RapidLED White lights went out.

[tritan]

I have had my rapid led lights running for about a year and today the white strip randomly went out. I checked the connections and the basic things and they all checked out. Thought maybe a light is out but I used the AA battery tester and checked all the LEDs and they all lit up. I will attempt to find my multimeter tomorrow but I am in the middle of a move and have to go box searching for it. I will do a continuity test tomorrow but figured I would post and see if anyone has any ideas or suggestions.

 

[Richocet83]

Rapid is pretty good at responding to questions in their sponsor forum on RC (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=646)
Maybe try posting directly to them?

 

[rwb500]

so you think that all of the led's are still good and all of the connections are still good. that leaves the drivers. wire one of your blue drivers to the string of whites and see what happens.

 

[zachts]

so you think that all of the led's are still good and all of the connections are still good. that leaves the drivers. wire one of your blue drivers to the string of whites and see what happens.

+1, but I'd check for shorts first, depending on driver it may just be shorted and need the short fixed, or driver could have fried.

If ELN, D series check the 10volt signal connections if they came loose or shorted that would keep the driver off.

Best to try and find the problem before re-applying power to the string, lest you damage an otherwise good driver.