Power Spot 250, smoking from base? | Elation Lighting Forums

Jayson L WoodfillMember

I have a Power Spot 250 that was given to my band to use.

The issue is that when plugged in it'll do its reset motions (no light and not dmxed), as soon as it finishes startup it'll smoke. It's the bottom large capacitor in the base. It will start smoking out the two protruding wires, and I mean it just billowed out of it with a vengeance. I'm not assuming that it's a bad transformer, but it is from 2005 and it's been sitting a couple years.

Any experience with this?

I have another 250 that works but no light, under the assumption it requires dmx connection for light, my lighting engineer will be back in town in a few days. I don't want to go swapping parts until I know replacements are available.

Just contact customer support for replacement parts?

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I LOOKS LIKE THATS THE CAP WITH THE EXICITER FOR THE LAMP. NEXT TO IT CHECK OUT THE LAMP IF IT HAS BLACK BURN MARKS INSIDE IT. REPLACE THE LAMP . THEN REPLACE THE CAP WITH THE SAME VALUE UF & VOLTAGE. I HAVE 6 OF THEM FROM 2007 AND ALL ARE STILL WORKING LIKE NEW.

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ELA GINESLighting Designer

Greetings, the power spot 250 where discontinued over 15 years ago, unfortunately we no longer have parts or literature available for them.

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