jones.calebm Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I made a post a few days ago about several channels in my setup that wont fade. I originally thought it was an individual channel issue and that I may have bad triacs since these units are several years old. But today I traced the problem down to 3 of my 8 units and on all 3 units, channels 1 through 8 do not fade.. they instantly snap on at the beginning of the fade. circuits 9 through 16 work fine. so,Unit 2, circuits 1 through 8Unit 6, circuits 1 through 8Unit 7, circuits 1 through 8All will not fadeIn the test console, if I move the fader of one of the bad channels to 1%, the lights instantly snap to 60% brightness. By the time the fader is at 50%, the lights are already at 100% and moving the fader between 50 and 100 has no effect on the light at all. Resetting the units has no effect on the issue.This identical setup worked fine the last several years and all my other units are working normally. Could I have a non-hardware problem? If not, what hardware would keep all 8 channels from fading on these units?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 What kind(s) of lights on those circuits? If LED, have you tried a snubber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jones.calebm Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 They're all Incands.. its a tree similar to this http://blog.al.com/holidays_impact/2007/12/living-christmas-tree.jpgThe lights on 9-16 are identical to the lights on 1-8.. but 1-8 wont fade.. on 3 of the units.Thanks for the help.. i'm in a bind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jones.calebm Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Finally got this fixed (with the help of the awesome LOR helpdesk)This was a AC phase issue.. Both power inputs on each controller must be plugged into outlets that are on the same phase. There are 2 AC phases in the breaker panel.. both inputs on the LOR boxes need to be plugged into outlets on the same phase.Once I corrected this, the fading worked perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Thanks for posting this. I have 4 controllers that are on different circuits as I try to balance out the loads on my 6 circuits. I have not had a fading problem before, and I'm certain I don't have them on the same phase in all cases. This is good info to look out for though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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