Steve’s LED questions and concerns

[jle617]

Hello, my name is Johnny. I am new to the hobby. I have my tank up and running now about a month. I have checked the forums from time to time to do research. I have found Steves LED’s and purchased it for my RSM 130D. I have tried calling and messaging them but have not received any replies. I wanted to reach out to this community in hopes of more informations.

So I recently received the upgrade kit with the iridescent purple lights add on. I installed everything with supplied materials with the guide. Everything went well but when I went to turn on the HurricaneX controller it popped and smoke came out. I got terrified and unplugged it and waited 10mins. Then I tried to plug it in again and everything actually turned on and seems to be working. There was a post here stating it can happen if there was a wrong ac adapter was used. I did not use anything other than what was supplied of course. Should I be concerned?

Another thing is I noticed the LED with the upgrade should have 4 Royal Blue LEDs swapped out for 4 UV purple LEDs. When I tinkered with settings while monitoring the lights, I have not seen any purple lights at all.
Is there any way to confirm this or visually I should see purple lights?

I am a bit discouraged because when I ordered them was 12/22/21 and did not receive my lights until 1/11/22. I was so excited but then the pop and burnt smell of the controller freaked me out. Next I find another post on here that questions the purple iridescent light upgrade. Seems similar to my scenario.

Thank you all in advance for the assistance.

 

[oreo54]

Popping, smoke, and burnt smell is Never a good thing.

 

[jle617]

Yes, it doesn’t feel comfortable at all. I’m afraid my corals would die so I have it running. I did not want to take it all apart yet until they respond. Just hope it doesn’t blow up while I am at work. Only thing is it has been 8 days since and still no reply from phone or email.

 

[hzy422]

I had an older version for a RSM C-250 (2015 ish). I was having a problem with a channel last year and tried to get support. It was several weeks until I got any response at all, such that I had decided to scrap it and move on.

It worked OK while I had it, but just OK - I don't know that it was worth the price paid but opinions may differ.

 

[Sanya]

My nanocube upgrade kit was working for several months and now stopped working. Also no replies on emails for a couple weeks. I had to buy a standard LED light.