Viparspectra 165 board replacement

h4wk · Jul 15, 2021

So my rig gave up and the light fell into the water

Luckily everything survived since it didn't completely submerge.
And even the leds work but the board inside has been corroded by the salt water and all leds seem to be on on 100% when I power it and I'm unable to change it.

I was thinking of buying a new box and keeping this one as replacement parts but I was also thinking that there has to be a way to replace just this board that doesn't cost as much.
I did some research but couldn't find or understand if what I found would work.

Anyone here has experience with this? Or can point me to the right direction?

Jekyl · Jul 16, 2021

h4wk said:
So my rig gave up and the light fell into the water Luckily everything survived since it didn't completely submerge.
And even the leds work but the board inside has been corroded by the salt water and all leds seem to be on on 100% when I power it and I'm unable to change it.

I was thinking of buying a new box and keeping this one as replacement parts but I was also thinking that there has to be a way to replace just this board that doesn't cost as much.
I did some research but couldn't find or understand if what I found would work.

Anyone here has experience with this? Or can point me to the right direction?

These lights are put together extremely cheap to begin with. There's even the rare stories out there of perfectly good units catching fire. If corrosion is an issue, it would probably be safer to replace the whole unit.

h4wk · Jul 16, 2021

Jekyl said:
These lights are put together extremely cheap to begin with. There's even the rare stories out there of perfectly good units catching fire. If corrosion is an issue, it would probably be safer to replace the whole unit.

That sounds a bit scary. To be a bit clearer, to me it looks like the issue is this guy since what I can't do at the moment is change the percentages and the timer. And my guess is it ahould be an easy (and cheap) replacement