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Hey, that's timely; that's what I worked on this weekend. I used an ESP8266 board and a 2N3904 transistor. The ESP's GPIO PWM turns the transistor on/off, dimming my Meanwell driver. I installed ESPEasy firmware on the board, and can now dim my Meanwell drivers via web requests/mqtt. It's...

Just wanted to report back; I swapped out the pot this evening with one that measured out just over 100k, and we're up to 260W at the wall! Yeah science!

Thank you for the details! I didn't realize the kit came with a dimming pot, so I bought some extras beforehand, and sure enough some of them measure out a bit below 100k. Good to know what's going on!

Hey guys! I just got my 260W QB304 kit assembled over the holiday weekend, and this thing is super nice! I have it hung in the tent now and it's a perfect fit. One thing I noticed when I was testing it out though is that it seems to max out at 240W from my smart plug. Is it possible the...