In no way am I trying to slate you here brother I genuinely forgot myself. Was only when I started to balance my books I noticed. Look forward to seeing what you have to offer.
I’m not on English timescales at the minute either I’m in Corfu on my jollies. What a beautiful place.
Thanks @Albannach, I’ve never heard that scenario laid out before. And I was going off of common advice for high-voltage COB rigs, good catch. We don’t ground SolSheets and SolStrip rack systems we build. We’ve always felt the required ground-fault protection was provided by the driver anyway.
Ok I removed all of the screws and strips are pernamently damaged. Fuck… Its really pity that you can damage them SO easily :-/ you could send nylon screws with every order of strips @Baudelaire. That might do the trick 
I Hope the strips wont damage it self overtime :-/
Well, it ain’t pretty. But I bet it will grow killer bud.
Hang it up and fire it up. Worst that will happen is a strip or two will lose another circuit (8 LED group) or two over time… Shouldn’t need to replace them unless a full strip fails - you have enough strips that the working circuits can handle the displaced load of the bad ones.
In the meantime, you’ll have that killer bud…
-b420
No prob pal, i have over 30yrs experience in electrics and basic electronics and i still miss things at times so if anyone notices a mistake or typo give me a kick 
I’d love to talk with you about this technology but i have run my own business and know how busy you must be. You certainly don’t need old gits like me bothering you eh. I fully support your business and product and wish both you and @anon58740919 all the very best for the future.
Is it conected? 
I am not sure how should I conect it with two outake cables. I Checked some YouTube and this should be it Light is working but the LED panel is not…
Is that a volt meter or and amp meter or both? Did you read the instructions that came with the meter? Some of them require a separate power supply or internal batteries. Have you checked the voltage on all the connections?
Its both. Its the same as @anon58740919 uses at his Lights. The YouTube video looked really clear so I am not sure why it doesnt work…
Ok I was conecting it on the world side of the driver its working Just Fine now
489W max power. Crazy shit about 69% LED Wattage.
Thank you guys a lot I love building things like this. I think I will build another one for somwbody soon But flawlessly this time!!
Krep growing! 
I will post some new grow after I Start some
You have colour co-ordination issues brother? brown connected to blue simply wont do, and blue to green should never be seen!
It’s all over the place pal i really cant tell whats what from that picture but provided you have NOT got the polarity crossed it should work. That’s if it’s connected in between the mains plug and the driver.
Not between the driver and the rig bro
Edit - i see you got it sussed bro. Glad your rig is working but the lopsided display is kicking off my OCD lol.
Making progress, nice work! Time for a suntan…
Hello guys. Since I actualy never made a topic for my current grow I decided to proto for help jede. I got Francos Lemon Cheese And they Are in 5th week od flower. They Are very sativa And should flower about 9-11 weeks. They stopped to stretch about 10days ago. They grow in Coco. Temperature 25-28 all day And 23 at night. Humidity 60-75%. Its raining a lot for last 10days.
About the problem.
I started to feed them with Ec 1700 pH 5,8 in First week of flower. Few days later I raised it to Ec 1800 And pH 5,7. In week 3 I raised it to 1900 And then to 2200. pH still 5.7 but then the pH started to drop Down on outake to 5.6 And 5.5 And 5.4 And the outake Ec started to raise to 2500 so I decided to raise the pH And lower the Ec to pH 5.9 And Ec Back to 1800 in week 4. And then 7 days ago(week 4) I started to see the spots on some leafes. I think that I overfed them so It should be ok. It doesnt seem like the spots Are showing more. So i JUST want to know What do you think about IT And so 
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Thanks a lot for anything 
Here Are the Plants right Now
Not really getting you bro. Do you mean you fed them a max EC of 2.2 (CF22)? Or was it 2200ppm? Either way i look it’s either high or extremely high, 2200ppm is around EC3.2 which would kill your plants fast.
That leaf doesn’t look that bad, maybe a reduced feed for a week?
