Have others seen problems with their Photon V2 power supplies burning out? I've have 4 fixtures over my tank for the past three years, and I just had my 6th PS fail.
Every time it's the same failure mode. The only LEDs that work are the reds and greens. The blues and whites will re-illuminate if I disconnect and reconnect the plug by hand at the fixture. Switching them off and on with the Apex will sometimes make them illuminate, but not always. The power supplies are plugged into an EB8, and it doesn't seem to matter whether the EB8 outlet is an analog relay or a digital one. I also have two 32" fixtures, and neither of them have burned out with the same three years of use.
I'm not complaining about the lights; I just want to know if others have this problem and have figured out the root cause. I can make guesses, but I'd like to know if others have already figured it out.
Every time it's the same failure mode. The only LEDs that work are the reds and greens. The blues and whites will re-illuminate if I disconnect and reconnect the plug by hand at the fixture. Switching them off and on with the Apex will sometimes make them illuminate, but not always. The power supplies are plugged into an EB8, and it doesn't seem to matter whether the EB8 outlet is an analog relay or a digital one. I also have two 32" fixtures, and neither of them have burned out with the same three years of use.
I'm not complaining about the lights; I just want to know if others have this problem and have figured out the root cause. I can make guesses, but I'd like to know if others have already figured it out.
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