Kind of sucks that one of the most expensive lights is built with cheap products. Come on Eco Tech. I finally have a chance to get a high end light after years of not being able to afford it. I don't know weather to go with Radion or Kessil. Kessil support is amazing I do know that.
How much do you charge to repair a gen 4 XR30? Mine shuts off when I put everything at 100% and resets. Not a big deal since I don't run it that way, but still bothers me and maybe it's going to be a bigger issue overtime
Thanks for a very informative video. I have four gen 5 blues over my reef. Have had open circuit failure four times now. Instead of replacing the led would it be possible to just bridge the + to - with solder to get the light operating?
Hey FixReef, I was wondering if it safe to run a radion that has a broken uv? If the UV channel is on my radion xr 15 gen 4 flickers but once I turn off the uv channel it works perfectly.
@@FixReef awesome, thanks for your response. I feel like the light is still very functional without the one uv channel. My radions are more than 8 years old also so putting money into fixing that channel doesnt seem worth it at this point.
Did you use a Luxeon C violet LED for the replacement? As you said in the video, LEDs with that footprint are not common and I off the top of my head I can't think of anyone that makes an LED in that footprint lower than 420nm. Also, do you know why the the reflow process caused the PCB to discolor?
It was not luxeon for sure. A different brand I can't think off the top of my head right now. As for the discoloration, I'm still trying to dial in the temperature profile on my reflow. Generally, the white pain on the PCB gets discolored and much more noticeable. I'm not too concerned.
Another great job. There are several other leds that appear to be discolored. Are they next to fail? Maybe advise the owner to decrease the intensity on those?
Hola se me cayo una x15 como de 1 metro se estrelló una esquina y ahora no prende solo parpadea rojo y blanco y cuando la prendo da 4o 5 destellos y se queda toda azul no se conecta al cel ni a la compu
Kind of sucks that one of the most expensive lights is built with cheap products. Come on Eco Tech. I finally have a chance to get a high end light after years of not being able to afford it. I don't know weather to go with Radion or Kessil. Kessil support is amazing I do know that.
It is educating again and again,
Thanks for your efforts
THX man you gave me lot of infos thru your videos.
How much do you charge to repair a gen 4 XR30? Mine shuts off when I put everything at 100% and resets. Not a big deal since I don't run it that way, but still bothers me and maybe it's going to be a bigger issue overtime
Most Radion repairs are about $100
Thanks for a very informative video. I have four gen 5 blues over my reef. Have had open circuit failure four times now. Instead of replacing the led would it be possible to just bridge the + to - with solder to get the light operating?
Won't work at all. Connecting positive and negative together is the definition of a short. The light detects this and shuts down.
Hey FixReef, I was wondering if it safe to run a radion that has a broken uv? If the UV channel is on my radion xr 15 gen 4 flickers but once I turn off the uv channel it works perfectly.
You can run the light with some channels turned off, yes. The issue is with the spectrum though. But the light should run just fine.
@@FixReef awesome, thanks for your response. I feel like the light is still very functional without the one uv channel. My radions are more than 8 years old also so putting money into fixing that channel doesnt seem worth it at this point.
Did you use a Luxeon C violet LED for the replacement? As you said in the video, LEDs with that footprint are not common and I off the top of my head I can't think of anyone that makes an LED in that footprint lower than 420nm. Also, do you know why the the reflow process caused the PCB to discolor?
It was not luxeon for sure. A different brand I can't think off the top of my head right now. As for the discoloration, I'm still trying to dial in the temperature profile on my reflow. Generally, the white pain on the PCB gets discolored and much more noticeable. I'm not too concerned.
Hello, thanks, where can I get those leds?
what reference is the red led of the xr15 blue g5
Wanting to get my radion repaired what country you in?
Buenos días soy de colombia y tengo un problema con una g5 blue se quemó el led rojo podrías decirme que referencia de led es
Where are the repairs happening?
what brand or type of uv diodes?
Another great job. There are several other leds that appear to be discolored. Are they next to fail? Maybe advise the owner to decrease the intensity on those?
Thank you. I think all the other discoloration is on the PCB due to reflow temperatures. Not the LEDs themselves.
Definitely advise all owners to turn down LED intensity to greatly extend life of LEDs.
Hola se me cayo una x15 como de 1 metro se estrelló una esquina y ahora no prende solo parpadea rojo y blanco y cuando la prendo da 4o 5 destellos y se queda toda azul no se conecta al cel ni a la compu
It's most probably been run at 200 %
Steady hands. You should have been a brain surgeon.