sticks4legs Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Came home to an open e682 enclosure full of snow that had been powered on. Not sure if wind or curious neighbours kids, I have a feeling which it was. The lights were showing white and purple on some outputs with no signal going to them. Immediately unplugged and started drying with cool setting with hair dryer. I'm guessing the power supply is toast, it was however still running and the fan spinning. Not sure I trust it.Suggestion on what else to do to controller card. I've pulled all pigtails, fuses, blown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyoregonchristmas Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I always suggest a locking enclosure that you can add a padlock to. After all displays are wonderlands for children, and those mysterious boxes hold high voltage. Kids love to explore. Just peace of mind. I buy padlocks in multi packs that are all keyed the same. Makes it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I made coro boxes to slide over top my controller boxes, helps hide them too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 My only E682 in the yard is in an 8x8x4 electrical box and mounted on the back of the star at the top of my Pixel tree, so it's almost 15 feet up. I do have 3 CCP controller boxes out that are a foot off the ground, but they have enough screws that someone would have to put some effort into getting them open, and they are under a black trash bag that is ty-rapped in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 BTW, you may be surprised about the E682. It's not a very high voltage, and snow should be pretty clean water. Pure water is not a problem, it's the crud in it that causes the problem. Make sure everything is well dried out. Unhook the power supply from the E682 and power it up. Measure the voltage with no load. If that's OK, hook up a load (such as an extra car headlight), and see if it holds voltage under load. If OK, let that run a few hours to be sure. If still OK, hook up the E682 and start testing it. If OK, hook up a few strings and set it doing a test pattern and if it's working, let that run for a few hours. If all that is OK, get on your knees and thank the Lord Almighty, and put it all back in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Came home to an open e682 enclosure full of snow that had been powered on. Not sure if wind or curious neighbours kids, I have a feeling which it was. The lights were showing white and purple on some outputs with no signal going to them. Immediately unplugged and started drying with cool setting with hair dryer.I'm guessing the power supply is toast, it was however still running and the fan spinning. Not sure I trust it.Suggestion on what else to do to controller card. I've pulled all pigtails, fuses, blown out. That sucks.My 4 year old decided to take his tablet in the bath with him few months ago.Apparently RICE is a natural desiccate.Put your board in a bag of rice for the final drying period. It worked for the tablet and many people say it worked for the phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks4legs Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Have to give the e682 credit, dried it out, changed a couple fuses and it's already back up running. I let the power supply dry out, when I went to fire it back up the cooling fan sounded like the bearing was toast. Swapped out with a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixnight Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I always have my controllers and the E682 inside of garage and running any cables under from controllers to lights/ws2811 under garage gate, even a mini computer is into the garage, see pictures visiting http://thehousewithlights.website/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 The rice idea is a good one. I have just had a WS2801 controller fail because of water. I dried it out but it has been on this whole time, and it just started raining again. If it isn't working I will put it in rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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