Is this driver right for my boards

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Dylanmark

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Is this driver right for 3 of these boards?
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Meanwell ELG 240 C2100A 3Y

All prices include VAT ELG-240-C2100A AC-DC Single output LED Driver (CC) with PFC; Output 115Vdc at 2.1A; cable output; Dimming with Potmeter The ELG 240 C2100A is out preferred driver for use with 2 x ISH288 boards ran in series.
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ISH150 - Horticultural pcb powered by Samsung LM301H

Benefits and Features Full Spectrum White Light 150 Piece LM301H Samsungs latest horticultural LED's Run up to 90w without heatsink Improved Intensity and output The ISH150 board by Invisible Sun LED is utilized in the ISH320, ISH480 and ISH600 DIY kits. We have taken the design of the vastly...
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I plan on growing in a 2x4
 
Chip Green

Chip Green

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It will work, but you will only get about 190W of draw with 3x 30V boards at 2100ma.
30V x 2.1A= 63W per board.

That driver has 115V total, available for a series circuit. So you are only using up 90V of that with 3 of those boards. A fourth board won't "fit" on that driver, to get it to its full potential.

Make sense?
 
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Dylanmark

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Chip Green said:
It will work, but you will only get about 190W of draw with 3x 30V boards at 2100ma.
30V x 2.1A= 63W per board.

That driver has 115V total, available for a series circuit. So you are only using up 90V of that with 3 of those boards. A fourth board won't "fit" on that driver, to get it to its full potential.

Make sense?
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So I should get a higher driver with more volts if I went with 4 boards il need to get one with 120 v to be efficient

if I run 3 boards of a higher driver then 90v then add one in future (next month payday)would this effect the 3 boards at all? Cheers for the help
 
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SPLFreak808 said:
Hlg320-2800b for series wiring.
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Would this be a better solution, il have 4 boards but 2 different boards here’s the links to them both, all the boards come to 108volts - many thanks :eyesmoke:
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ISH120 - Horticultural pcb powered by Samsung LM301H

Benefits and Features Full Spectrum Diffused White Light LM301H No Heatsink Required Extremely Versatile PCB The ISH120H packs a punch in a small package. Powered by 120 Samsung LM301B high efficiency LEDs . The ISH120H is utilised in the ISH240H DIY kit. These particular boards do not...
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ISH150 - Horticultural pcb powered by Samsung LM301H

Benefits and Features Full Spectrum White Light 150 Piece LM301H Samsungs latest horticultural LED's Run up to 90w without heatsink Improved Intensity and output The ISH150 board by Invisible Sun LED is utilized in the ISH320, ISH480 and ISH600 DIY kits. We have taken the design of the vastly...
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SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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Dylanmark said:
Just doubling checking bud is this it https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/hlg-320h-c2800b/led-power-supplies/mean-well/
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Shit good you asked, look for an hlg 320h-c2800a instead, download the spec sheet and read it, its been a while for me.
Dylanmark said:
Would this be a better solution, il have 4 boards but 2 different boards here’s the links to them both, all the boards come to 108volts - many thanks :eyesmoke:
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ISH120 - Horticultural pcb powered by Samsung LM301H

Benefits and Features Full Spectrum Diffused White Light LM301H No Heatsink Required Extremely Versatile PCB The ISH120H packs a punch in a small package. Powered by 120 Samsung LM301B high efficiency LEDs . The ISH120H is utilised in the ISH240H DIY kit. These particular boards do not...
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ISH150 - Horticultural pcb powered by Samsung LM301H

Benefits and Features Full Spectrum White Light 150 Piece LM301H Samsungs latest horticultural LED's Run up to 90w without heatsink Improved Intensity and output The ISH150 board by Invisible Sun LED is utilized in the ISH320, ISH480 and ISH600 DIY kits. We have taken the design of the vastly...
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No I wouldn't ever run different sized boards in series, not unless they have the same chips & chip count, you could run them in parallel but you cant go beyond 24v, so the 150 model will be bottlenecked, if you do this you should fuse each board at 3a.

Honestly my opinion would be to use two separate drivers per pair of 120/150.
 
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Dylanmark

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SPLFreak808 said:
Shit good you asked, look for an hlg 320h-c2800a instead, download the spec sheet and read it, its been a while for me.

No I wouldn't ever run different sized boards in series, not unless they have the same chips & chip count, you could run them in parallel but you cant go beyond 24v, so the 150 model will be bottlenecked, if you do this you should fuse each board at 3a.

Honestly my opinion would be to use two separate drivers per pair of 120/150.
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https://m.reichelt.com/gb/en/switching-power-supply-f-led-150-w-60-v-dc-2800-ma-mw-xlg-150-h-a-p265038.html?PROVID=2788&wt_guka=92495611608_406948187429&PROVID=2788&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjOucvoCY5wIVRLTtCh1X6QzWEAQYASABEgKVyPD_BwE&&r=1
Would 2 of these do the trick
 
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Nizza said:
remember when driving board above a certain wattage they may require heat syncs
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Yeah i just reach the limit luckily at 2800ma the max volts is 30 per bored.
Planning on making a double bored for the start as could do with waiting till pay day to buy the other half would this be fine to grow weed in a 2x4 for the veg then when they flower il have more lights?
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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Having two boards with different voltages makes it more complicated.
The xlg 150 h has a range and I don't think both boards will fit that, though im not positive because they do have more features than HLG drivers.

I would play it safe and go for a HLG-150-24 and a HLG-150-30 wire the boards in parallel
 
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