Whelen 700 series smartled problems. (FIGURED IT OUT)

HFD eng1ine

Member
Jul 27, 2010
974
Essex County. MA
Same thing happened with my lin3s. Ones stuck on steady and the other


Is stuck on some pattern and won't move. I'm calling whelen soon.
 

JohnMarcson

Administrator
May 7, 2010
10,971
Northwest Ohio
Well don't leabe us hanging... what was it?
 

CenTexPSE

Member
May 21, 2010
789
Covington, TX
I had them on the bench using my battery charger to set the patterns. The lights would come on and just steady burn, and not change patterns.


SOOO after talking to James (SireLite), he said to go out and hook them up to the truck battery and try that. I did and they worked just fine.


I dont understand it. My charger is 40 amp, i figured that would be enough juice!
 

shues

Lifetime VIP Donor
May 21, 2010
10,276
NW Indiana
I'm thinking that your charger wasn't providing the appropriate voltage. You ought to test your charger with a voltmeter while you have one 700-series LED connected. In order to produce 13.6 V DC, I imagine that your charger needs a to be connected to a larger load than what just one 700-series LED can provide.
 

JohnMarcson

Administrator
May 7, 2010
10,971
Northwest Ohio
You are lucky you didn't kill them. An unregulated supply can fry LEDs.
 

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