@Shadey hope that’s the info you need because I’m a total noob at this and have a hard time understanding it haha. I don’t have a meter to actually measure. I have a “smart plug” that supposedly say how much wattage it uses but I don’t really trust it. It’s 320 but pretty sure it can go higher if i turn the Io thing to max.
@iggypuffs luckily I had some lights I wasn’t currently using but they aren’t the same as the other 6 in the room so bothers me a bit
I have these 2 sheet lights attached to one 480 driver that can go way higher. The Io is turned as low as it can go but one of the lights is hotter than the other. Should I be worrying about this?
Are the cables running to each light the same length? Wire length adds resistance which can cause a different output from the panels if they aren’t similar enough. You’d be a bit better off with two separate drivers, just for isolation.
Those connectors are ok since you’re running low voltage (24v max on that driver).
@ChemicalDependant Damn I was just about to pull the trigger on this 5 pack and realized they are only a couple inches on each side I think. The one I’m replacing the one side is around 4 ft so guess the search continues. There doesn’t seem to be much on amazon canada atm so I might have to search the billions of things at digikey if that’s even possible haha.
I got two options for you. Option one, get the connector without wire attached, and do it yourself. You can get ones with screw terminals so no soldering. Option two is have someone else do it. I’d offer but it’d cost too much in shipping, maybe someone around you can help you out.
WAYYYY too many for me to know wtf I’m doing. I definitely would like to avoid having to do anything myself, just want to make this as painless as possible if that’s even doable. You would have died if you saw me try to tin a wire
It sucks some products are so much more limited in my country it seems. I would just order it direct from where I got my lights but I was trying to avoid paying high shipping and having to wait much longer if possible.
Pretty sure this is the exact one but I would rather not wait forever/pay more if I don’t have to.
Damn, I was just about to buy it but shipping is $56. I’m sure it’s a glitch as I’ve had that happen before but still.
Been searching on digikey for awhile. I’m sure they have them somewhere but they have so many products it’s pretty hard. Especially without a way of making it more specific.
The connector has yczx and the last one I cant make out either a t or a weird f. Tried searching and couldn’t find it still.
Yeah I’ve emailed him I just figure I’d try on here as well since sometimes it takes a day or 2 for a reply.
Edit: and I also think a few people in this thread use the digikey in my country to buy spare parts was kinda hoping someone knew what that part was called. I’ve been searching for a good while now and can’t find what I’m looking for.
@neogitus you could always run it over to an electrician… it probably wouldn’t cost much at all to have it wired by a ticketed pro, leaving you with a bit of extra piece of mind while sleeping beside it… you almost had a fire
