Hi,
I've recently joined the forum here in hopes to find an answer to a basic type of question that I've googled countless times and has left me only more confused.
I'm working on building an led. It's a bit of a pet project at the moment but if I can make it work then it will be a huge positive impact to myself and my family.
So details:
-using 1 watt leds ( dx sku 133095 )
-using these stars ( dx sku 101147 )
-driving 320 mA, 30w constant current ( dx sku 42905 )
So my understanding is that I can wire up to 30 1 watt led in series from 1 driver (though not recommended) but 20-25 1 watt led from 1 driver should be fine.
What I don't understand is how many of the drivers can be wired in parallel? I was thinking it was simply 1 per 3 prong plug. Then I found a DIY that a person wired 3 drivers in parallel to a single 3 prong plug. So what are the limits to how many drivers I can wire in parallel? More importantly how do I figure this out ? (that way I can actually learn something)
If anything else seems out of wack here let me know, this is my first real attempt at building something this large with multiple drivers in parallel and leds in such long strings.
I've recently joined the forum here in hopes to find an answer to a basic type of question that I've googled countless times and has left me only more confused.
I'm working on building an led. It's a bit of a pet project at the moment but if I can make it work then it will be a huge positive impact to myself and my family.
So details:
-using 1 watt leds ( dx sku 133095 )
-using these stars ( dx sku 101147 )
-driving 320 mA, 30w constant current ( dx sku 42905 )
So my understanding is that I can wire up to 30 1 watt led in series from 1 driver (though not recommended) but 20-25 1 watt led from 1 driver should be fine.
What I don't understand is how many of the drivers can be wired in parallel? I was thinking it was simply 1 per 3 prong plug. Then I found a DIY that a person wired 3 drivers in parallel to a single 3 prong plug. So what are the limits to how many drivers I can wire in parallel? More importantly how do I figure this out ? (that way I can actually learn something)
If anything else seems out of wack here let me know, this is my first real attempt at building something this large with multiple drivers in parallel and leds in such long strings.
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