Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Finally got all 3 of my controllers mounted in cases and connected to pigtails today. I connected 48 nightlights to them (the Dollar Store loves me!).Weird thing is that one of the controllers has 3 flaky channels on it. Using the hardware utility, all channels work fin when doing a chase sequence. But if you just turn on all channels, these 3 channels (10, 11, & 16) will not turn on. If I lower the intensity, eventually #16 will turn on, but the other two don't. If I do a 'Fade On', the 3 flaky channels will fade up to a point, then turn off.I know it is not the night lights, as I have swapped them with other channels and the problems on these particular channels. The other two controllers are fine as well.Any ideas? Thanks in advance,Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I know you probably already thought of this, but do the nightlights have light sensors on them? It could be they are seeing the light from the other lights and not durning on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Good guess, but these lights are always on (a feature I purposely sought).I have done a little more investigation on this. The output leg of the opto on each bad channel reads 30VAC when all channels are on. The working channels read around 21VAC.I switched an opto-isolator on a bad channel for one on a good channel and the problem has followed the opto-isolator to the previously good channel. So I need to call LOR on Monday and get 3 optos I guess. It is kinda strange that I built 48 channels at once, and all of the bad optos are on one of the three boards. Also, if these things are prone to failure, should they be in a socket instead of soldered to the board?Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Hi,We do not have any componets that we know of that are prone to failure. We will send you some replacement parts. If you believe that a kit is not working because of a defective part then send it to us and we will fix it for you.For issues regarding kits please email:kits@lightorama.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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