Zekethefreak
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What light adapter are you running for the trolmaster?Hi I am running 2 brand new Gavita 1700e LED and have noticed that when plugged in to a lighting controller (I’ve tried Gavita controller and TrolMaster with the same results) the light output is less than when plugged directly in to a wall socket.
I have have tested with an apogee par meter that 100% on the controller (Gavita or Trol) the light does not output as much light as with just plugging the light directly in to the wall socket. 100% on the controller is 5-10% less light output than direct to wall socket. This is the same for both of my brand new 1700e with led adapter. Have you noticed the same? Can you check? I’m trying to explain to Gavita support but not getting anywhere. Can anyone think of a reason this might happen. Many thanks.
What light adapter are you running for the trolmaster?
on the e series adaptors there are 2 plugs, on the last one in the run there is one plug not being used. did you keep the funky jack in place? those have to stay in place if you are not running to another light.
HiHi I am running 2 brand new Gavita 1700e LED and have noticed that when plugged in to a lighting controller (I’ve tried Gavita controller and TrolMaster with the same results) the light output is less than when plugged directly in to a wall socket.
I have have tested with an apogee par meter that 100% on the controller (Gavita or Trol) the light does not output as much light as with just plugging the light directly in to the wall socket. 100% on the controller is 5-10% less light output than direct to wall socket. This is the same for both of my brand new 1700e with led adapter. Have you noticed the same? Can you check? I’m trying to explain to Gavita support but not getting anywhere. Can anyone think of a reason this might happen. Many thanks.
What light adapter are you running for the trolmaster?
on the e series adaptors there are 2 plugs, on the last one in the run there is one plug not being used. did you keep the funky jack in place? those have to stay in place if you are not running to another light.
Sshz any chance you can pull out that controller and plug it into just the wall and see if you have the ability to run the light program up to 115 percent?Most of you already know I own the adapters and controller and never felt they were worth hooking up.......I’d say this kind of seals the deal. I’m curious if you ever hooked up just 1 led and measured, wondering if it was still a 10% loss or was it down to 5%. Or will 3+ more LED’s reduce it even further?
It’s a safe bet Gavita won’t be any help, as they didn‘t even know about lenses that were on the 1650e but not the 1700e’s. I was asking about lense angles and they thought I was nuts.......
So, unhook the adapters and controller, and do everything by hand- well worth the additional 10% boost.
Well I reached out to Trolmaster and I got a response. What you are stating it true. Trolmaster is only designed to allow the light to go to 100 percent of the fixtures ability. I see you tried both the trolmaster and gavita but what gavita did you try? I am asking because they have 2 models and 2 generations. From what Trolmaster stated they can be ran at 115 percent to reach the same output as just plugging the fixture directly into the wall. Which is what I am assuming the gen 2 controllers will do. Gavita has 2 generations of the e series adaptors as well. If you have the ones with the waterproof extensions for the RS plug those are gen 2.
This is extremely frustrating because I have been chasing my tail with yield since I put the lights on the trolmaster. I think this is about it for me with Gavita. They are just too committed to forcing you to use their secondary products it is too frustrating to continue with their products.
This video shows you can run them at 115%.........he’s running hps but it works the same for the LED’s.
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=pNsbEE3LDQY
This video shows you can run them at 115%.........he’s running hps but it works the same for the LED’s.
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=pNsbEE3LDQY
Most of you already know I own the adapters and controller and never felt they were worth hooking up.......I’d say this kind of seals the deal. I’m curious if you ever hooked up just 1 led and measured, wondering if it was still a 10% loss or was it down to 5%. Or will 3+ more LED’s reduce it even further?
It’s a safe bet Gavita won’t be any help, as they didn‘t even know about lenses that were on the 1650e but not the 1700e’s. I was asking about lense angles and they thought I was nuts.......
So, unhook the adapters and controller, and do everything by hand- well worth the additional 10% boost.
Most of you already know I own the adapters and controller and never felt they were worth hooking up.......I’d say this kind of seals the deal. I’m curious if you ever hooked up just 1 led and measured, wondering if it was still a 10% loss or was it down to 5%. Or will 3+ more LED’s reduce it even further?
It’s a safe bet Gavita won’t be any help, as they didn‘t even know about lenses that were on the 1650e but not the 1700e’s. I was asking about lense angles and they thought I was nuts.......
So, unhook the adapters and controller, and do everything by hand- well worth the additional 10% boost.
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