Lighthouse hydro blackstar hack

swiftkillpapa

swiftkillpapa

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So for the last couple days I've been working on replacing an old burnt out Blackstar light. I pulled out the pcb that the lights were attached to.20170110_175556.jpg
Then got cheap eBay cree xte's. I after some frustrating work and being a first time solderer I got it wired. Well one side.20170202_140531.jpgI hooked it up to the drivers in the light.20170202_140523.jpgAs you can see they're 80v-130v 580ma. So I wired them up and turned it on. And this is where I don't understand what's happening. They began to strobe. On off constantly. I haven't had enough time put in to know all the trouble shooting I should be doing. Anything helps thanks guys. And thanks to all the guys on here posting. Y'all are my inspiration. Peace.
 
swiftkillpapa

swiftkillpapa

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So here's the led specs Screenshot_20170202-184003.pngSo at that 130v could run 36.111 led. Unless I should be going off the smaller number and calculate it for 80v. Which then my question would be why is there a range of voltage?
 
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wietefras

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You have wired up 16 leds which take about 3V each. So that's only 48V in total. The driver starts from 80V.

Just add more leds till you go over that 80V
 
swiftkillpapa

swiftkillpapa

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So here's my I update. Got it wired up and you were right @wietefras I needed more on the circuit. I put all 32 leds on and it's good to go. 20170203_140405.jpg so then I plugged it into the power in my cabinet and I popped 2 leds so I replaced them. Plugged them in again. Blew another one out. Long story short after screwing in, unscrewing screwing back together again about 10 times I realized I ran out of replacement leds. And the solution was the power cord. I swapped it out and they run great.
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I did only use one driver so I'm sure it's only running like 100+ watts. It's the 240 watt model. Not overly impressive but it's nice in the cabinet I have.20170203_180125.jpgI'm sure that's about it. Also I suck at soldering any tips on that for next time? And I had an issue with flux melting over the pcb any advice on that? Thanks for the help guys.
 

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Adam & Cola

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Did you use your 2nd driver yet? looking at the specs of the LEDS you can put the two drivers in parallel and double your amp output to these leds. That is what I did with my blackstar 240 i finished up last week. I have 4 citizen cobs being ran. Pull from the wall is 175 watts.

And if your not using your 2nd driver, mail it to me. i'll find a use for it.
 

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swiftkillpapa

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Adam & Cola said:
Did you use your 2nd driver yet? looking at the specs of the LEDS you can put the two drivers in parallel and double your amp output to these leds. That is what I did with my blackstar 240 i finished up last week. I have 4 citizen cobs being ran. Pull from the wall is 175 watts.

And if your not using your 2nd driver, mail it to me. i'll find a use for it.
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I'm gonna use it for a me build so I don't have to buy a driver for leds I have sitting around. I bought some of those 58w citizens of eBay that 5 for 40 set. Wanna see if those are any good bc I love my clu048 in a part build I did
 
OLD MOTHER SATIVA

OLD MOTHER SATIVA

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its a cob it ok it was cheap..i also hooked up two 7 x11 sample led panel ibhad made before i changed the size

and one on each driver..i screwed the top part with the fans to a an aluminum bar..NOW yer talkin

with the vero'si hooked up three to each driver[ in series]..i should a hookednup more because total w are only 106 w ..but it still is pretty good..

the higher the Vf will work better with those drivers..seeing as they are 90-130vf
 
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swiftkillpapa said:
So for the last couple days I've been working on replacing an old burnt out Blackstar light. I pulled out the pcb that the lights were attached to.View attachment 3891775
Then got cheap eBay cree xte's. I after some frustrating work and being a first time solderer I got it wired. Well one side.View attachment 3891781I hooked it up to the drivers in the light.View attachment 3891784As you can see they're 80v-130v 580ma. So I wired them up and turned it on. And this is where I don't understand what's happening. They began to strobe. On off constantly. I haven't had enough time put in to know all the trouble shooting I should be doing. Anything helps thanks guys. And thanks to all the guys on here posting. Y'all are my inspiration. Peace.
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I'm really liking this idea and might copy it to some degree, when my meizhi light fails.
 
swiftkillpapa

swiftkillpapa

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MadButcher said:
I'm really liking this idea and might copy it to some degree, when my meizhi light fails.
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Yeah it's better than buying a new light when everything but the leds shit out. The big thing for me was the case. I hate when I build a cob set up it's not enclosed in something. Makes me nervous to touch and shit.
 
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