CXB3590 grow light keeps shorting out

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Stay green

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Hi everyone, hope I can get some much needed guidence.
Purchased a DIY kit from cutter in 2016. 11 cobs.
All running nicely until today.
When I entered my growing room the lights where out. After a couple of minutes realised that the issue was my light, they tripped my breaker.
Now I cannot seem to find what the issue is.
I was day away from the flip to 12/12.

Also I smelt burning kind of smell when I tried to use another RCD before it clicked over. RCD is still working fine.
 

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Stay green said:
Hi everyone, hope I can get some much needed guidence.
Purchased a DIY kit from cutter in 2016. 11 cobs.
All running nicely until today.
When I entered my growing room the lights where out. After a couple of minutes realised that the issue was my light, they tripped my breaker.
Now I cannot seem to find what the issue is.
I was day away from the flip to 12/12.

Also I smelt burning kind of smell when I tried to use another RCD before it clicked over. RCD is still working fine.
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Connections all nice and snug? I assume the ideal chip loks are what you're using? What's RCD?
 
Stay green said:
Hi everyone, hope I can get some much needed guidence.
Purchased a DIY kit from cutter in 2016. 11 cobs.
All running nicely until today.
When I entered my growing room the lights where out. After a couple of minutes realised that the issue was my light, they tripped my breaker.
Now I cannot seem to find what the issue is.
I was day away from the flip to 12/12.

Also I smelt burning kind of smell when I tried to use another RCD before it clicked over. RCD is still working fine.
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Do the lights turn on still?
 
Airwalker16 said:
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Connections all nice and snug? I assume the ideal chip loks are what you're using? What's RCD?
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residual current device. Added a pic.
Checked all the wiring, all snug. Yea using the ideal chip.
 

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I have a hypothesis that those chip holders , over time, lose pressure on the cob itself thus the graphite pad you most likely used right? Those things gotta be being pressed down on to work.
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I was thinking high voltage from over heating would over power the driver but neither one of those ideas should trip a breaker right?
 
Ryante55 said:
That's strange any new electrical appliances in the house? If your house breaker is flipping it's probably not the lights fault try moving the light to another room see if it trips that breaker.
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I have tried that, the light keeps Tripping the breaker. Any other appliance works fine.
 
Just throwing in a supplement light and veg until I pick up another driver.
I'll post what happens,
Thank you all so far.
 
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