I never go over EC1.8 (in hydro) cos they cant use it so it builds up which means more flushing, and stress usually.
Maybe your plants have developed Porphyrophobia 
Just was reading through this thread and I know this is a little late to the party…
I also experienced a similar issue and @Baudelaire helped get me sorted out fairly. I think this is user/builder error caused by an unfortunate design choice. The traces should not be this close to the mounting holes. Now… with that being said I LOVE MY SOLSTRIPS and totally plan on purchasing more. Future versions should most definitely correct this issue as it is becoming fairly common to see this happen. In the mean time @Baudelaire perhaps ship nylon M3’s with each strip and a little print out along the lines of “WARNING: USE ONLY NYLON SCREWS OR THERMAL ADHESIVE WHEN MOUNTING! METAL SCREWS WILL DAMAGE STRIPS”. Just a low-cost idea. Anyways just thought I’d throw that out there. Awesome light @Fisch it will do great I think. I have 2 strips with very similar damage and I plan on incorporating them into my next light… as long as yours doesn’t blow up 
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Yeah. I also think I overfed them. I fed them with Ec 2200 which Is really high. Well…Its confusing because when I mix corectly my nutrients acording to manufacture, Ec Is 2200 So I thoth that they should be able to eat it but it looks like they dont Maybe if I use CO2
Anyway I lowered the Ec Back to 1800 few days ago So IT should be alright
EC 2200 would probably be a solid copper bar with gold plating bro
I think you mean EC 2.2 but here is a pdf of a conversion chart for you to check out 
EC-CF Conversion Chart.pdf (74.4 KB)
@KingGhidora glad you are enjoying your SolStrips. We have included nylon washers and mounting screws with our SolStix strip-and-heatsink combinations since we introduced SolStix in February. None of the dozens of customers who have used SolStix to create their light systems have reported a single issue such as the one you and Fisch has experienced.
Those issues have only been reported by those who chose to purchase just the SolStrips alone and improvise their mounting and heatsinking with their own designs.
We continue to use steel screws - of the proper size, and with a protective nylon washer - to mount SolStrips for our custom projects, and without a single incident of strip failure.
We come from, and are committed to support, the LED DIY community at SolStrips. But the DIY ethic includes taking responsibility for learning and employing best practices and techniques in project design and fabrication. It’s about working within the limits and specifications of your materials to create something unique, not crabbing about how duct tape isn’t as strong as a welded joint.
Handled with any amount of care, SolStrips have proven to be virtually failure-proof. Metal screws won’t damage the strips. Oversized steel machine screws jammed through the strips’ mounting holes, with hard steel lock-nuts torqued down on them as if part of a backyard swing-set, will damage them for sure. As will drilling through them, cutting them with a Sawzall, or nailing them to a board, fwiw.
@Baudelaire I do agree with you, however you are acting like @Fisch and I handled the strips roughly, when in fact I did not. I doubt @Fisch did either. I didn’t tighten down hard at all and I used M3 screws. I did not use a washer. Perhaps that was my mistake. I am happy nobody else besides us two have had this problem and I do accept some blame. I’m just providing some real world feedback here… it was super easy to damage them while thinking I was being super careful and delicately putting in the M3’s. With that said… I love the SolStrips and won’t make that mistake again with the metal M3’s. I do still think it would be a good idea to give a heads up somewhere on the site or in a printout or even as a message on the receipt as it is a deceptively easy mistake to make.
I really have to suppert this. I used right screws and I was as carefull as possible and I still damaged them. and a lot of them. Byt as @KingGhidora said. We just give some real feedback 
We are responsible for any mistake but I really didnt expect that they can be damaged SOOOO easily 
Keep growing!
I’ve put a lot of screws in a lot of strips and never had this issue. But I have always used either m3 nylon screws. Or i use m3x6mm steel Allen head bolts and never. I repeat never without a nylon washer. I firmly believe that this is what’s caused your issues guys.
I understand how frustrating it is. Try building a cob rig. The amount I’ve blown through is ridiculous
