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Offline shaunkad

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most green leds are dim
« on: October 21, 2011, »
My son built his Aeon most of his green leds are dim exept from 6 to 9 those are as bright as the red. He did not pay any atension to the correct placement of anything.  We got it all corrected however when he was desoldeing he also removed the solder pads as well we had to put jumpers in in several places   

Offline SGInut

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, »
LEDs can be damaged by excessive heating.  Sometimes they change color, other times they are dim.  That might be what is happening.

Offline shaunkad

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, »
all led get brighter when the second light is between 6 and 9 and go back to (normal) after 9

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, »
Sounds like something is shorting out the power on three of the four led drivers.

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Offline rm357

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2011, »
Pictures are helpful.
There are many eagle-eyed folks that can spot solder bridges, cold solder joints, and incorrect componenet placement. Nobody here is going to make fun of the repairs you have made - most of us have boogered up a board at some point in time...

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2012, »
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all led get brighter when the second light is between 6 and 9 and go back to (normal) after 9

I've never seen this, and I have four of them.

Has anyone else seen this?

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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2012, »
are you having this problem? this post is from 4 months ago.
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Re: most green leds are dim
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2012, »
I noticed that it was old about the time I clicked. I'm assuming nobody else has seen this problem, then.

Somehow I missed it 4 months ago. :(