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What Type of LED Driver or Power Supply Do I Need?

There are several different kinds of external dimmable LED drivers, but they can be broken down into two main types in the market: constant current (CC) drivers and constant voltage (CV) drivers. SMARTS manufacture Selectable Multi-current LED drivers from 10w to 60w, current from 100ma to 2100ma costant current power supply, and 6w to 360w led drivers. Depending on the application, LEDs can be connected in series and/or parallel configurations. Obviously, when LEDs are connected in series the forward voltage drop of each LED in the string are additive. For example, if you put 10 LEDs in series and each…

How to choose solar led light

More and more solar led lights are used in our life,However, in market,there are too many similar solar light. The quality is quite different under the same appearance.So, choose high quality solar light is very important. Below list the attention part 1. Pay attention to solar led light’s Power Before purchase it. We need to know our install place and lighting space, then, choose the currently power(wattage) When purchasing,not only attention to the quality of the floodl ight, but also the overall configuration. Including the peak wattage of photovoltaic modules, the capacity of lithium batteries and the stable performance of led flood…

How to customize cannabis lighting spectrum

The controllability of LED plant growth lamp for the light filling process of cannabis cultivation and the artificial control of temperature and humidity in greenhouses enable cannabis plants to get further human intervention. With so many different LED spectrums on the market it gets concerning for a large farm with a variety of species whether or not that LED grow light is right for them. Different spectra are required for different growth stages of the same plant, so we have developed and designed a variety of spectra. 1.Blue light promoted the rooting of hemp cuttings, shortened seedling time, increased adventitious root occurrence…

Can you put a 100 watt LED in a 60 Watt fixture?

When it comes to replacing old incandescent bulbs with LEDs, a common question that customers ask is: “Can I use an LED bulb that has a higher wattage equivalent than my fixture allows?” The simple answer is yes, as long as the LED bulb uses less wattage than your fixture. When you see a label say “100Watt LED driver equivalent” that does not mean that the bulb actually uses 100 Watts, it means that it produces an amount of light equivalent to a 100-Watt incandescent bulb. If your socket says not to exceed 60-Watts, it is referring the dangers of…

WHAT does the TA and TC means for your LED driver?

In the electronic component manual, Ta refers to the ambient temperature and Tc refers to the surface temperature of the component. LED driver and power supply are gave the ambient temperature of the driver use and the upper limit of the surface temperature of the outer casing for the user to select the appropriate use environment. click for more information^_^ It is an innate property of the product itself, and it has nothing to do with whether it affects heat dissipation. Can be marked to indicate that the product is managed by quality standards. Hence as a ETL qualified manufacturer,…

What is a Class 2 power supply?

Generally speaking, class 2 standard is for North American market using, class II is for European market using. Both of them are important standard for safety of the power supply and the user. Here I would like to make a brief introduction for the driver power supply with class 2 standard. The class 2 here refers to the power performance and wiring requirements. When you find a power supply with a label marked class 2, then it means that it must meet the standards laid out by The National Electric Code. To avoid risk of shock or fire, the wiring and power…

Eight tips to improve the efficiency of LED power supply

1. The main current loop PCB should be as short as possible.   LAYPCB experience, and layout, this is nothing, the quick way is to look at the works of big factories.   2. Optimize the design of 300w LED transformer parameters to reduce eddy current loss caused by ringing.   This is more difficult. First, you must master the basic knowledge of electromagnetics and design a reasonable transformer. The most important thing is patience. Even if you think of improving the efficiency by 0.5%, you must try.   3. Reasonably select switching devices.   This is the balance between cost and performance. What kind of…

How much do you know about DALI dimming?

DALI dimming products are developed and designed based on the DALI protocol, DALI “digital lighting control international standard, the full name is: digital addressable interface standard, DALI protocol is an open asynchronous serial digital communication protocol. DALI protocol is dedicated to lighting control protocol, only used in lighting systems. The open standard of DALI protocol makes DALI dimming power supply very compatible. As long as the company that produces LED dimming power supplies joins the DALI Association, they have all DALI According to the agreement, power products that meet all DALI standards can be developed and produced.    The above…

What size led driver do I need?

In some cases, one of the biggiest factor to choose the best led driver is the size.When your LEDs are relative small and need the compact size of the led driver,  the 12v 6w led driver is small and suitable for your project. When your project are looking for the medium size, our 24vdc 80w led driver 190*48*34mm  would be your first demand of your thoughts. Also, we also had some big wats like 12v 200 watt 300watt led power supply, which could meet some of your big watts led strip lighting project. That would be helpful and possible for…

What is the influence of ripple in a LED driver?

The ripple processing will directly affects the working performance of the electrical products that the constant current or constant voltage LED driver carries. For different electronic products, the processing requirements for ripple are different. There is no standard for the range, but the smaller the processing, the better. For the consumption of LED lights, there will be some impact. If using poor quality power supply, this will accelerate the light decay and heat generation of the LED light, it is necessary to minimize and control the ripple. Otherwise, the LED light will fade too fast and will become less and…