I got my order, thanks Dennis.

LEDs and Lenses arrived yesterday as well. Thanks Deep

Hey farkwar.
I'll be interested if nobody gets them by the time the drivers get here.

Drivers are to ship to me 4/14. Estimated that is.
The last of the xpe and xpg LEDs arrive on Friday

Hey Dennis, Please let me know if I am correct, I am waiting on my part of Perm's order cause the meanwells have not come in yet? You do still have the updated list of what I got and my address? If you need anything from me, just let me know. Thanks much, Mark

Dennis,

I received my XREs and optics. Thanks! Although you really didn't have to do it - I was perfectly patiently waiting for the meanwells to come in and to get everything in one box at that time. I know some folks were getting restless, and I can understand that, but I was reining in my emotions

Thanks again, and I will reimburse you for the dual shipping since I didn't pay for it to begin with.

Best,

Spacey

farkwar i will take yours if i can find 8 xpe more blues and 7 xpg white for a additional 12 led string on my build, let me know deep

I will. I might have some but let's wait until I'm finished with everything first. This week is going to be a doozy!

Update
everything is on schedule so far nrhe supplier is expecting our order of MW to ship out on the 14th



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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you



Everyone just got Rick Roll'd!
Just finally having a little fun. Lol

Received my LED's yesterday Dennis, thanks again but I did not pay for separate shipping on the LED's and meanwells. When you get the meanwells, throw me your paypal address again and I will send you the cost of shipping to Canada whatever it may be, which I believe to be around $11

Let me know

Word just in on the drivers
only partial shipment is shipping to me today. 115 out of 200 is coming to me today. The reainder of the balance should be at the supplier by Monday and ship out Tuesday.
Thanks

My LEDs showed up today!

Does anyone have the spec sheet for the xp optics? They seem like a loose fit, so they need a dab or two of superglue to stay on then?

-Tim

Hi all,

If there is anyone who does not want their Meanwell drivers (analog versions), I am looking for two and will gladly step in to buy them.

Thanks,

Brandon

I would definitely NOT use superglue on the optics. Superglue will leave a white film that will cover the LED and block the light. You need a different adhesive, but I'm not really sure what...

Nevermind on selling the ####.

I'm gonna keep them.
No sale. Sorry.


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Hey Tim, I tried a couple of mine and they fit pretty snug... I got 40s and 60s. What if you put a dab of silicone on each side of them after they are in place? It would be less permenant than super glue if you ever had to change an LED or had some other reason to remove the optic.
Tim

Do not use superglue! It will damage the lense of the led. Instead use silicone like others mentioned.

are my drivers on the way?

Did anyone else receive drivers yet?

Patience Mike. They'll get there. It's a PIA organizing a 12 bucket IO group buy let alone something like this.

....and that was all local!

hahaha that was funny. I think I finally set into delirium or whatever, but to me, it is funny and true.

Now for the the update everyone is waiting for.
All drivers are in! Everyone's package should be shipped out by Monday. I work only one job today, so hen I get home, I will do the most I can package together. The next chance I will have will be Saturday night and Sunday morning. But b assured, everyone's packages should ship out by Monday.

Thanks Dennis. That is great news. I am eager to start building.

Deep have we ever said "YOU ARE THE MAN!" ? Thanks for the update, I know this whole thing has been a bit of a pain, but we appreciate it. Thanks again!

ALL SHIPMENTS WERE SENT TODAY EXCEPT FOR 2!

jtro and jma1978 (with combined shipment of not_sponsored) will ship in the morning through UPS. your shipments are too big to fit into the large priority mail box!

Just checking if you have shipped mine.

Thanks.

LOL... is that a joke?

Brandon

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jtro and jma1978 is shipping out in 30 mins.

Yippee!!! Thanks Dennis, all arrived in good order! Now I have to get serious about this...

Indeed time to get serious. Got mine.

got mine as well. Just want to say thank you for organizing this.

Got mine! Thanks!!

Just waiting on the 9v supply and pots so I can run them now

Arrived fine. Thanks again Deep!

Got mine. Good stuff.

Got mine safe and sound, now to build! Thanks again for doing this group buy!

