To be dead honest, this is (as far as I know...) only 2 x 50w chips
Would you happen to have one of those inexpensive "Kill a Watt" meter things that you plug into an outlet and plug your electrical device into? I'd be interested in learning just how many watts (at whatever voltage you're getting at that particular outlet) those things consume.
Will be ordering more soon seeing as it took about 80 days to arrive.
WOW! I've heard of "slow boats from China," :rolleyes3 , but they must have had someone strap them onto their back and
swim to you. What did they do, wait until you ordered the products to mine the materials that they'd (eventually) be using to manufacture them?
The only thing I dislike so far is the purple, after working with the plants for a minute everything appears green afterwards for a few minutes, should probably get protective eyewear.
YES! I've got a blurple from one of our more recent
sponsors, and it appears to be relatively potent (for its wattage). Lacking a pair of "wraparound" sunglasses in the appropriate color, I tried looking towards the panel through two empty two-liter bottles of Mountain Dew - and it appeared to almost be "normal" white artificial light, lol. So something with green lenses might be appropriate? Remember to ensure that they also block UV wavelengths, too.
I already have some clouding in my left lens, says the optometrist; I really don't want to make that any worse.
From one person with severe eye issues to another, you have my heartfelt sympathies.
Also, I don't have a radio... especially AM radio... any way I can test for RF noise without it?
If you were my neighbor, I'd be happy to let you borrow my portable scanner. It's several years old now, but is a good one in terms of reception strength (et cetera), and is capable of scanning the vast majority of the radio spectrum between 25 mHz and 1.3 gHz, and for purposes of this discussion, you could probably infer(?) birdies in the few non-scannable frequency ranges, too, if the transmissions are strong enough. Perhaps you can think up a good (sounding) excuse for borrowing one, and then post a CraigsList ad asking to do so from someone local to you? (Or you could just buy one off of eBay, which is how I managed to "afford" mine way back when - you wouldn't believe some of the things that you might hear over one... until you hear them, lol.)
Switching power supplies (i.e. digital ballasts) can be incredibly noisy, especially if poorly designed.
And this is, sadly, not as uncommon as people seem to think.
You can shield them by wrapping them in foil that is directly connected to good RF ground and stop the noise from leaking out the cords by wrapping them around ferrite donuts ("toroids").
Hmm... Faraday (grow-)cage, LOL?
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