bullet and just fix steve's led drivers. I'm just getting so fed up with this bulid. :brick::brick::brick:
Welling had a nice message typed up about some troubleshooting tips but the iPhone decided not to post it.
So now you just get my motivational speech .
You can do it! ! It isn't rocket science. Take a step back and verify the wires. Test every LED individually. check for shorts and opens.
So now you just get my motivational speech .
You can do it! ! It isn't rocket science. Take a step back and verify the wires. Test every LED individually. check for shorts and opens.
mapierce7
Senior Member
Strange indeed. I had no issues on my build with the meanwells. Also to reduce the plug disasters I wired several together on the same AC plug and let my apex take care of shutting certain colors off. But now that you have it figured out lets see some pics!
Ya one driver is completely shot I can see the burnt huge coil in the back. The other one is basally not receiving the 10v to the dimmer portion so basically not turning on.
I had a whole mess of wires connected to a 12v power supply and to all the dimmers. Also had a whole slew wires running to the drivers. It would of been a lot simpler with just 2 drivers, but I got 5. I tripled check all the wiring, but with the whole slew of wire I probably missed one or wired it incorrectly.
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12V for a dimming signal; is that rated 12V ... if so its likely putting out more or lot more than 12V... maybe the reason for the burnt drivers..?
I have quite a few Meanwells in my build.. (touch wood).. no issues... its also more flexible to use. I like the way its possible to adjust the current to any setting within the range, *overcurrent protection*. Also they run a lot cooler than the CAT4101 based drivers, Steve's Led is one of those; what I dont like about the meanwells is the dimming down to 0... but thats not a deal breaker.
I have quite a few Meanwells in my build.. (touch wood).. no issues... its also more flexible to use. I like the way its possible to adjust the current to any setting within the range, *overcurrent protection*. Also they run a lot cooler than the CAT4101 based drivers, Steve's Led is one of those; what I dont like about the meanwells is the dimming down to 0... but thats not a deal breaker.
I'm using a pot to turn the voltage down to 10v. Then feeding that to the pots that run the drivers. Read that was the way to do it in that huge thread on RC.
I'm just not digging the meanwells that much since I need 5 plugs in total to power up all the drivers. Not to mention I need to run 10v into all the drivers. There was so much wiring that need to be done to hook up all 5 to the 12v power supply. I was glad I have an old computer PS that I could turn down to 10v or else I would had to get 3 10v ps add on top of that. Since the regular 9v PS was only able to work with 2 drivers.
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While thats the best way to wire them up.. i.e. one plug for one driver, you could group the drivers.. I have two drivers wired to one plug... previously there were upto four
Also you wont need 10 power supplies for dimming, as long as its able to provide enough current to povide a good signal to all drivers .. it should be good. anyway providing a fixed signal from a wall wart is ancient hook it up to your controller or arduino already and see what LEDs are all about
opworm:So I can hook up the drivers to one plug?While thats the best way to wire them up.. i.e. one plug for one driver, you could group the drivers.. I have two drivers wired to one plug... previously there were upto four
Also you wont need 10 power supplies for dimming, as long as its able to provide enough current to povide a good signal to all drivers .. it should be good. anyway providing a fixed signal from a wall wart is ancient hook it up to your controller or arduino already and see what LEDs are all about
Ok confused with wording there. So I don't need a 10v power supply or do I need one. Cause the system wouldn't power up without one. Not to mention the 9v ps was only able to power up 2 drivers. So I switch to the 12 computer PS dial down to 10v.
Well a year later and I'm still fighting this thing. Thought everything was fine running for 6mth with out issue. Now it seem I'm have power issue with the system now. As I notice my light isn't as bright as it use to be. Grab the Par meter from :fritz: and I got 0 par at the bottom and 90 at the top. So that explain why some of the corals were losing their vibrant colors. Freaking awesome.
So ordered a new power supply and actually lens. Power supply should be here tomorrow. I'm pretty sure its the power supply cause I know it over heated twice when we really had those those hot spell last month. Lens should be here hopefully wed. Maybe with all of this done I'll see those par reading of 600 I'm suppose to be getting. If that doesn't work I'm throwing the towel on these guys and just grabbing Vega Colors. Anyone know if they fix the stupid issue with the controller, that if it becomes unplugged the light just stick and stay at the last setting. OK Done ranting.:angryfire::brick::brick::brick:
So ordered a new power supply and actually lens. Power supply should be here tomorrow. I'm pretty sure its the power supply cause I know it over heated twice when we really had those those hot spell last month. Lens should be here hopefully wed. Maybe with all of this done I'll see those par reading of 600 I'm suppose to be getting. If that doesn't work I'm throwing the towel on these guys and just grabbing Vega Colors. Anyone know if they fix the stupid issue with the controller, that if it becomes unplugged the light just stick and stay at the last setting. OK Done ranting.:angryfire::brick::brick::brick: