Stumped

[bk78]

So I switched my boards back on the heat sinks as I had them mixed with 4K/3k and now only a single board will work at a time. I’ve tried every configuration possible but they both won’t fire at once for some reason?

any thoughts as to why?

 

[Snob]

are you wiring it up the same way it was before? is the wire your using between the 2 boards fresh? Maybe they are bad wires?

 

[bk78]

are you wiring it up the same way it was before? is the wire your using between the 2 boards fresh? Maybe they are bad wires?

Can a solid copper wire go bad? lol

 

[Airwalker16]

Voltage maybe different between these boards I dunno. just an ideal bad wires seems more plausible.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Maybe one of the wire terminals on one of the boards isn’t making a connection? When it doubt, pull out the voltage and ohm meter.

 

[iPerculate]

Solid wires tend to break more often than stranded. Sounds like a connection issue somewhere.

Like Charlie mentioned, check resistance

 

[iPerculate]

Are you intending to do a series connection? That wiring looks like parallel.

 

[bk78]

Maybe one of the wire terminals on one of the boards isn’t making a connection? When it doubt, pull out the voltage and ohm meter.

As you can see by the pics I have hooked each board up by itself using every connect possible.

 

[bk78]

Are you intending to do a series connection? That wiring looks like parallel.

No

 

[bk78]

Solid wires tend to break more often than stranded. Sounds like a connection issue somewhere.

Like Charlie mentioned, check resistance

Never knew this. I’ve tried all 4 pieces of solid wire I have on hand and nothing works.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

As you can see by the pics I have hooked each board up by itself using every connect possible.

Yeah, I see that now.

 

[bk78]

Voltage maybe different between these boards I dunno. just an ideal bad wires seems more plausible.

I hooked up the original driver that came with the 4K boards and still nothing.

 

[Airwalker16]

It can't be a broken solder joint on a board if each one will illuminate still, so that takes care of that. So it has to be from the wires somehow

 

[Airwalker16]

I hooked up the original driver that came with the 4K boards and still nothing.

But you can get them to light up individually?

 

[bk78]

It can't be a broken solder joint on a board if each one will illuminate still, so that takes care of that. So it has to be from the wires somehow

I tried every possible configuration before making this post. As seen in the pictures.

 

[bk78]

Well I guess I’ll head and get some solid core wire

what gauge should I grab.

 

[Nappertunity]

I'd check the multimeter to trace where the break is. They are always handy to keep around.

 

[Nefrella]

Honestly I would rewire the whole thing and go from there. If you've already do e that and said so previously, apologies . Good luck, youll get it, just keep plugging

 

[Nappertunity]

Well I guess I’ll head and get some solid core wire

what gauge should I grab.

18-22 awg wire

 

[iPerculate]

Series:



Series connection is only 1 jumper attached between the boards, not 2. I'm not sure what boards or configuration that you are running that's why I wondered if series or parallel was the goal.

My HLG kits run as series circuits