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Hello,
This is probably a question for Reef Brite but thought I would ask.
I am setting up some reef brite lumi lites, not XHO, 48" with the bluetooth controller with 250 watt power supply. I was checking the power consumed per unit to see how many I can set up. I have 8 bars to set up. Upon checking the watts per unit at approx 35 watts, I realized I would not be able to use all 8 (8x35=280 watts). I decided to check the entire set up using 6 units to be sure and came back with 150 watts total... that would only be 25 watts per unit. Sure enough, when I set up a unit with its own power supply against one that is hooked up to the controller it is visibly brighter.
My conclusion is that the bluetooth controller is not able to drive the leds at max power even though the app is saying they are. in order to run 6 units on a single controller I have to use multiple splitters, is that causing "power loss" to the leds?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
This is probably a question for Reef Brite but thought I would ask.
I am setting up some reef brite lumi lites, not XHO, 48" with the bluetooth controller with 250 watt power supply. I was checking the power consumed per unit to see how many I can set up. I have 8 bars to set up. Upon checking the watts per unit at approx 35 watts, I realized I would not be able to use all 8 (8x35=280 watts). I decided to check the entire set up using 6 units to be sure and came back with 150 watts total... that would only be 25 watts per unit. Sure enough, when I set up a unit with its own power supply against one that is hooked up to the controller it is visibly brighter.
My conclusion is that the bluetooth controller is not able to drive the leds at max power even though the app is saying they are. in order to run 6 units on a single controller I have to use multiple splitters, is that causing "power loss" to the leds?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,