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LED Net Light Problem

  • 11-08-2020 10:22PM
    #1
    midg23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Ok so here's my issue that I have with two sets of led net lights, although if I can get one solved then voila the other one is solved as well.

    I have LED net lights that could be plugged in and changed settings (constant on, flasing, etc.).

    To move the lights I needed to cut the wire in to feed it through a tiny hole and then plug it in, but the problem is when I attached the wires back only half of the LEDs lit up.

    BUT - if I swap the two wires coming from plug then the other half of the lights that previously didn't light up now light, and the others don't.

    Please bear with me here:

    If I connect wire A to wire A and B to B then lights 1-60 even numbers light up.
    If I connect wire A to wire B and B to A then lights 1-60 odd numbers light up.

    I cannot understand why both sets of lights just won't light up?!

    Please help!


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  • #2
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,656 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Can you take a photo of the cut ends?

    LEDs are polarity dependent - from the sounds of it I'm guessing that the wire you cut isn't a simple two-core cable, but rather two twin core cables, which would make sense from the point of view of it having a flashing module (alternates the on/off state of the 'odd' and 'even' LEDs).


  • #3
    midg23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭midg23


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Can you take a photo of the cut ends?

    LEDs are polarity dependent - from the sounds of it I'm guessing that the wire you cut isn't a simple two-core cable, but rather two twin core cables, which would make sense from the point of view of it having a flashing module (alternates the on/off state of the 'odd' and 'even' LEDs).

    Can't get a picture right now Mike, but are you saying that instead of it being two cables its actually 4 cables? or something like that?


  • #4
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,656 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    midg23 wrote: »
    Can't get a picture right now Mike, but are you saying that instead of it being two cables its actually 4 cables? or something like that?

    Possibly. Without seeing a photo, I'm speculating somewhat, but it explains the behaviour you describe.


  • #5
    midg23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭midg23


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Possibly. Without seeing a photo, I'm speculating somewhat, but it explains the behaviour you describe.

    So connect half of wire A and half of wire B to wire A, and the other halves to wire B?!


  • #6
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,656 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Definitely no :)

    As I suggested, if you upload a photo of the cut ends, it may be much easier to diagnose the issue.

    Have you also tried cycling through the modes on the flashing units? The way these things usually work is that there are two cables going in to the flashing units, and multiple wires coming out. The LED net curtain is split into groups of LEDs (odd/even as you suggested), that can be made to flash alternately, ramp up and down to full brightness and so on. It's also possible that you damaged the flashing unit somehow, or it's stuck in a particular mode.


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