Light Burn in

[babybear]

Ok here is one. I see in spots people talking about light burn in. Now do the LEDs actually need a burn in period or are people just testing out the lights as if there was a failure it would happen up front. Is there a length of time used? 

[Phrog30]

I do it mainly to find failures. I'm not sure if it's required, my gut says no, but I'm not sure on that... it's a good question.

One of the best ways to do a burn in is to create a sequence and command all lights green, hold for a while, then red, then blue, then white, then do some fading in and out, then some twinkle/shimmer, etc. Then play and repeat. You could also add an effect and click on it and have it play, then wait a while and change. Just know that full white things will get hot, this will check your ventilation, or lack thereof.

I did my burn in for 6 hours. I've heard others go for 24-48 hours.

I had 3 pixels fail during burn in and 1 fail afterwards (but it's possible I missed that one during burn in).

James

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[MrChristmas2000]

In the US electronics industry a burn in for products is done to eliminate infant failures. Just because they are LEDs does not mean that they are any more or less reliable than any other items, it just helps when you get it all put up and utter those feared words 'I should have test that before I put it up'.

I generally run new pixels/strips through a minimum of 48 hours of burn in.

My burn in is easy because built into Falcon products is a test mode. It puts the lights through a RED/GREEN/BLUE/WHITE rotation sequence. I also use some of my microSSCs because they also have a built in testing function activated by a magnet for some small testing situations.

[babybear]

Thank you as I have been ordering lights for next season (Christmas in July at Camp) You would think 6 months away is a long time but it creeps up fast. Already building displays.