@dbrn32 sorry to keep buggin you man but I was reading a comment you posted in your “Lets talk DIY lights thread” that you had posted a few years ago (it takes me awhile to absorb all the great info in these threads in a way that I can actually use it haha) but in the comment you said that you maybe have removed drivers from lights like the ones that I posted above and relocated them outside of the tent to try to mitigate the heat from them? Would that be a possibility with these lights as well? Also along that idea where I’m already looking into doing a DIY build very soon if I do plan to relocate those drivers outside the tent would it be a decent idea to try to upgrade the drivers for just the LEDs of the lights not the fans to one that can be dimmed and run more than one light at a time? I honestly don’t know fully the possibilities that are there when it comes to this but it seems like such a good idea to at least be able to regulate the heat better even if upgrading the drivers for these lights isn’t a possibility right now this project will give me some very basic experience on my way to building my whole light…
Again sorry to keep buggin you man but you seem to just be able to break down all of this in such an easily digestible way so I hope you don’t mind helpin out
Sure. You just need to extend the wiring in and out of driver to reach the fixture from wherever you want to place driver. If it’s more than a few feet you may want to look at going up a size in wire for voltage drop. Then just make sure the wire you use is rated for driver load.
This is probably not worth the cost, but if the led module voltage cooperates you could probably do it.
If you have light related questions I’m always happy to try and answer. Most of thd time if you were going to modify an Amazon light it would be to just upgrade the led modules. I’m not sure which citizen leds are in your lights, but they may be pretty solid leds already. Which would limit the amount of gain you would have by upgrading. Imo if you’re going to start spending money, may be better to just build from scratch.
Thanks so much. I can’t tell you how much getting solid feedback from people with experience means to me. That really is how we all learn the best. I’m thinking that moving the drivers outside of the cases is a good idea I will wait on the upgrading of them because of the feedback and I’ll put that money into the building of a solid light to really fill up my space. I’m starting to be able to wrap my head around all of this so much more based off of all the conversations in the threads that you have and everything so thanks so much again people like you and other experienced and those learning and sharing what they know are what make this forum such a great place for everyone to get together and learn everything.
Anytime my dude!
So @dbrn32 This is actually the light that is flickering in my tent right now. You can somewhat see the driver in the picture here. My question about this light is if both leds are coming on when it flicks on (so I don’t think it’s a problem with the led’s) and it turns on when you turn the light off then on again would it be a problem with the driver or possibly loose wiring that I could try to fix where I’m starting to do some diy stuff? Would it be worth replacing the driver if its a problem with the driver on a light like this? I can try to take the light again later today or tomorrow at some point to get a better picture of the driver if that helps to. As always thanks for any help man.
Make sure I understand this correctly…
When you turn the switch off all leds are on. When you turn the switch on the leds go off, but then come back on?
What happens then? Is it rapid and indefinite flickering, or the light just goes out for a second every now and then?
Sorry for the confusion man. I’m workin on the light today. When its on and the lights are actually on both lights are on. But they somewhat quickly will both turn off usually. If I flick the switch off then back on the lights tend to turn back on for a bit then turn back off. They also seem to stay on if I hold/pinch where the switch is on the frame with power on so I’m leaning towards a bad connection at the switch if you think that sounds at all possible? The switch does seem to be alittle loose in the frame. I also just realized this light for some weird reason has one driver for each LED and one driver for each fan so there seem to be 4 small drivers in this 1 little light for some reason. I’ll try to take a good picture of the LED driver just cause why not.
Makes perfect sense. The leds and drivers are usually good or not, as in not a lot of in-between. The situation you are explaining sounds like a bad connection or maybe even a flaky switch. You could probably bypass the switch if using a timer to turn light on and off.
Just a quick update… Got the light working. At least for now. Seems like it was a problem with the switch. Only one side actually was working when I hooked up a multimeter to it so I had to find a way to join the wires together without that portion to kind of go around the bad part until I get another switch. Thanks for the feedback man it was right on point. I’m so looking forward to getting into putting that new light together now and really jumpin into the DIY stuff.