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No.Does anyone think applying a small bit of dielectric grease to the connector would help at all?
Hi, those connectors can be tricky to get together sometimes, If its not in and twisted to lock it may be lose and lose can cause that heat....warm is okay hot is not.....can you put your finger on it and leave it there or is it too hot to do that? If its too hot to keep your finger on it shut it down now!!!! no good at all....ex electrician here and it has a problem....If its just warm then not to worry but HOT????? ...no no no man shut er down!Yeah I might have to but I would need to buy a tool I'm guessing on there's no way the prongs on my multimeter would fit in the outlet and I'm not even sure if that's safe.
240v is the standard in my country, no adapter required spiderfarmer make their lights for 240v aswell.
The hot bit is the connection in the picture and a and just a short length of the wire either side. That connection is from the driver to the light bar.
I agree with that, hot at the connector. I bet the outlet is not the issue, I say poor connectivity in the connector.Hi, those connectors can be tricky to get together sometimes, If its not in and twisted to lock it may be lose and lose can cause that heat....warm is okay hot is not.....can you put your finger on it and leave it there or is it too hot to do that? If its too hot to keep your finger on it shut it down now!!!! no good at all....ex electrician here and it has a problem....If its just warm then not to worry but HOT????? ...no no no man shut er down!
Hey mate,As in check how much I'm using vs what the outlet is?
That outlet my lights are on is rated for 240v x 10A - 2400w. Going my the wattage of my lights 1 x se7000 and 3 x sf2000s that's 1300w so only 5.5A.
Atleast it's not just me but, I haven't found a solution yet.Hey mate,
Having the exact same issue with this model light. Searched to see if anyone else experienced this issue and here I am.
Was wondering what your solution ended up being?
Agreed. The weird thing is it's mainly the connector and a inch or 2 of the cord nearest the connectorIf a line gets warm, that's really showing you that you are at the limit of capacity. If it gets hot, you have surpassed the capacity.
Can you take a pic of it for me? I'd like to see the connection and what you are talking about. Can you hold the connector? don't be grounded when you try, if its too hot to hold its too hot... could a child hold it without it being too hot for them.....if no then shut it down....Agreed. The weird thing is it's mainly the connector and a inch or 2 of the cord nearest the connector
Can you take a pic of it for me? I'd like to see the connection and what you are talking about. Can you hold the connector? don't be grounded when you try, if its too hot to hold its too hot... could a child hold it without it being too hot for them.....if no then shut it down....
some connectors are bad and put too much weight on the connection separating the pins..creating heat.......
If it was mine and it was too hot for my likings I'd cut both ends off and splice them back together eliminating the connectors.......its just 3 wires..........and properly spliced you should eliminate the heat.....
shut off the power of course and it needs to be a good splice.....Or if I wanted to spend money then I'd replace the ends like an extension cord and buy male & female ends I've done it before on hps ballast connectors and just spliced led drivers connections together.
Yes thanks, I wanted to see if it looked off color or If I could see any issues but it looks fine, Are you 100% sure its locked together correctly? pushed in twisted and locked with the white locking piece? It shouldn't be hot, warm yes hot definitely noView attachment 1344155
There's a pic of the connector. No it's not too hot to hold, as for a child holding it yeah probably I'm guessing.
It's temp on the outside is around 105f to 122°f according to my thermal gun.
Thanks liking some of your ideas there.
Thanks but I’d prefer to fix the problem before that happensWell, the plugs and other electric parts are tend to heat up. My soundbar feels hot on it's covering just from a regular work so I guess you don't have to worry unless you see it starts to melt
Cords and plugs should not get hot. If they do they are under rated for the job. That or you have a problem with the outlet it’s plugged into.
What would you sudgestHi, those connectors can be tricky to get together sometimes, If its not in and twisted to lock it may be lose and lose can cause that heat....warm is okay hot is not.....can you put your finger on it and leave it there or is it too hot to do that? If its too hot to keep your finger on it shut it down now!!!! no good at all....ex electrician here and it has a problem....If its just warm then not to worry but HOT????? ...no no no man shut er down!
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