Kessil 360w

[saltwaterpicaso]

I have 3 over my 120 I notice the left side of the tank is a bluish hue and the right side is more of a greenish they are ran off my apex I have tried swapping them all around and same outcome has anyone else witnessed this and was it able to be fixed

 

[Daniel Waters]

If they are daisy chained with link cables and it is always the farthest unit having the issue, it would indicate that the distance is causing a slight decline in voltage to the last unit, which is driving the led's less than the other units and causing the color to look slightly different. Also, but probably not the case in this instance, sometimes if the connection end of the cable isn't fit into the input or output of the unit quite all the way, it can cause funky issues with the light output.

If you discover it is the distance / voltage issue above, you most likely need better connecting cables.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

They are daisy chained they are linked with the kessil cords. Would upgrading them to say gold plated or high end 3.5mm cable work

 

[ca1ore]

When you say ‘same outcome’ do you mean that the one end is always blue and the other always green regardless of the fixtures? If so, it does sound like a link cable problem. I always use short lengths.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Yes that is what I'm saying I will try the shorter cable will have to purchase them

 

[Daniel Waters]

They are daisy chained they are linked with the kessil cords. Would upgrading them to say gold plated or high end 3.5mm cable work

I'm not sure if it's a length issue or maybe the connecting end quality, so I'm not sure what to recommend. I have no idea the quality of the kessil link cables versus other 3.5mm cables online, although I have used both on my kessils.

What I would recommend first is to swap your link position (i.e move the link cable connecting the 1st and 2nd unit to the 2nd and 3rd unit). This should help determine if you might have a damaged cable (as slim chance as that might be). The next step, if possible, is I'd just run two daisy chained kessils into your apex and run the third into your apex separately. If you don't have any coloration variation, then I think you know the issue is most certainly the cable length / cable quality. The only other thing that might be exacerbating the voltage degradation issue is if this is happening at lower intensity ranges only. I believe those run on 0 to 10 volts, so if you are running at say 20% intensity, that's only 2 volts and by the time it gets to the last unit, the voltage may have declined a bit. I'm not an electrician, so I'm not sure if I'm describing this phenomenon correctly. The distance may be less a factor than the cable gauge or the actual connecting ends. I have 4 kessils, and I remember separating them in pairs of two because of a similar issue you are describing (but I ran mine through the spectral controller and not an apex).

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Thanks for the input I will be messing around with it tomorrow and report back

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

So I put the main apex cable in the right side then ran from left to center being last in the chain. Visibly so far it looks to of corrected the hue shift but on the walls you can see the difference very odd and also when they powered on this morning the middle light powered on last so it Is for sure the voltage drop from daisy chaining them

 

[RCS82]

That's a clean looking lighting rig.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I built it a few weeks ago to match my oak stand I did

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Side

 

[madweazl]

You can usually "correct" this by physically turning the array as well (i.e. turning it 90°-180°). I think it's just a prism affect of the lens most of the time.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I initially did that and it didnt work. Without the cable hooked up it was not present my issue was the voltage drop. I'm happy I got it sorted out it was driving me nuts 2 years I looked at it lol