P0seid0n Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Made a dumb a$$ mistake, hooked up my Mini to the wrong side of my LDD board, sent 48v in instead of 12v. There was popping, and smoke.... ?. The good news is my LED’s all still light, bad news is the Bluefish is cooked. I’m guessing the output on my LEDS to be 100%, with no PWM signal, and the LDD board from rapid that includes the step down module to bring my 48v to 12v, would that be correct? Is the controller likely the only thing I fried, or did I cook that new LDD board somehow too? Any guesses for me? 1 Link to comment
SpencerShepard Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Ouch. Send me an email support@aquarium-led-controller.com and I will try to help with cost on a replacement. 1 Link to comment
xthunt Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I wouldn't call it stupid. Shouldn't electronics have different sized and/or shaped plugs to prevent something like that from happening? Link to comment
P0seid0n Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Spencer, thanks so much for the help. I am having issues now that must be related to my screw up. The rapid led board has some jumpers on it labeled “short for pull Down” if I leave those open, I get 100% on both channels. If I close those jumpers, I get control with the mini, but if I drive both channels to 100% both go out. It looks like my power supply is on the fritz when it’s running under a large load. I know now enough to be dangerous, but don’t have the tools to accurately diagnose what I did. I guess I’m happy my LED’s are working, but I must have screwed up something else. Link to comment
SpencerShepard Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I would guess that your power supply isn't large enough for your setup. Not really my area of expertise though...best to contact Rapid. Link to comment
DaveFason Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/27/2017 at 4:45 PM, P0seid0n said: Spencer, thanks so much for the help. I am having issues now that must be related to my screw up. The rapid led board has some jumpers on it labeled “short for pull Down” if I leave those open, I get 100% on both channels. If I close those jumpers, I get control with the mini, but if I drive both channels to 100% both go out. It looks like my power supply is on the fritz when it’s running under a large load. I know now enough to be dangerous, but don’t have the tools to accurately diagnose what I did. I guess I’m happy my LED’s are working, but I must have screwed up something else. If you need a pull down buy the 10K resistor and this will solve one of your issues. The power supply sounds like it is to small. Generally a 24v or 48v will be enough for stands 6 - 14 LEDs and then matching your total watts needed. Link to comment
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