Ron Amedee Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 After being on nonstop since Feb. 14..I got up at 3:15 this morning to get ready to go to work and in the dark I could see Channel 6 and Channel 11 on my element in the living room LED's slightly glowing. Never seen this before. I am using Full wave Pro grade LED's from CDI. Is it possible i need to use snubbers on these high grade LED's? It's only glowing on Two channels. Both input cords are plugged into the same phase through a Surge protected BelKin 12 way power strip.
George Simmons Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Ron Amedee wrote: Is it possible i need to use snubbers on these high grade LED's?Not only is it possible, but from what you describe it sounds downright likely. The "quality" of the LEDs makes little difference in whether or not you need snubbers. To see for yourself, plug an air freshener into one of those channels and then run a sequence that uses the channel. If it turns completely off with the snubber plugged in, then you need one.
Ron Amedee Posted April 7, 2011 Author Posted April 7, 2011 Darn...Now need to make snubbers:D After reading the post on snubbers I fianally get to use some:shock: Time to re-read all the post..Find the right resistance and get out the old solding station...install and coat with Dielectric coating and then post pics for everyone to see:DThanks George
George Simmons Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Check this thread out. They're what I use, they work great and were pretty simple to make. Or, you can go ahead and re-invent the wheel.
Ron Amedee Posted April 7, 2011 Author Posted April 7, 2011 George..You are THE MAN !!! I ain't tryin' to reinvent nothin'..Thats why I'm Here Thats why I came !!!
BrownOut Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Why not just mount sixteen 47ohm resisters in the controller?? I have seen lots of info on the forums about snubbers but never saw a problem with my LEDs while sequencing in my shed. After reading the link above to PC, I tried connecting 10 sets of lights like I plan to do on a tree- I guess I do need snubbers.
redsea300 Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Check the voltage output on the 2 channels. I think the triac went bad. I had one controller do the same. it had 45 volts going to 2 channels which made my led's glow.
-klb- Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 BrownOut wrote: Why not just mount sixteen 47ohm resisters in the controller?? I have seen lots of info on the forums about snubbers but never saw a problem with my LEDs while sequencing in my shed. After reading the link above to PC, I tried connecting 10 sets of lights like I plan to do on a tree- I guess I do need snubbers.Please, no 47 ohm resistors. Try 47K ohm instead... Those 3 extra zeros make a big difference...
BrownOut Posted April 8, 2011 Posted April 8, 2011 -klb- wrote: BrownOut wrote: Why not just mount sixteen 47ohm resisters in the controller?? I have seen lots of info on the forums about snubbers but never saw a problem with my LEDs while sequencing in my shed. After reading the link above to PC, I tried connecting 10 sets of lights like I plan to do on a tree- I guess I do need snubbers.Please, no 47 ohm resistors. Try 47K ohm instead... Those 3 extra zeros make a big difference... [Okay, so it gets a little hot and makes a *POP*]Thanks- I see I'm off by a few decimal points there.
Ron Amedee Posted April 8, 2011 Author Posted April 8, 2011 Checked the dongles and on the glowing channels I am getting 19.61vac..On all others 10.11vac(These are off)
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