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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: andrewcoughlan on May 09, 2017, 09:53:30 am
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Hi,
My LED wiring is causing my Xin-Mo board to switch on/off some buttons. It only happens when the LED wiring is right up against my button wiring....but it is happening. I guess the cause is some sort of induction/mangetic field messing with my switch wires.
Some details -
12V 1A power supply for my LED's.
Xin Mo PCB Board
Raspberry Pi 3
Two LED strips and 20 LED bulb buttons being used.
Does anyone have any ideas? I know I can rewire to keep distance between the LED wires and my button wires but I'm tight on space and was wondering what others have done.
Thanks for any help
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You should not be getting any induction issues on a 12v LED circuit.
When you say the cables are "close" do you mean they are close enough to short out?
If so I would start looking there.
Also to clarify when you say switch on/off do you mean the switch is sticking in one position? Ie open/closed?
If so your wiring loom could be catching the switch and holding it (this happened to me once!)
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So, this is fixed.
My power supply for the LEDs was the problem - just replaced it with an exact same model and no problems. If I open it up and find out something I'll post it.
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So, this is fixed.
My power supply for the LEDs was the problem - just replaced it with an exact same model and no problems. If I open it up and find out something I'll post it.
Very strange. Sounds like it might have been a "noisy" transformer in the supply you replaced. Unless you re-arranged some of the wiring when replacing it.