High efficiency driver swap?

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eastcoastled

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So, I have never learned how to match drivers and cobs. Most of my info has been gathered from this forum without asking many questions. My last build consisted of 2 lights powered by (2) HLG-185H-C700, 8 36v cxb3590 cd bin per driver. I am currently covering a 4'x 5' area with these. I am about 75% through my first run with these lights. I am really curious what a 25-50% bump in power would do for my second run. The question is- Is there another driver that would give me a little bump in power, utilizing my current setup, without re-wiring? I am aware what i can do by re-wiring, and utilizing a 1050 driver, but that would leave one cob without power.
 
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PurpleBuz

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eastcoastled said:
So, I have never learned how to match drivers and cobs. Most of my info has been gathered from this forum without asking many questions. My last build consisted of 2 lights powered by (2) HLG-185H-C700, 8 36v cxb3590 cd bin per driver. I am currently covering a 4'x 5' area with these. I am about 75% through my first run with these lights. I am really curious what a 25-50% bump in power would do for my second run. The question is- Is there another driver that would give me a little bump in power, utilizing my current setup, without re-wiring? I am aware what i can do by re-wiring, and utilizing a 1050 driver, but that would leave one cob without power.
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what I would do in this case is to build a 4' long flowering booster bar heavy in deep red + UVA/actinic blues.

You could also use some of the spare voltage (~22 V per driver) with some monos or xml2s.
 
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eastcoastled

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Thanks for the replies. The HLG-320H-C1050 is exactly what I had in mind, just didn't know if such a driver existed. I can wait.
 
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anomolies

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eastcoastled said:
So, I have never learned how to match drivers and cobs. Most of my info has been gathered from this forum without asking many questions. My last build consisted of 2 lights powered by (2) HLG-185H-C700, 8 36v cxb3590 cd bin per driver. I am currently covering a 4'x 5' area with these. I am about 75% through my first run with these lights. I am really curious what a 25-50% bump in power would do for my second run. The question is- Is there another driver that would give me a little bump in power, utilizing my current setup, without re-wiring? I am aware what i can do by re-wiring, and utilizing a 1050 driver, but that would leave one cob without power.
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im a noob too, just wondering how many watts that is per cob
 
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eastcoastled

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anomolies said:
im a noob too, just wondering how many watts that is per cob
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each driver pulls 198w from the wall plugged into a meter. So a hair less than 400w over a 4'x 5', which is why i want to bump up the power a little. I know i'm going to get the best GPW ever, but it's just as important to fully utilize my space.
 
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anomolies

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eastcoastled said:
each driver pulls 198w from the wall plugged into a meter. So a hair less than 400w over a 4'x 5', which is why i want to bump up the power a little. I know i'm going to get the best GPW ever, but it's just as important to fully utilize my space.
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so switching to HLG-320H-C1050 would be a 25% increase in power?
 
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