I am troubleshooting my two Large Jandy Watercolors lights. They are 120V. They were about $1000 for the two and I installed them myself - Sept 2014. I used them infrequently, had the whole summer of 2015 with no problems (20 hours of use - maybe).
In June of 2016 both of the lights started dimming about the same time. Our electrical supply is clean and consistent. I checked all the wiring from the breaker box/controller to the lights since this was happening together - no problems were discovered. 120V everywhere. I pulled the lights to the surface. There was slight condensation behind the glass lens - the lights had never been opened. I opened the cases. I checked the voltage to the light engine - 120V. I reprogrammed my pool equipment controller (iAqualink RS) to be on or off (no color switching) and there was a faint dim light coming from the LEDs - impossible to see unless it was dark.
These lights are promoted as having a 50,000 hour lifetime. I would not have spent $500/light if they didn't last "forever". I called Jandy - they stood behind their one year warranty, thus avoiding responsibility.
I gave the light engines to an electronics repair aficionado friend - he could not find anything wrong with them to explain the dim behavior - the components all looked fine and tested ok as far as he could test with a multimeter and oscilloscope.
Today I bench tested them. One gave me a dim glow on a number of the LEDs. The other was dim but surprisingly seemed to dimly go through the color sequences when I toggled the power to the blade connectors on the light engine. I shot a video of the light colors and pattern as I toggled through the sequence.
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Jandy LED Watercolors light test - YouTube
Perhaps someone can shed a light on what can be done to make these lights usable. Everything but one part/component may be just fine.
In June of 2016 both of the lights started dimming about the same time. Our electrical supply is clean and consistent. I checked all the wiring from the breaker box/controller to the lights since this was happening together - no problems were discovered. 120V everywhere. I pulled the lights to the surface. There was slight condensation behind the glass lens - the lights had never been opened. I opened the cases. I checked the voltage to the light engine - 120V. I reprogrammed my pool equipment controller (iAqualink RS) to be on or off (no color switching) and there was a faint dim light coming from the LEDs - impossible to see unless it was dark.
These lights are promoted as having a 50,000 hour lifetime. I would not have spent $500/light if they didn't last "forever". I called Jandy - they stood behind their one year warranty, thus avoiding responsibility.
I gave the light engines to an electronics repair aficionado friend - he could not find anything wrong with them to explain the dim behavior - the components all looked fine and tested ok as far as he could test with a multimeter and oscilloscope.
Today I bench tested them. One gave me a dim glow on a number of the LEDs. The other was dim but surprisingly seemed to dimly go through the color sequences when I toggled the power to the blade connectors on the light engine. I shot a video of the light colors and pattern as I toggled through the sequence.
<iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fq7s0dXOU5I?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Jandy LED Watercolors light test - YouTube
Perhaps someone can shed a light on what can be done to make these lights usable. Everything but one part/component may be just fine.
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