What chips/driver are you using in each 3x3 light and at what total wattage? I was hoping to get away with four CLU048-1212 80CRI Gen6 3500k chips and a single HLG-185H-36A driver running at ~200w total under a 3x3(OD), but your setup is having me thinking that it's not going to be enough. Also, why no reflectors?
Your driver is most likely fried. I literally just got one back in the nail after sensing it off to warranty a few weeks ago.contact the supplier you bought it from and have them send it off to be RMA'd. Return Merchandise Agreement.
So is it still working? I don't understand.
For like half and hour then it shuts off, I'm wondering if it's from overheating or if it's something to do with the faulty driver. I have another one of the same model but I'm thinking I should buy a different model altogether. I put a fan on it and now it's able to stay on longer, I'll see how it goes for the next few days. I think the summertime temps fried it.
Having 2 240's is definitely a lot more fail safe than a big honkin 480. Firstly, you need to remotely mount that driver outside the tent. They get hot enough already. No point in strapping it to a frame to get even hotter. Just extend your 2 wires coming off the driver to the cobs so it can be placed outside of the tent.
id disconnect it and get it out of the hot zone. run 12 or 14 ga up to your array. mounting it right by where the heat from the nearby heatsink is conducting to the driver case is prob inhibiting cooling
When I run drivers at their max they get super hot but with led in most cases you need the heat maybe not in the hottest part of summer but in the winter that extra heat is useful in the summer I personally just dim a little. It would be better to use the extra light and run the drivers outside during the summer but I personally don't need to max yield out that much and I run so many diodes the increase in effeciency from dimming probably almost makes up for the wattage loss just have to run the lights closer
