screensaver Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is there a limit to the number of C6's that I can put on a single channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 For what the majority of home owners do with C6 LED's the practical answer would be "No limit."However, you have to keep in mind the electrical load of the controller. Each channel can handle a maximum of 8 amps, while each side can handle a maximum of 15 amps. (On a CTB16PC or LOR1602 controller.)So if your string of LED is .04amps, you could comfortably put 300 on each side of the controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screensaver Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Don wrote: For what the majority of home owners do with C6 LED's the practical answer would be "No limit."However, you have to keep in mind the electrical load of the controller. Each channel can handle a maximum of 8 amps, while each side can handle a maximum of 15 amps. (On a CTB16PC or LOR1602 controller.)So if your string of LED is .04amps, you could comfortably put 300 on each side of the controller.Thanks for the quick reply. Next year I want to put a small tree inside my mega. To get the desired effect I'm going to need a lot of lights. I have seven spare channels but of course I want to keep at least a couple spare after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORisAwesome Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Are you using LED or incandescent?You won't be able to use nearly as many incandescent C6 lights as you can LED lights. I'm not 100% sure, but I think most incandescent C6 lights use about 5 watts each. This is where Ohms law can help.You might want to consider getting a Kill-O-Watt. I've seen them for about $20.00 at Home Depot.Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 LORisAwesome wrote:Are you using LED or incandescent? You won't be able to use nearly as many incandescent C6 lights as you can LED lights. I'm not 100% sure, but I think most incandescent C6 lights use about 5 watts each. This is where Ohms law can help.You might want to consider getting a Kill-O-Watt. I've seen them for about $20.00 at Home Depot.JerryI might be wrong... but I've never seen C6 incandescent Christmas lights. Those are usually LED's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORisAwesome Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I think you were right. I got it mixed up with C7 -- you know the smaller version of the C9.SorryJerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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