Touch Wheel Controller for RGB LED died

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Touch Wheel Controller for RGB LED died

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Hello,

with regards to my recent order for two PID: 1005 Touch Wheel Controller for Analog RGB LED Strips.

I hooked them up each to an Enttek Aleph1 strip (1' ~ 300ma) and a 10 cell sub C NIMH battery. They both worked for five minutes then one of them became unresponsive. The second unit is stuck on one color, does not turn off and only makes a beep with an occasional button press. I swapped controllers and the first one still works fine with both setups.

David

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Re: Touch Wheel Controller for RGB LED died

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The controllers are rated for supply voltages between 12v and 24v. Ten NIMH batteries should produce a nominal voltage somewhere around 12v, they may have drooped a little with the load going to the LEDs.

Check the voltage with a meter, and if possible try raising it a bit above 12v. The one that's working may just be extra tolerant of slightly-below-spec supply voltages.

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Re: Touch Wheel Controller for RGB LED died

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Mike, I'm getting 13.37v from my battery bank, tested from the dimmer input while running the LEDs. Though tempted to add a cell to test it, I don't want to fry my LEDs. Unfortunately one dimmer appears to be out of spec. And unable to run 12v strips.

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Re: Touch Wheel Controller for RGB LED died

Post by adafruit_support_mike »

13.4v is within spec for the input voltage, so given that one works and the other doesn't, let's get you a replacement.

Send a note to [email protected] with a link to this thread and they'll take care of you.

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