Yeah, UVB bulbs also have some light in the PAR range(blue) but only 1,5-2μMol/s. This below is an Agromax PureUV bulb(75/25% UVB/A) and Solacure bulbs should have a little more cuz they have more like ⅓ UVB and ⅔ UVA.
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Great info. !
I need some zzzz's and go over it all again ..but.
I do have a HLG-240H-C2100B likely here by weekend, also
two Mean Well GSC40B-1400, one each for the strips that will be detachable if really needed (two bolted on frame)
one Mean Well HLG-320H-48B
half dozen rapid LED drivers
bunch of other stuff
four HGL18's @ 2100 mA 24 + VDC that at each have a combination of
6- red-far
8-deep red
4- far red diodes
so hence QB18
I can use plug in driver right into strip with the Mean Well GSC40B-1400.
Also have the HLG 36 UVA LED , same mA and VDC so I wondered can tht strip and the Red QB18 all go on the HLG-240H-C2100B ?
If I do that I have the option of three remote smaller drivers-mini light for side lighting in red's etc
as needed during a grow.
The 430-450nm range is already covered by the white strips and I'm pretty sure the Solacure bulb has also a little blue like the Agromax bulbs even if you can't see it on the Solacure spectrum chart(SPD). They're only on for a few hours but I don't think you need extra diodes in this range.HLG-320H-48B
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It's not comfortable to power every single strip separately and also not very efficient because smaller drivers are usually less efficient.
An HLG-40H-24A or B has ~1,65A and is enough to run one strip at +40w. For 2 of them in parallel you could use an HLG-60 or 80H-24A or B(2,5 or 3,35A). Each strip would run with 1,25 or 1,67A and you would have ~60 respectively 80w out of 2 QB18's.
For 4 in parallel use an HLG-120 or 150H-24A or B(4x 30 or 37,5w) and for 6 of them use an HLG-185H-24A or B(~192-200w total, min. 32w per QB18.
OK
To max out one strip you would need one HLG-60H-24A or B per strip. This driver has 2,5A and we actually need to set a voltage limit to not overpower them. But these Meanwell drivers come always with voltage poti set to 24v. This means you have to do nothing else as to check it with a multimeter. Is the voltage higher like 24v reduce it to exactly 24v. The voltage also limits the current flow and with voltage set too 24v the strip can only use 2,1A even if the driver has 2,5 or even more current. Even an HLG-240H-24 could be used to power one single strip. As long as the voltage limit is set to 24v the current flow is limited to 2,1A.
OK , good to know
If HLG ever gets blue strips in I will be getting some to add to this so divers are swap able.
You can also use cheap 24v constant voltage no name drivers because the strips have a series/parallel circuit. But for dimming you would need a different dimmer. Those with 12/24v and up to 4A would be okay and because they use PWM tech you can use the cheap remote dimmers.
What about rapid LED's dimmers I have I think 6 coming?
Thats a 50w no name driver, 24v/2,1A you can find on e3ay for 10-15€...
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Ok great!
... and that's the according dimmer.(no dimmer wires on the driver, you have to connect them in series with the LED strip)
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