How to power strip lights?

I tried to avoid creating a new thread for this but I was having difficulty finding the answer searching through the threads and I asked this question a few days ago in the "diy led lights and how to power them" and still haven't received an answer, so here's my question again:

Hey guys, I want to power 5 of these on their own, the strips themselves say 700mA but the data sheet says nominal 960mA with typical forward voltage of 20.3V.









So do I want to wire them all parallel with a current supply that will produce 3.5A to 4.8A and doesn't go far above 20.3V or do I want to wire them all in series with a voltage supply around 101.5V and a variable current supply of at least 960ma?

Been a while since I shopped for one.


I also want to power 10 of these BXEB-L1120Z-50S4000-C-C3|AbC0PN|2112

These also say 960mA on the data sheet but a typical forward voltage of 40.2v

I assume that I don't to push 400V with all the lights in series but Idk.

Anyone mind clearing this up for me?

First strips: honestly you could do both series or parallel with those strips, 100ish V is not too high imo. Your numbers seems on point here.

4 ft strips: you want to run those in parallel or at least mixed parallel/series to get that voltage down a bit. Your numbers are strange here: says 140.2V when in fact 10 in sereis would end up around 400V.

I did a build recently with 2' strips...same BXEB's though...here
Basically if you use say a 42 volt driver like I did make sure to get a variable dimmable driver so you can turn it up or down to adjust to what you need.

Rocket Soul said:

First strips: honestly you could do both series or parallel with those strips, 100ish V is not too high imo. Your numbers seems on point here.

4 ft strips: you want to run those in parallel or at least mixed parallel/series to get that voltage down a bit. Your numbers are strange here: says 140.2V when in fact 10 in sereis would end up around 400V.

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Lol sometimes I screw my math up when I do it in my head. I put it into a calculator and just laughed at myself, thank you for clarifying that for me. I'll look at drivers now, do you guys mind confirming the drivers I pick are decent choices?

No probs.

So I'm thinking this driver for the 5 2ft lights, with them all wired parallel I'll just have to dial it down a little...

Did the math a minute ago and 960mA will give me way overkill on the wattage for my veg tent so I'm thinking parallel and series 5 sets of 2 strips, 700mA ×5 =3.5A and 40.2 x2 I want maybe about 85V so.... I'm having a harder time finding a driver to push all of these. Maybe it would be easier (and cheaper) to split this between two drivers...and have everything parallel...

Ok I'm thinking this driver for the 10 4 foot lights now, I'll just wire them all parallel same as the 2 foot lights