I am going to try and be pretty informative here.. I have not gotten my LEDs in yet but here is what I ordered..
I bought 1 lot of 5 of these..
http://www.aliexpres...holesalers.html
and I bought 2 lots of 5 of these..
http://www.aliexpres...holesalers.html
These ship out of China, so they will take some time getting here.. I elected to get the expedited shipping for an extra $20..
My total was a little over $100..
I had some difficulties finding drivers for these because I wanted to fire all the whites with one driver and all the blues with one driver.
If you don't know the formula for finding the right driver for your LEDs here it is..
If you want to run them in series, you multiply the voltage by the number of LEDs in the string and keep the same current..
For example: I have 5 LEDs I want to fire.. They are 20w, 35v, 700mA each.. I would need a driver that puts out 175v @700mA to fire these in series...
If you want to run them in parallel, you keep the voltage and you multiply the current by the number of LEDs in the string..
Same LED string wired in parallel would require a driver
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I elected to run my LEDs in parallel.. There are some advantages to this. If one goes out.. they all don't go out..
I wanted dimmable drivers for my LEDs as well.. so, I began to hunt..
This is what I found..
I probably could have saved some money by getting the drivers out of China as well, but I elected to go with Mean Well dimmable drivers.
For the Blues I purchased:
http://www.powergate...wer-supply.html
and for the Whites I purchased:
http://www.powergate...wer-supply.html
Here I spent about $155 with shipping..
In total I'm out about $260 for LEDs...
When they get here, I get to put them together. Stay posted.