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Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 8:26 pm
by F.N. led
You are the man FlippyNips thank you.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 8:54 pm
by F.N. led
I will admit the representative for the company is very helpful so far. Good morning.
We guess the one led was cold solder joint, maybe you can let your son check it.
Please let me know if any questions.
Have a nice day.
Best Regards
Rita
They are working with me and will replace the board but I will believe it when it is done. I am going the fuse route too that was explained in a earlier post.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 6:36 am
by F.N. led
They are sending me a board the dimmer is cheap and no good. I am also getting the price of the dimmer off of my next purchase. But I will look for better dimmers from here on in. it was 135 watts they use alot of power to run a dimmer.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 1:17 pm
by alienfarts687
What kind of dimmer is it? I'd be surprised if the dimmer would damage the board like that.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 8:29 pm
by F.N. led
A cheap 10 dollar dimmer with suspect soldering as my son in law put it. It was the dimmer as soon as I unplugged it the light worked great even with a line dimmed. The good news is they are sending me another board and I will find a better dimmer. The ends were cold soldered that is possible too that the soldering job was not up to par. It worked for up to a week and a half to two week it was never touched in that time. What would u think it might be my man? If not the dimmer
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Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 1:00 am
by alienfarts687
F.N. led wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:29 pm
A cheap 10 dollar dimmer with suspect soldering as my son in law put it. It was the dimmer as soon as I unplugged it the light worked great even with a line dimmed. The good news is they are sending me another board and I will find a better dimmer. The ends were cold soldered that is possible too that the soldering job was not up to par. It worked for up to a week and a half to two week it was never touched in that time. What would u think it might be my man? If not the dimmer
IMG_9370 dimmer board.jpg.
Hmm, maybe? If the dimmer isn't properly regulating the voltage, I suppose it could be causing the lights to overheat? And the cold solder joints could definitely cause reliability problems. I know, I did an awful soldering job on a microcontroller and it only works half the time!!
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 1:43 am
by FlippyNips
It looks like it just provides 0-10V signal to the power supply and doesn't alter the current to the boards directly.
I think a simple 100k ohm potentiometer set up would be better for this application.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:50 am
by Eman
FlippyNips wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 1:43 am
It looks like it just provides 0-10V signal to the power supply and doesn't alter the current to the boards directly.
I think a simple 100k ohm potentiometer set up would be better for this application.
I didn't care much for those dimmers, had them (meijiu) swap em' out for normal potentiometers and lower the price a little.
Re: Quantum board with a line going dim
Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:08 pm
by F.N. led
Eman wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 2:50 am
FlippyNips wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 1:43 am
It looks like it just provides 0-10V signal to the power supply and doesn't alter the current to the boards directly.
I think a simple 100k ohm potentiometer set up would be better for this application.
I didn't care much for those dimmers, had them (meijiu) swap em' out for normal potentiometers and lower the price a little.
That is what they are doing and replacing the board. There customer service is a lot better then there dimmer boxes. LOL