More than ten backbox lamps that are wired together with bare bus wire are all dark.
A whole string of backbox lamps is out: blown GI fuse F110
Cause: These are general illumination lamps fed from the transformer through the GI fuses on the power driver board (wired in parallel, not series); the GI fuse F110 had blown.
Checks
- Check the GI fuses on the power driver board and confirm their values against the manual.
- Inspect the GI connectors at the driver board for burned or oxidised pins.
- A corroded socket only affects its own lamp, not the whole string.
Fix
- Replace the blown fuse with the correct value. If the board still has the original large GI diodes, members advise replacing them with jumpers.
Systems
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Related tips
- Remove or bypass WPC-95 GI diodes D25 to D32
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- A whole lamp row or column is stuck very bright
- None of the controlled lamps work, or they light in the wrong pattern
- Lamps light twice in the all-lamps sweep, or two lamps act as one
- GI string dead after connector replacement: broken traces
- 12 V unregulated LED out on the driver board: open track to C8
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