How much can you extend output wires of LED drivers?

Indoor Growing Lighting
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My grow room is located outdoors.

I want to relocate the LED drivers to outside the tent.

I want to run the wires through the wall of my house to locate the drivers indoors.

This would require about 8-10 feet of extra wiring. (I’m extending the wires of the output from the driver.)

Originally the driver was attached to the light, so the original wires are only a few inches.

I have been running one of the lights with about 5-6 feet of extended wires for over 2 weeks (18 hours per day) with no issues.

Do you think extending the wires all the way to 8-10 feet is okay? Will it reduce current going to the light in any way?

Assuming my electric connections are all done correctly and safely and I use proper gauge wire,

Is specifically adding 8-10 feet of wire a safe idea?

I’ve seen others tag @dbrn32 for electric related questions.

Thank you🌲

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It’s a Phlizon pl1000 (100w) and Vivosun vs1000 (100w)

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If it was me i would extent the 110volts side power going to driver if posable

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Do you know what the output voltage and current of your driver is? 8-10 feet isn’t far but I would consider increasing wire size a little to help combat voltage drop. Just make sure not to go so big the new wire won’t fit factory connectors.

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That wouldn’t help me relocate the drivers

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Is your extented wiring fill of the wires see if there getting hot if not should be good

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Not sure what factory wiring is but 18awg copper should be more than enough.

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Okay great, thank you! And you think 8-10 feet will not be an issue? Will it be any less efficient? The driver was originally attached to the light board so the original wiring was only like 4 inches.

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Shouldn’t be any noticeable differences. I would expect maximum voltage drop of maybe 1 volt.

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Okay thanks man, I was stressing about this for a while now, you cleared up everything for me.

It just seemed like a lot of extra wire to add before I got a professional opinion.

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