HuskerTank
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Need some help with my LED driver that has been running fine since I completed the build July 2016; has recently started flashing the LEDs with no known changes.
Purchased everything from LED Group Buy.
Driver is Inventronics Dimmable 71-142Vdc, 1.05 A
LEDs are royal blue Cree XT-E's x 36 LEDs (forward voltage 3.15v at 1000 mA according to group buy site)
I was told that blinking is suggestive for not enough forward voltage. I don't have anything hooked up to the dimmer wires to supply a reference voltage, so it should be running at the full 1.05 A (it has been this way since I first started the build). Forward voltage calculated ~3.15V x 36 leds = 113.4 V (seems well within 71-142 range). With the blinking, no led is burnt out or brighter/dimmer than the others. LEDs are also solderless and I don't see any bare/exposed wires that would be touching the heatsink. I also checked the AC plug and it appears fine as well. Any ideas?
Purchased everything from LED Group Buy.
Driver is Inventronics Dimmable 71-142Vdc, 1.05 A
LEDs are royal blue Cree XT-E's x 36 LEDs (forward voltage 3.15v at 1000 mA according to group buy site)
I was told that blinking is suggestive for not enough forward voltage. I don't have anything hooked up to the dimmer wires to supply a reference voltage, so it should be running at the full 1.05 A (it has been this way since I first started the build). Forward voltage calculated ~3.15V x 36 leds = 113.4 V (seems well within 71-142 range). With the blinking, no led is burnt out or brighter/dimmer than the others. LEDs are also solderless and I don't see any bare/exposed wires that would be touching the heatsink. I also checked the AC plug and it appears fine as well. Any ideas?
