Ok Sorry guys I have been slammed taking down all of my TC nodes and replacing with my old LEDs! I am way behind now on my display. I just skimmed this before posting so forgive me if something has be mentioned already!
1. My nodes were the 1804s... There is NO regulator in them yet I still had horrible issues as you have seen. Ray is going to replace all of my nodes with the resin filled "bullet" nodes. They will be 2811s.
2. Someone asked if they are working for anyone. The answer is yes the 5 volt TC stings are not having any failure issues. Anything 12 volt has been bad. I guess the first batch were not as bad, but all are having issues and that is why there is a redesign of the board that holds the LED and reg.
3. The reason that the ATX is bad (ONLY for Technicolors) is because of the output voltage is too high and cannot be turned down. They say that is what is taking out the regulators. I am using 8 ATX supplies to run my SSCs.
4. I have NO idea why mine went out....except maybe a bad batch of 1804s. Like I said mine do not have regulators in them. Maybe still too much heat, I'm not sure.
5. I did do a burn in on ALL of my nodes. Some as much as 3 days with no failures on burn in. Strange I know, but that was my experience.
It has made my year a very tough one to start, but I will say that at least Ray is going to replace all 65 strings of my nodes. I won't have them for this year, but at least I will be ahead of the game for next year..... hopefully.
Keith thanks for posting my video!
Roger