LED driver/series failure.

bodhipop

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Hello, I barely know anything about electricity.
I own a discontinued California Lightworks Solarstorm 440 LED fixture.
It's barely been used. I went to plug it in. Everything turned on for 3 seconds, then one series of LED emitters shut off.
I believe the fixture uses 4 drivers. One must of failed. They seal up everything with rivets and I don't have a drill for that.
Does this seem like an easy fix?
With me being stoned, I instantly assumed I used the wrong power cord. I'm pretty sure it's the right one though.
Power cord used: APOLLO AP-301 SP-502 10A 125V~
Please don't tell me to upgrade. I have a friend whose insistent on buying my pair even after I recommended better options. I need this cash!
  • Operating Voltage: Universal Voltage: 90-277 VAC AC / 50-60HZ - CAN BE USED IN ANY COUNTRY!
  • Total Power Consumption: Maximum of 345 Watts
  • Maximum current at input: 2.8 Amps
  • Plant coverage: from 18" to 24" distance, 9 sf for flowering, and 16 sf for non-flowering plants
  • Color Spectrum: Deep Blue 450nm, Blue 470 nm, Deep Red 665nm, Red 620nm, Warm White 430-700nm, and UVB 280-315nm
  • Durable powder coated 6063 aluminum and sheet metal construction
  • Sealed electronics section
  • Large 18" x 18" LED panel area for improved, more uniform light spread
  • Highly effective heat management via 92mm integrated fan and large heat sink
  • Dimensions and Weight: 15" L x 18" W x 5" H, 25 Pounds
  • LED Expected Life Span: 50 to 80,000 Hours (8+ years) under a typical 16 hour day operation
  • LED Expected Output after 50,000 Hours of Use: >90%
  • Cooling Fan Life Span: 50,000 Hours MTBF
  • Operating Temperature: Between 5 and 104 Degrees Fahrenheit
  • Operating Position: Light facing down at plant canopy
 
...maybe CLW can repair your fixture...

si esta fuera de garantia...yo la abriria para ver donde esta el fallo...pero yo soy exelectricista....
y ver como son por dentro las luces de cultivo siempre es un placer para mi...
...que drivers lleva...sus conexiones ...sus conectores...sus leds...etc...
...si entiendes como funciona...la podras reparar y tunear...nuevos drivers...nuevos leds...etc...
Unfortunately the warranty is up : (
I have a feeling it will be an easy fix though. The turd in the punchbowl is that they used their "custom drivers". Fuckin' rivets... Not a fan of this company.
 
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It might be a string and not the driver...
Iirc: clw have 3 (or4?) adjustable spectrums, white red and blue: if it was the driver then you'd expect for an entire spectrum to go out, not just a string.
 
It might be a string and not the driver...
Iirc: clw have 3 (or4?) adjustable spectrums, white red and blue: if it was the driver then you'd expect for an entire spectrum to go out, not just a string.
Thanks for your input. There is just just two spectrums. Veg and Bloom. I believe their is four drivers inside the unit. After studying the board it looked to me that there was also 4 strings of circuits so I assumed that each driver was connected to one series and the veg/bloom toggle controlled the output of all of them. Again I'm just brainstorming and appreciate anyone's thoughts. If it is a string, does this mean the soldering failed somewhere? This seems like it would be the harder of the two to fix.
 
It would mean a failure somewhere in the board, have a look at the diodes in the string and see if one is burnt. Could be a driver as well hard tosay
 
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