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by **uccsa1** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:34 pm

I have an outdoor display of a art deco 3 color. I had a lights to go controller that burned a fuse every time it got humid or rained for several days or a bulb would burn out. I took this as a sign she must be leaking so I quickly applied clear window sealant around the arms the hold the light and made all new rope seals on the doors. Then she blew the controller. By now, your thinking what I was thinking ;"make sure you ground her" and I did, to the signal itself. My thought, shes aluminum, with steel arms to a telephone pole that should be enough :scratch:

. So long story short, I bought a new controller and it is blowing the fuses, just like the lights to go. Do I need a ground rod, to the ground? I checked the wires and they look sound, with no visible browning or burns. (no shorts) Any ideas?

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:41 pm

check all the wires with a multimeter... you have a short to ground somewhere.

by **JVC8230** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:07 pm

Check your source outlet.

by **TacomaJoe** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:27 pm

There's a short somewhere. Sounds like you've checked the wiring. I've found wires pinched in the doors before. One sneaky place to look is in the base of the lamp socket (with out the lamp). I've seen some where the center electrode of the socket will get bent when the lamp screws in to the point where it makes contact with the shell of the socket.

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:32 pm

another thought... your sure you have the control board properly mounted & insulated from the signal body & reflectors?

How are you grounding the signal? do you have a ground wire? you don't mention it, just that your using metal arms onto a telephone pole... and wooden telephone poles are insulators, not conductors. I might be missing something though

by **2070** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:10 pm

Would you happen to have any pictures of the installed timer??

I have this one outside for over a year and works fine......

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:17 pm

I agree with phil.... pictures will help a lot!

Hmmm :Phil:

, look at how neat that is... even with the spare/slack!

An't going to find anything that clean within 100 miles of philly.... they all look like a wire factory exploded

by **2070** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:33 pm

notMUTCDcompliant wrote:Hmmm , look at how neat that is... even with the spare/slack!

An't going to find anything that clean within 100 miles of philly.... they all look like a wire factory exploded

I can not stand that!!!!

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:08 pm

Slightly off topic:

Spoiler:

This is what most installs look like around here:

by **2070** on Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:27 pm

uccsa1 wrote:............ So long story short, I bought a new controller and it is blowing the fuses, just like the lights to go................................................. I checked the wires and they look sound, with no visible browning or burns. (no shorts) Any ideas?

Do any of the sockets have the "Hot" tabs touching the "Ground" Screw in part?

And....... I have only seen one in my lifetime, Are any of the light bulbs shorted??

But,

:pics!:

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