gail bell Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 has anyone ever had japanees beatles get in your controller and blow fuses ? i never had any problems till tonight and blew 2 fuses. then looked and found some burnt beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 If they are in the PC cases, and they are the newer ones, I wonder if the beetles are getting in through the grommet for the data cables. I keep thinking I should find some closed cell foam to stuff in there with the cables, just to keep the bugs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail bell Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 thoses beatles are bad this year.they get up behide the board. but i'm going to check voltages today .just to be sure i'm not over loaded , but like i said never had any trouble till last night -klb- wrote: If they are in the PC cases, and they are the newer ones, I wonder if the beetles are getting in through the grommet for the data cables. I keep thinking I should find some closed cell foam to stuff in there with the cables, just to keep the bugs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I recommend that you take a little duct tape and cover over the possible point of entry which is most likely the comm cable entry point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I use a couple of rolling stones to get rid of my beatles...(Sorry...couldn't resist) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail bell Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 thanks Dan , i will do that , but i took the board loose and looked behind it and there was just 2 beatles on it . got to checking had 2 channels that was over loaded.moved some lights to a different controller. now it's not blowing fuses. didn't think i was over loaded , sorry to bother everyone .thanks again LightORamaDan wrote: I recommend that you take a little duct tape and cover over the possible point of entry which is most likely the comm cable entry point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The toughest one I ever had to chase down was a string of C7's. Everything on this controller had been working before, and through the night of go live. A few days later, one controller blows a fuse. When I first put the fuse back in, everything was fine. About three measures into the show, it blows again. Chasing things down with an ohm meter, one of the C7 strings was showing shorted. I figured that somehow a bulb had been broken, and that next time we had to go on the roof, we would look for any visible issues, and replace them, so I unplugged that channel, and went on with things.We never did wind up going on the roof that season, and when we were packing up the lights, I pulled that string to inspect. I saw no visual reason for the fault, so I pulled the meter out, and confirmed that it was the problem child. Only by watching the meter as I unscrewed the bulbs one by one did I find the issue. The only flaw I saw once it was unscrewed was where it was arcing in the socket a touch when the fuses blew. Even looking through the envelope, I never did figure out where that bulb shorted. It must have been inside the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail bell Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 mine worked great for 2 nights testing , then next night they kept blowing fuses. really strange . -klb- wrote: The toughest one I ever had to chase down was a string of C7's. Everything on this controller had been working before, and through the night of go live. A few days later, one controller blows a fuse. When I first put the fuse back in, everything was fine. About three measures into the show, it blows again. Chasing things down with an ohm meter, one of the C7 strings was showing shorted. I figured that somehow a bulb had been broken, and that next time we had to go on the roof, we would look for any visible issues, and replace them, so I unplugged that channel, and went on with things.We never did wind up going on the roof that season, and when we were packing up the lights, I pulled that string to inspect. I saw no visual reason for the fault, so I pulled the meter out, and confirmed that it was the problem child. Only by watching the meter as I unscrewed the bulbs one by one did I find the issue. The only flaw I saw once it was unscrewed was where it was arcing in the socket a touch when the fuses blew. Even looking through the envelope, I never did figure out where that bulb shorted. It must have been inside the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusCarnathan Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 that remindes me I have to seal off my data cable opening to hold the cables in I use 2 zip ties and I don't cut off the extra so it will act as a holding point in between the strain relief and the bottom of the case to protect the wire I put tape on the wire so the zip ties doesn't damage the wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail bell Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 ok , i got a new problem now was sitting here tonight and one set of lights come on all by it's self the computer was shut down . and i went out and unplugged it and plugged it back in several times my lights are still on . they won't go off . getting to think theres a problem with this controller . any ideas ?just bought these controllers this year. hope they cover them .if something is wrong with them . or it.getting alittle nervous now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusCarnathan Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 it sounds like there might be a short I would contact Light O Rama and see what they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Gail,Are the lights that stay on, staying on at full intensity or like half or lower.First try to do a reset on the board. Second if that does not work, it is likely that you have a blown triac. You can contact support@lightorama.com and get this taken care of.I cannot complain about the service I have gotten in the past from support issues with LOR.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail bell Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 thanks, yes i reset the board a few days ago and so far they are staying off .but when it did it , they was about half intensity. cmoore60 wrote: Gail,Are the lights that stay on, staying on at full intensity or like half or lower.First try to do a reset on the board. Second if that does not work, it is likely that you have a blown triac. You can contact support@lightorama.com and get this taken care of.I cannot complain about the service I have gotten in the past from support issues with LOR.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Go back to THIS POST and read my part about "carbon tracking" from your burning beatles issue.If you smoked beatles to the point of blowing fuses then you can have a serious problem. All the controller resetting in world won't fix your problem.I'm really concerned that the burning beatles burnt and smoked enough to damage the underside of your controller card. Don't take this lightly. Once carbon tracking starts it can conduct enough electricity to really burn the circuit board.I'm surprised Dan hasn't advised you about this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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