GrOwThMoNgeR
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I've noticed the same thing but it doesn't mess up the light cycle and the plant still sleeps. No probs.
Another thing that causes this: live and neutral being the wrong way around on your ac side. If the relay is cutting the neutral side instead of the live side then sometimes you can have this current bleeding. Depending where youre from and what your pluggs look like it could be as easy as just rotating your timer 180°. This to the best of my knowledge.I bet most people that are having this problem have a timer power strip with a "timer side" and a "always on side". I bet the LEDs are low oower enough to pick up the current bleed from the hot side. A standard lightbulb wouldn't be able to pick up such low power, but a few LEDs can.
That's not gonna help if your wall outlet is wired backwards.I can't speak for the others, but I have a power sytip with a built in mechanical timer so you cannot reverse anything. I have this one:
Brinks 42-1076 8 Outlet Power Strip with Analog Timer - - Amazon.com
Brinks 42-1076 8 Outlet Power Strip with Analog Timer - - Amazon.comwww.amazon.com
The current doesn't bleed from one side to the other, air and plastic are insulators.After ordering my second mechanical timer power strip from a different manufacturer and lights still growing I have determined it is the power strips. There is still a little current in the recepticle probably bleefing over from the side that stays hot.
You don't know it's not the wall outlet until you test the outlet with a simple $5 outlet tester. If it's wired backwards it will function fine, until you add a single pole switch (ie: your timer) between the wall and the fixture.Uts not the wall outlet. If I plug it in the wall it works fine. I will keep you guys posted once I buy a single outlet timer. The problem is power is still running through the power strip and it should be disabled.
Or...You don't know it's not the wall outlet until you test the outlet with a simple $5 outlet tester. If it's wired backwards it will function fine, until you add a single pole switch (ie: your timer) between the wall and the fixture.
Pretty sure your light is shorting through Gnd.I bought a $5 single receptacle timer and plugged my LED lights in and set the timer. The light turned off and no more glowing LEDs. Problem solved. Now I have to return the timer power strip back to Amazon.
How would this be possible?Shorting from N to Gnd when power at L is cut
Generic schem showing partial short to GndHow would this be possible?
Buy one of these and stop guessing! ^^^^Something like this will find the issue.
Klein Tools Receptacle Tester RT110 - The Home Depot
Klein Tools RT110 Receptacle Tester detects the most common wiring problems in standard receptacles. Conditions indicated: wiring correct, open ground, reverse electrical outlet, open hot, open neutral,www.homedepot.com
I have three Blackstar 240W lights and I've just switched to flower a few days ago. I've been checking each night when the lights are supposed to switch off and my LED lights are staying slightly on, even when the power timer has switched off. I had a GE digital timer that I assumed was the cause of this problem. However, I put in a mechanical one today and I just found it doing the same thing.Has anyone else experienced this problem? Can anyone recommend a timer that will completely shut the LEDs off?
Basically you can find all the shelves the same of many brands, but there is one but, what leds use and what drivers use. Factories from china when they put their own brand on alibaba they put the cheapest components inside, so you might think its the same, but its not, because those companies invest big amounts for orders they are let to change the inside as you wish. So thats what I wanted to say. I did big research on this and spend quite amount of time and believe me, its not the same if you think you will order from alibaba and get the same product. Many things goes behind the curtains. I will never go back buying little bit cheaper from alibaba when buying from company where i atleast can go back with warranty.That company your boasting about gets their lights from Alibaba. Like the kettle calling the pot black here.
Simplex PRO-FIT
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Same same.
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