User manual

LOR800W & LOR160xW g3
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Power Considerations
This section attempts a relatively simple answer to
the question “How many lights can I use?”
LOR800W and LOR1600W
The LOR800W and LOR1600W have one power
input cord and a total capacity of 15 amps.
The maximum current on a single channel is 8
amps. The maximum current for all channels is 15
amps. So you have to divide up your lights on the 8
or 16 channels so you don’t exceed either of these
two limits.
E.G. for the LOR1600W, you could put 1 amp on 14
channels and 0.5 amps on 2 channels and that
would be 15 amps. Or, you could put 0.5 amps on
14 channels, 8 amps on another channel and 0
amps on the last channel and that would be 15
amps.
LOR1602W
The LOR1602W has two power input cords and a
total capacity 30 amps. The left input cord powers
LOR800W & LOR160xW g3
16
channels 1-8. The right power input cord powers
channels 9-16 and the controller’s microcomputer.
If you plug both power cords into one circuit, then
the controller would have at most 20 amps
available, but more likely, the circuit is a 15 amp
circuit, so that’s all you’ll have available. If you can
plug the two power cords into separate circuits,
then the full 30 amp capacity of the controller will be
available.
We will talk about only the right channels for now.
The same discussion applies to the left channels.
The maximum current on a single channel is 8
amps. The maximum current for all right channels is
15 amps. So you have to divide up your lights on
the 8 channels so you don’t exceed these two
limits.
You could put 1 amp on 7 channels and 8 amps on
the last one and that would be 15 amps. Or, you
could put 2 amps on 6 channels, 1 amp on another
channel and 2 amps on the last channel and that
would be 15 amps.
The same computation applies to the left bank of
channels. Remember, if the controller is plugged
into only one circuit in your house, then both the left
and right banks’ total current must not exceed what
that circuit can supply.
3-Phase Power
The LOR1602Wg3 has separate sensing for the
power phase on its two power input cords. This
means that power phase does not matter and the
controller can be plugged into two different phases
in three phase commercial environments.