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My understanding is if any of the lights in the chain have different wattages it is possible for lights not to power up or shut down equally.
Most important was the statement I read saying some lights may not shut off specifically the lower wattage light.
I have 16 1000w gavitas de, 8 1000w nanolux de lights and 8 next light mega led. They are all 120/240v can i link them together with out any problems?
https://www.reddit.com/user/whowhatnowhow/
What do you mean by daisy chain? Daisy chain dimmability? Just on/off powering? Via their own controllers?
If they all have rj45 port(s) that are the same 0-10V standard (sometimes they're 1-10V), then, yes.
But sometimes the controllers are different for power on/off. They can be in the same controller (ideal - if they all have the same standard, yhen, yes to your question) or sometimes they need power switched separately, often, which would be the same for all, as the lowest controller setting would not be conpletely off and you'd see some light from the LEDs. Not enough to affect the plants, likely, but energy wasteage and not ideal, maybe some plant would be affected.
And if not exposed via the srandard in rj45 port or already with power plug daisy chaining ability, you'd need to wire that into the controller (I imagine voiding the warranty).
So likely not, but there is a slim possibility, if all are rj45 0-10V that also allows for powering off via that control.
I know common sense I would not try to daisy chain my FC8000 with my TSL 2000's even though they are all Mars Hydros..
Maybe part of my OCD??
Most important was the statement I read saying some lights may not shut off specifically the lower wattage light.
Can you daisy chain different light brands?
I have 16 1000w gavitas de, 8 1000w nanolux de lights and 8 next light mega led. They are all 120/240v can i link them together with out any problems?
https://www.reddit.com/user/whowhatnowhow/
What do you mean by daisy chain? Daisy chain dimmability? Just on/off powering? Via their own controllers?
If they all have rj45 port(s) that are the same 0-10V standard (sometimes they're 1-10V), then, yes.
But sometimes the controllers are different for power on/off. They can be in the same controller (ideal - if they all have the same standard, yhen, yes to your question) or sometimes they need power switched separately, often, which would be the same for all, as the lowest controller setting would not be conpletely off and you'd see some light from the LEDs. Not enough to affect the plants, likely, but energy wasteage and not ideal, maybe some plant would be affected.
And if not exposed via the srandard in rj45 port or already with power plug daisy chaining ability, you'd need to wire that into the controller (I imagine voiding the warranty).
So likely not, but there is a slim possibility, if all are rj45 0-10V that also allows for powering off via that control.
I know common sense I would not try to daisy chain my FC8000 with my TSL 2000's even though they are all Mars Hydros..
Maybe part of my OCD??
It doesn’t make sense. I gave up also.
