Vero blinking with fasttech driver?

Vero18 powered by 50w fasttech driver. I picked up 2 vero18's and 2 fasttech 50w driver's and one of them is blinking. I think it's the driver because I don't think the cob would blink on it's own? I don't have anything to test them and didn't want to swap cob's to test in fear damaging a good cob.

Thanx 2 the diy led guy's....

The one I had flashed when it was under 19Vf. Maybe for some reason the Vf range (or current output) on that driver is off?

cletusboost said:

Vero18 powered by 50w fasttech driver. I picked up 2 vero18's and 2 fasttech 50w driver's and one of them is blinking. I think it's the driver because I don't think the cob would blink on it's own? I don't have anything to test them and didn't want to swap cob's to test in fear damaging a good cob.

Thanx 2 the diy led guy's....

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swap the cob... IMHO, its Doubtful that you'll damage it

Has anyone ever had similar issues with MeanWell's products? They seem to be the standard when it comes to drivers.

I hooked it up to another vero18 and it did the same thing. Looks like I'll have to contact fasttech and send this thing back. Thank you

Sorry to hear that. I have tested about 25 of the 30W version of those drivers and found 1 dud (put out 500mA) but no DOA drivers. One of them burnt out while operating in a grow in Hawaii with relatively warm temps. It was running for about 4 months. Another burned out in my own setup after about 6 months. So reliability is not great, but efficiency and price is very good. If you are going to use them regularly, might be well advised to keep an extra one on hand.

Thanx for the heads up. I have 2 cxa3070's powered by the perfect-deal ebay drivers but they sold out. That's why I went with fasttech drivers for the vero's. Supra, you're one of the ones that got me going diy led. Thanx big time to you and all the others that share all this great info

Fasttech was quick to respond and said they will look to improve quality control. The process of returning and receiving a replacement was fast and easy and they covered all shipping cost. Bummer getting a dud but they did take care of it.