Tagged With "Flickering"

My client has some Elation Platinum Wash ZFX Pro units in a permanent event space install. I do an annual maintenance sweep for them. Last year a couple of the units started to flicker when they get close to full on (R, G, B, W emitters all at or near full). If you take the edge off and lower some intensities, the problem goes away. I replaced the LED driver boards in both units and the problem went away. Fast forward a year and the same two units are showing the exact same problem. All the...

Greetings, you will need to replace the wiring harness that goes from the base to the led via the arm.. this typically will resolve the issue. (red/blue wires) UPDATED WIRING HARNESS FOR EPW880 (elationlighting.com)

Hi Ela. Thank you for the info! Are you an Elation employee? Is this official advice from Elation or are you just speaking from experience in the field?

greetings, yes i work for elation, we have seen this issue on units with higher hours on them. over time the current demand increases slightly and the existing cable is not quite thick enough. this being said there maybe other issues which may require attention but based on your description this typically resolved the issue.

Awesome. Thanks. This sounds exactly like my problem.

Hello guys, unfortunately I have a problem with the Elation KL Panel RGBWCL. Once every while the light is flickering, mostly about every 15 minutes. It doesn't matter if it's wired or the signal comes wireless. Even after an update (to V1.10). Can someone help me with this? Thank you very much!

Just to get the message right, we have about 20 to 25 panels in our show, and the flickering is not always the same panel, but always another one...

I would look at your DMX runs and make sure: A) That you don't have too many DMX devices on one run B) that the DMX line is terminated at the end C) If you have a DMXcat or DMX tester, try sitting in a cue/look and seeing if the flicker finder notices anything. You can also view the DMX levels while you see the flicker and see if something is being sent that shouldn't.

I am facing same problem, there are 6 elation wash are flickering in my rig only whenever I turn white color or dimmer color on. no flickers in blue , red ,green,.i had parked white color for some lights looks good some times suddenly flickers. i feel it is main PCB issue not the cable . main power cable (red&blue ) seems good because I checked with multimeter they are giving right volts 28.28.

@Vilkas did you succeed after changing cable? please let me know . thanks in advance

Hi there! Yes. I succeeded changing the cable for the new version. Problem is solved. Did you meter power at the head with all emitters at full? I definitely found that with everything at full juice, there was a slight voltage drop that I thought at the time was negligible, but it turns out it was the cause of the issue. The new wiring harnesses I installed looked and felt identical to the old ones, but definitely solved the problem. My only guess is that the original harnesses must have had...

Thank you, i will try with new cables.

Having the same problem. We have tested everything we can think of, and the flashing/flickering continues to get worse. Did you ever find a solution?

Hi everyone, anyone still having this issue if you can tell me what Lighting console is in use and also the software/firmware version the KL Panels are on that would help us a lot in trying to help you. Thanks!

ETC Ion XE 20 Eos Version 3.2.2.25 OS Version 10.22.02.01 Image Provisioning version: 10.22.02.01 Fixture Library Version 3.2.2.20, 21.Jun.2023 KL Panel Software Version 1.1.2 Also, we are unable to get the KL panels to talk to the board via sACN. We get no response when pinging the instruments, including when connecting an instrument directly to the board via ethernet. In some cases, when we connect them, they will flash white intermittently (between .5-2 seconds between flashes) and...

I had a similar glitch with mine a while back. Tried updates, wired, and wireless—no luck. Turns out, it was interference messing things up. Moved some other gear around, and boom, problem solved.