Reminder to all who are going to do similar project like mine, specially if you are using Mean Well drivers, whether it is dimmable or not. You have to
adjust the internal pot.
This is really really important.
Adjust the internal pot.
You will need to remove 4 screws on the driver.
Be careful to crack it open, its really hard (in my case) to remove it. There are two notches on the center of both sides that locks the cover from the bottom part.
On the DC side, or where the big metal part is located, you will see a white plastic screw.
You have to turn this
counter clockwise. Remember that this does not turn 360 degrees. If you turn it carefully counter clockwise then you will notice that it stops to a certain degree.
We are not sure what the current setting is right now thats why we are trying to make sure that we start at a very low current (amps) in order not to damage the LED's. And the only way to adjust it in the correct position is by using a digital multimeter (we will do this later).
When your done adjusting it counter clockwise, then do not put back the cover yet. We will need to readjust it again once we connected our LED's in series later.
Remember, dont rush yourself. Dont try to connect one or two LED's with this driver to test it if it runs or not. There is a minimum volts that these runs and in my case for the 48D, it runs 24 to 48 volts, or 8 to 12 LEDs. The best way to test it thru AA batteries. I will show it to you later.
So if you are in a tight budget, then you can use the (non-dimmable) mean well driver and run 8 LED's in series. Then if you are even in a tighter budget, then you can use Steves LEDs. The idea here is to get our feet wet and see if this is good enough as a supplement or even as our main light.
Hope Im not confusing all of you.
