Help with LED Light issue

Commander Strax

Commander Strax

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hey Folks,

I have a bit of an issue with my LED grow light, it is an Area 51 RW-75......OK I know that this is a bit of a sore point with some people, but it is what it is.

If you are not aware of what went Down, it is my understanding that the owner of Area 51 ripped of a bunch of people and took off. So factory support is not an option.

The light has a white set of LEDs and a red set of LEDs and the white set no longer lights up.

I am assuming that all of the white bulbs did not die all at the same time and that the issue is some sort of LED driver?

It has screws holding it together and I have a screwdriver, so the question that I am asking is what am I looking for inside there?
 
RandomHero8913

RandomHero8913

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My guess is you'll need a multimeter to check the connections. You may be lucky and it might be a visible loose wire that just needs some help.
 
Yodaweed

Yodaweed

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Commander Strax said:
hey Folks,

I have a bit of an issue with my LED grow light, it is an Area 51 RW-75......OK I know that this is a bit of a sore point with some people, but it is what it is.

If you are not aware of what went Down, it is my understanding that the owner of Area 51 ripped of a bunch of people and took off. So factory support is not an option.

The light has a white set of LEDs and a red set of LEDs and the white set no longer lights up.

I am assuming that all of the white bulbs did not die all at the same time and that the issue is some sort of LED driver?

It has screws holding it together and I have a screwdriver, so the question that I am asking is what am I looking for inside there?
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Could be a loose wire or driver malfunction/death, remove the screws and test the connections, if they are all secured you will need to test the driver that's on the string of white LEDs.
 
nfhiggs

nfhiggs

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Commander Strax said:
hey Folks,

I have a bit of an issue with my LED grow light, it is an Area 51 RW-75......OK I know that this is a bit of a sore point with some people, but it is what it is.

If you are not aware of what went Down, it is my understanding that the owner of Area 51 ripped of a bunch of people and took off. So factory support is not an option.

The light has a white set of LEDs and a red set of LEDs and the white set no longer lights up.

I am assuming that all of the white bulbs did not die all at the same time and that the issue is some sort of LED driver?

It has screws holding it together and I have a screwdriver, so the question that I am asking is what am I looking for inside there?
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If the white LEDs are all in a single series string, one bad LED can put the whole string out. The drivers will be quite obvious when you get it open. They will be little rectangular blocks with wires coming out. They will have their power rating printed on them. You're going to need a multimeter to check this thing out.
 
Commander Strax

Commander Strax

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nfhiggs said:
If the white LEDs are all in a single series string, one bad LED can put the whole string out. The drivers will be quite obvious when you get it open. They will be little rectangular blocks with wires coming out. They will have their power rating printed on them. You're going to need a multimeter to check this thing out.
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So if I run a continuity check thru the leds will the tell me if the bulbs are good?
 
nfhiggs

nfhiggs

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Commander Strax said:
So if I run a continuity check thru the leds will the tell me if the bulbs are good?
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Well, its not that simple. These are not Christmas tree lights - diodes have to be measured a certain way (called the front/back ratio), not simple continuity. And it depends on the meter. A high quality Fluke multimeter may give you a front/back diode ratio on a series LED string, but a cheap meter won't. So you may need to check them individually to find the bad one, if your driver is putting out voltage.
 
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