ToddH Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 This controller is only a year old, when no sequences are being played all channels flicker randomly and not all the time, its very speratic. I removed the network cable and it still was doing this, so its nothing related to the network. Also I noticed that the cover on the box of this unit seemed warm to the touch which to me means something is over heating on this board? Any ideas? When sequences are being played and during the shows there are no issues, no flickering in between songs, just when its not being used and is in standby mode does this happen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddH Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 all the channels flicker when not in use. This controller is only a year old, when no sequences are being played all channels flicker randomly and not all the time, its very sporadic. I removed the network cable and it still was doing this, so its nothing related to the network. Also I noticed that the cover on the box of this unit seemed warm to the touch which to me means something is over heating on this board? Any ideas? When sequences are being played and during the shows there are no issues, no flickering in between songs, just when its not being used and is in standby mode does this happen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddH Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Sorry for the double post, Seems the forum police here don't like when you post something in another RELATED thread to see if you can get a response...EXXcuuuuse me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCas4380 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Are they all LEDs? If so have you tried to add an additional non led load to the channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddH Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Yes they are all LEDs. The one thing I did notice tonight was that if I moved the controller or shook it slightly it would trigger the flickering immediately every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Gosh Todd - maybe you should stop shaking it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I'm not an expert when it comes to these types of issues; with that in mind. If this was a controller you built, then I would check for something on the board that may not have been soldered correctly or somehow worked its way loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Todd, is this one of the pro metal box units? Are you sure that the outlet is properly wired? Did you put the supply wires on the controller? Sure that you got the hot wire (black on the right post, and the white neutral wire on the right location? Almost sounds like something is crossed up some where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddH Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 No, these are the plastic boxs, the kit is what I purchased and built. I had this in my show last year and it did not have any issues but a bad triac as one channel stays on at about 5% and I never got around to replacing that yet. I will have to check the board to see if maybe a solder joint is broken or maybe bridged...but I would not think it would cause what I am experiencing but you never know right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a31ford Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) DUMB question.... is there someone that has a "fencer" (for horses. cows) near you ?? I was having a problem somewhat like yours, it wasn't the shaking, it was capacitance (when I would touch my controller) the channels would do weird flickering when the unit was placed in a certain spot, OR when I would pick it up. the fencer was causing the flicker, moved the controller abut 4 feet away, the flicker stopped (unless I picked it up again), set it down in the new spot, stop, up, flicker, down stop). Greg Edited February 2, 2014 by a31ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Sounds like a grounding issue, check your neutral. You would make an excellent ground when when you grab it. Is this unit hooked to a GFI?If things are heating up then it's usually a loose wire or not making good contact. Edited February 2, 2014 by Grinch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 ToddH Had the same thing happened to one of my controllers. I put all my controllers on a timer until after the season was over. I reset the controller but haven't had time to check it to see if that worked. My #1 controller had channels 123 randomly go on and off when it didn't have a sequence running. I do hope the reset worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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