why does the panel flicker and change color?

medichronic

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #1

ok so I received my 400w vipar LED panel a cuple weeks ago and when I turn it on it would stay a deep magenta color and yesterday I thought the color looked diferant so I unplugged it and pluged it back in and when it come on it started as the magenta color in the first pic and after 3 seconds it flickered to the color of pic 2 I have 2k watts of HID air cooled hoods about 5feet from the LED panel and I recently changed from MH TO HPS so my question is " will the spectrum change of the HID change the appearance of the LED spectrum? "any help would be greatly appreciated as I have 1 week left befor my 30 day no questions return expires ,,,,,,,

 

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lax123

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #2

did you look at the leds if some r turned off and on?

 

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bbspills

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #3

Flickering can happen when there isn't good insulation between the led and the heat sink. This creates a kind of short circuit as the current jumps from the led to the metal on the heat sink.

 

Chronikool

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #4

Leave your HPS off and see if it still does it...maybe your HPS is playing tricks with your eyes....?

 

Mr John

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #5

Get with the company and check on your warranty, I believe your panel should not flicker at all. Something does not sound right.

 

medichronic

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #6

so just to clarify it does not continue to flicke. just one flicker about 3 seconds after I turn it on and it remains that "odd" color . I am working with the company to get a new one, the problem is as I explained to them some light is better than none and I don't have a light to use in the meen time so we will see what happens.....

 

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DGT

Active Member

• Feb 19, 2014

• #7

medichronic said:

so just to clarify it does not continue to flicke. just one flicker about 3 seconds after I turn it on and it remains that "odd" color . I am working with the company to get a new one, the problem is as I explained to them some light is better than none and I don't have a light to use in the meen time so we will see what happens.....

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is this normal?

 

SupraSPL

Well-Known Member

• Feb 19, 2014

• #8

looks like some of your reds are not firing up? maybe look at it with sun glasses to check.

 

PSUAGRO.

Well-Known Member

• Feb 19, 2014

• #9

Could be one of the CC drivers is faulty.........if your wiring is good then I would contact the manufacturer under warranty.

If it has quick connectors inside you can check the driver pretty easily by swapping or a multimeter......good luck