The Chinese Quantum Board Knock Off Builds

fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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When I made my order I told her each individual item that I wanted and how many instead of buying a kit.
They were able to get 16 304 boards on heatsinks, 4 320 drivers. 4 dimmers, 8 power cords, and 3 grinder gifts into 2 fairly small boxes. shipping was 200 even
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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Fotop boards are extra expensive to shipp due to o size.
Allways bought boards and never kits. Prefer non chinese drivers if i ever need to claim warranty. Next time we buy i think we will "build" our fotops using 36v 312 boards. I like the idea of being able to drive edges and centre of cannopy individual for even spread.
 
Labrador weed

Labrador weed

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I have a question first off does meijiu have real meanwell drivers? I don’t know a lot about him and I was reading something about some of them being fake from China.

This is one of mine that I got
 

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Labrador weed

Labrador weed

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fragileassassin said:
When I made my order I told her each individual item that I wanted and how many instead of buying a kit.
They were able to get 16 304 boards on heatsinks, 4 320 drivers. 4 dimmers, 8 power cords, and 3 grinder gifts into 2 fairly small boxes. shipping was 200 even
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Can you tell me how to attach the white back piece to the dimmer?
It’s for some reason very confusing to me it comes with two screws but there’s no way to attach it to the dimmer
Also I am assuming that I’m fine turning the dimmer switch up all the way which would be running at the max power of the driver. Is this correct?
The plug-ins they gave me I’ll have weird colors that don’t match the description now I have to figure that out oh well
 
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fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Labrador weed said:
Can you tell me how to attach the white back piece to the dimmer?
It’s for some reason very confusing to me it comes with two screws but there’s no way to attach it to the dimmer
Also I am assuming that I’m fine turning the dimmer switch up all the way which would be running at the max power of the driver. Is this correct?
The plug-ins they gave me I’ll have weird colors that don’t match the description now I have to figure that out oh well
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YES!! i promise its going to make you feel dumb just like it did for me though.....
and yes, the dimmer takes direct control of the driver and will make it range up to 100% have confirmed pulling 318w out of my 320 drivers with it at 100%
The only downside I have for the dimmers is that your lights wont come back on after power loss and restoration to the dimmers. Ill probably be getting a battery backup for just the dimmers at some point. If the dimmers stay unpowered, your lights will turn on and itll run the driver at 100% like there's no dimmer there. but if the dimmer gets power back itll shut your lights off until you manually adjust the dial or use the remote.

Theres a cover on the top. Turn the dial part over and pry up on the little tab things on the bottom to pop the face off.

 
EmeraldØsiris

EmeraldØsiris

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Labrador weed said:
I have a question first off does meijiu have real meanwell drivers? I don’t know a lot about him and I was reading something about some of them being fake from China.

This is one of mine that I got
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I get my driver's from Dericsson. Good prices, real deal.
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I'm going to switch to FSP Powerland drivers tho. They are cheaper and very similar to Meanwell. Greengenes recommended them in his last vid.

I also see that Meijiu offers free shipping on some items now in their Alibaba shop.
 
Airwalker16

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EmeraldØsiris said:
I get my driver's from Dericsson. Good prices, real deal.
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I'm going to switch to FSP Powerland drivers tho. They are cheaper and very similar to Meanwell. Greengenes recommended them in his last vid.

I also see that Meijiu offers free shipping on some items now in their Alibaba shop.
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What items give free shipping on them through Meiju? Also where do you source power land drivers in the USA, do you know? How much savings is there compared to meanwell?
 
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fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Airwalker16 said:
Bro, meanwell is available everywhere. I'm talking powerland drivers here.
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yes.. put your powerland driver model number youre looking for in the search bar at the top.....
That was just a link for something I had searched for to show you how it gives results. If any of those big companies carry them, it should show you there.
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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fragileassassin said:
yes.. put your powerland driver model number youre looking for in the search bar at the top.....
That was just a link for something I had searched for to show you how it gives results. If any of those big companies carry them, it should show you there.
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I tried a few model nrs in both octopart and findchips search engines and there are very few distributors. Im good with meanwells :)
 
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fragileassassin said:
YES!! i promise its going to make you feel dumb just like it did for me though.....
and yes, the dimmer takes direct control of the driver and will make it range up to 100% have confirmed pulling 318w out of my 320 drivers with it at 100%
The only downside I have for the dimmers is that your lights wont come back on after power loss and restoration to the dimmers. Ill probably be getting a battery backup for just the dimmers at some point. If the dimmers stay unpowered, your lights will turn on and itll run the driver at 100% like there's no dimmer there. but if the dimmer gets power back itll shut your lights off until you manually adjust the dial or use the remote.

Theres a cover on the top. Turn the dial part over and pry up on the little tab things on the bottom to pop the face off.
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I use the same dimmer and for the other guys yet to use this dimmer make sure you plug it in to a constant power source. Do not use a timer. It needs power 24/7.
 
EmeraldØsiris

EmeraldØsiris

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Airwalker16 said:
What items give free shipping on them through Meiju? Also where do you source power land drivers in the USA, do you know? How much savings is there compared to meanwell?
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If you go to Meijiu's Alibaba page and search for free shipping, I can't remember.
I'm not based in the US, so couldn't tell you. I'm sure if you contact them they will let you know who distributes their products. They have an Alibaba page too
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Labrador weed said:
One other question I have is how do u connect the dimmer to a timer? It won’t work on the one I have.
Also does the remote only keep the dimmer on for up to 4 hours at a time?
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You dont.
You put your drivers on the timer and the dimmers just stay on at the level you want.
Those dimmers have to keep constant power unless you plan to turn them on manually every day.
 
Kenpark

Kenpark

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hi there came the kit fotops 600 watt someone has experience in the assembly of this kit, I know the driver well but not the quantum board ....thanks
 
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