PadawanWarrior
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No. It's one or the other. Yours is constant current. The voltage can change. The C in C2100 stands for constant current. And you wire in series.
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This is a first time run with LED's, so I'm starting small - 2' x 2'.
Boatguy
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Frank Nitty
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Don't do it!!! I have a new one and it is not to be fucked with!!! I still don't know if mine is where it's supposed to be, but I'm not messing with it anymore...
Frank Nitty
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Buy it!!! It's great!!! Don't adjust it!!! There's really no need to...
Frank Nitty
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Shit, I'm going to buy another
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PadawanWarrior
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I see that. Damn, now I'm more confused about these drivers than I already was, lol. I need to do more research then. I guess that is adjustable by current and voltage since you have 2 screws. That's the part that's confusing me now.
I never touch the voltage on my drivers that are the constant current ones. Only Io. I think when you adjust using the Io screw the voltage changes. So if you turn up the Io the voltage drops. But I can't say for sure. I had this shit figured out a year ago finally, lol.
Drivers like the HLG-120-54 are constant voltage. So the voltage is always 54 volts.
Like I said though I gotta go back and refresh myself, because it's kinda confusing.
PadawanWarrior
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Do you have a Kill-A-Watt meter? Because you could probably use that to get it back where it's supposed to be.
rkymtnman
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you can dim any light by raising it up. lol.
Boatguy
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I have no screws. It is dimmable via external pot.
Older lights i have built were only dimmable via the screws, and were a pain in the ass.
Driver selection is harder than any other part of a build.
Yeah, I hear you - DUH! But my point is, if I only want 40% power, I only want to use (approx.) 80 watts.
PadawanWarrior
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Pretty sure that's a constant current driver. I gotta go refresh myseft. It's starting to come back to me though.
Amps X Volts = Watts. I need to go refresh myself after a eat and smoke a bowl,
Then there's series vs parallel, lol.
Boatguy
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For extra credit, tell me how mine is wired with that driver. Have a good nitePretty sure that's a constant current driver. I gotta go refresh myseft. It's starting to come back to me though.
Amps X Volts = Watts. I need to go refresh myself after a eat and smoke a bowl,
Then there's series vs parallel, lol.
Frank Nitty
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"Io adjustable via built-in potentiometer." It's on the bottom side of the driver. I believe the XLG series are constant power.
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rkymtnman
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no, i gotcha. i usually DIY my lights at a fixed wattage and raise and lower accordingly
PadawanWarrior
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Series.For extra credit, tell me how mine is wired with that driver. Have a good nite