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Old 11-30-2015, 12:34 AM
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If the fan increases in rpm the hotter the fixture gets, maybe all that is wrong is the sensor that detects the degree (amount) of heat. If that sensor is bad and only reads itself "cold", then the fan would never turn on.
Hopefully, something has disconnected during shipping.
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Old 11-30-2015, 01:04 AM
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Mike, yes I know, KISS!!!! The fans are a known issue with these fixtures. I assume the seller was telling the truth, and I have no reason to question that. It's neither here nor there, besides possibly tracking down why the fans aren't working. Today didn't work out quite as planned, so I didn't get a chance to work on the fixture, but hopefully Thursday or Friday.

If all else fails, I will just re-install the fans and run a wire out to an outlet and they can be on 24/7 for all I care. I little extra air movement around the tank should doesn't hurt anything.

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If the fan increases in rpm the hotter the fixture gets, maybe all that is wrong is the sensor that detects the degree (amount) of heat. If that sensor is bad and only reads itself "cold", then the fan would never turn on.
Hopefully, something has disconnected during shipping.
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I can set the fixture to demo mode which goes through all the dimming and the fan dimming too, and they don't turn on during the demo either.
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Old 12-12-2015, 12:48 AM
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So, claynelson came over yesterday, and while he was here he took a peek at the fans. Says, "There's power at the connections." Well, I'll be darned. So he re-stripped the wires and inserted them into the connections properly (that was another problem), and VOILA! Well, that was easy.

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