Pineview lights Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I have always used a spot light in my show for my radio frequency sign and last year using S4 i had no problems but this year with S5 my spot light and lights i have blocking drive way will start blinking and or flickering about an hour into my show. I have tried switching channels and still same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Pineview lights said: I have always used a spot light in my show for my radio frequency sign and last year using S4 i had no problems but this year with S5 my spot light and lights i have blocking drive way will start blinking and or flickering about an hour into my show. I have tried switching channels and still same problem. What kind of spot light? - specifics... Incandescent, led lamp, led fixture, cheapo - full wave - tell us... Can't imagine it's the software doing it.... Edited December 3, 2018 by Mega Arch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineview lights Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 It is an led spot light and i have an led string of lights connected. Also in the sequences I have them constantly on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 58 minutes ago, Pineview lights said: It is an led spot light and i have an led string of lights connected. Also in the sequences I have them constantly on. do they flicker when you run an extension cord straight to them? not through a controller.. you said always on - so why waste a channel anyway? (I'm saying that when I have mine on a channel as well...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineview lights Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 No they do not when straight wired through extension cord but I have a few extra channels and instead of a timer or some other way of controlling I would like it to run on the controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well flickering is what a few of my channels were doing before the triacs failed. I’m just confused as you’ve tried other controller channels. Unless multiple channels going out, doesn’t compute for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineview lights Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 I have actually tried multiple controllers and it does about the same thing and sometimes it works fine. I just don't know if maybe because i have about 150ft of drop cord and its just a few leds if that is effecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 With the lights being LED, I wouldn’t think you would have a voltage drop issue. If the LEDs aren’t full wave, sometimes the controller doesn’t see enough load from them. That coupled with your distance may be getting you. Do you have a snubber, a glade plugin or an incandescent light that you could add to the end? Just to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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