Hi,

I am building 100W studio led light and I have 2 power supply I am planing to run 3 pin jack to light
wire 1 12v for fan
wire 2 26v for led
wire 3 Negative

Is this possible?

 

Hi,

I am building 100W studio led light and I have 2 power supply I am planing to run 3 pin jack to light
wire 1 12v for fan
wire 2 26v for led
wire 3 Negative

Is this possible?
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It depends on the PSUs - if one has a floating output; you're in the clear.

Its not unusual for the negative terminal to be a chassis connection, which is also OK.

If one of them is positive earth - there will be problems.

 

Just calculate the current needed for the fan and use either a power resistor or a regulator to run the fan from the 26/36 volt supply. (your text does not match the diagram)

You could get a small PWM controller and just use that right at the fan.

I mean if you are going to use a power supply…you might as well just step down instead.

 

Thanks,

I am planing to have a common power supply and use multiple lights each have 12v fan and 32v led.
whats is the best option:
1. have a common voltage step down for 12v in 32v power supply and wire 3 wires to light
2. wire 2 wires to light and in each light use resister or voltage step down for 12v
3. have 2 PSU and wire 3 wire to light with one common (as above)
12v https://www.meanwell.co.uk/s-40-15.html
32v https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/ac-dc-enclosed-power-supply-output-48vdc-at-10a-sp--500--48

is this PSU can be used if so how?

 

How will you limit its current and cool the LED? Please post its datasheet.

 

How will you limit its current and cool the LED? Please post its datasheet.

I am very new, Planing to to have step down with a knob to limit voltage and using 2 CPU heatsinks and fan

Specification(20w/30w/50w/100w)
Model Type: High Power Integrated Chip lamp Beads
Chip size: 24MIL*44MIL
Forward Voltage: 30-36V
Forward current: 20w(600mA) 30w(900mA) 50w(1500mA) 100w(3000mA)
Luminous Flux: 90-120LM/W
Color-rendering index: 60-85
Beam Angle: 120 degrees
Working Temperature: -20 centigrade to 60 centigrade
Color Temperature: Warm White: 3000-3200K
White: 6000-6500K
Life Span: 100,000 Hours

 

Each LED has a different forward voltage that changes a little when it warms up.
You do not "step down" the voltage to change the power in an LED, instead you reduce its current and its voltage stays almost the same.
Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) is usually used to adjust the power of powerful LEDs.

 

Have you bought the parts yet?

Try to spell out exactly what you need in the end.

And I’m confused, you state 3 different voltages for the higher supply.

 

Have you bought the parts yet?

Try to spell out exactly what you need in the end.

And I’m confused, you state 3 different voltages for the higher supply.

Sorry
I have 2 PSU
https://www.meanwell.co.uk/s-40-15.html
https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/ac-dc-enclosed-power-supply-output-48vdc-at-10a-sp--500--48

I want make 2 or 3 100W LED studio lights(dimmable and data sheet above) with a common power supply.

Each led light have a CPU fan with a heatsink

what is the best way to go forward I don't mind having single PSU

Thanks

 

The 15V power supply is not 12V. Use a 12V power supply to run the 12V fan.
The 48V power supply has a voltage that is too high and it does not have adjustable current. Use a power supply that is made to vary the power in your LEDs.

 

You could turn that 15 volt supply down to 13.5 and run those fans, when a fan is rated 12 volts that is usually a nominal voltage, and another 1.5 won’t hurt. Or use a resistor if you are nervous about using 13.5. Wouldn’t need to be that big to drop 1.5 volts.

You could also run 4 12 volt fans from the 48 volt supply in series. No need to change their speed when you dim the LEDs.

The real issue here is why do you need to use only 3 wires…just use 4.

But as the guru states you should use a current controlled LED driver for the lamps. (dimmable) Fiddling around with PWM and resistors is fine for lower power LEDs but I wouldn’t mess around with 100 watters. And be damn sure you can dissipate the heat from those bad boys.

But it would be possible to run them off of that supply using a dropping resistor and a well heat sunk regulator in CC mode.

If fact if you didn't really need to dim, you could just use a resistor, that would be risky if your heat dissipation is marginal.