How to test a light strip
I'm currently having issues putting together some lights. Getting no power and wondering how to test it using a multi meter. Is there supposed to be a way of lighting each diode or strip? all i can get it to do is beep at me when i touch each side of a bulb with the prongs... but don't know if that's good or bad. cant find any vids of the types of strips I'm using being tested
Blue61 (21-05-22), CheapHomeGrown (20-05-22), GEORGE (21-05-22), V8 (20-05-22)
Mine don't beep but shows a number instead (The voltage)
I'm not overly familir with LED but, I would have thought that the driver has a poitive & negative lead - & across those leads it should show the voltage being delivered
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This may help?
watched this the other day, this video should helpOriginally Posted by Silkadin
Cheers dude... I can't get the lights to come on like his seems to. And as is beeps I guess that would indicate I've shorted all the strips. Hmmm... balls...
Blue61 (21-05-22), CheapHomeGrown (20-05-22), GEORGE (21-05-22), M_C (21-05-22)
Cancel that... got the hang of it thanks to your videos. So the diodes light up in groups of 5 and I've managed to light them all 5 at a time using the multimeter.
My latest idea is that perhaps the plug connector i got isn't working. Its a long shot but ideas are at a crawl and I'm beginning to worry I'm never gonna figure this out
Blue61 (21-05-22), CheapHomeGrown (21-05-22), GEORGE (21-05-22), M_C (21-05-22)
That's the trouble with things like this, you have to test as you go along to fault find
But now you know that the diodes & the driver work
That's the trouble with things like this, you have to test as you go along to fault find
But now you know that the diodes & the driver work
Yeah, and the parts and wiring are an exact copy of my other lights so I think I can rule out compatability. I've redone all the wires at least once and tried new wagos. Used a working plug off my other lights so I can only think of the ip67 plug connecter being at fault on the driver side rather than the plug side
That thing...
Test the pin's continuity
GEORGE (21-05-22)
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