Now this IS getting serious. I am so anxious to receive my drivers. I guess I better get started on the heatsink mounting and wiring so when the drivers get here I am ready to mount and go!

Dennis u r the man!!!

Got mine as well. Thanks!

Dennis
Thanks a bunch! Kind of late to ask now, but what bins did we end up geeting. Just wondering for comparison, as I will be needing more LEDs in the near future. Thanks!

both royal blues are d3 15 and 14.
The xre cw are wg q5
the xpg cw are oc r5

The wg are in the 5700 To 6350 k range
the oc are 6750 to 7250 k range

Dennis, Sir!

Thank you very much. Received my drivers last week. Awesome work!

Best Regards,

spacey

looking for 2 meanwells and 12 xp-g and 12 xp-e

Thanks Dennis,

Everything got here and looks great, hope to get it all assembled in the next few days

Does anyone have any LEDS they do not need? I am looking for more.

i should have about 18 XP royal blue and a meanwell 60-48D left. pm me

I received my stuff quite a while ago and built part of my array which I have been using with my old current sources.

Today I went to hook up one of the ELN-60-48D drivers to the string and cant get more than a ~27V output with 13 diodes in series (6 or 7 lit and the others dark).

Hook it up to the 6 diode string, ~27 volt output.
Hook it up to the 7 diode string, ~27 volt output.

The voltage adjustment knob seems to have no effect as I expected with 13 in series to be able to adjust the pot and change the number of diodes lit (or preferably have them all lit...)

Did anyone else get 27's labeled as 47's or am I doing something wrong here?

I have not yet gone through the effort of setting up the other driver to see if its the same but wanted to get some feedback from other people involved in the gb to see if they had similar issues.

- Ian

EDIT: Another thing that surprised me is that they still have some output with 0VDC on the dimming adjustment (really low current but I expected to use the dimmer like a switch based on the datasheet).

Did you lower your SVR2 before you hooked things up then set your max current with your max dimming input? All of the LEDs should light, none should be out if wired right and the LEDs are still good... just a couple things to check first. If some work and some don't there is a problem with your build. Also you'll have to cut the power to the driver to shut them all the way off, I've found there is some leak-through current that keeps the LEDs glowing even with no dimming input.
Tim

Hey Tim,

Thanks for the response.

I agree that these emitters are exhibiting properties that I have never heard of.
They have never been abused and I have been careful with setting the current limits (I even tested the settings first with an 8 CW fixture that I had been using initially).

In terms of there being a problem with my build, both strings of leds (CW + 2 UV in || and a RB string) work perfectly when fired separately. I almost didn't notice that ~half the diodes weren't firing since it was a mix (some RB and some CW) that fired when I ran all 13 (I'm counting the 2 UV as 1) in series. Measured a little under an amp through the string and ~27 volts across the output. I figure that being a current source its forcing out an amp but is hitting a 27v voltage limit. I am confused but have no better explanation...

If you or anyone else has a good idea of whats going on I would love to hear it cause right now the only thing I can figure is someone put the wrong cover on my driver and sent me a 27 labeled as a 48 (as in someone at the meanwell factory).

Thanks,

-Ian

EDIT: Changed to diameter of the wire on the DC circuit to a 14 gauge multi-strand and all diodes are emitting. I performed a full ohm check on the circuit before changing with no issues so it seems the DC losses were too high with the wire I had been using (and should have known better).
Thanks, I hope this helps anyone else who has similar issues in the future

Thanks Dennis... got my drivers and LEDs a while ago... however, I just started setting things up yesterday.

I'm convinced 2 of my 3 drivers are duds as the SVR2 pots have no stopping-point when i turn them CCW or CW and their current is stuck reading 2.11A on my multimeter. I would have assumed it was my error in measuring, however, the 3rd driver had a functioning SVR2 pot and was easily adjusted to read 700ma on my multimeter. I've contacted Meanwell about the issue and am wondering if this was a problem for anyone else?

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but i'm looking for 6 xpg and 6 rb if anyone has any.

thanks.

I have notice that three of my meanwells only put out 27 volts as well. Has anyone else had this problem?