@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:It's not defective if it supplies power and does so safely. The whine is an undocumented feature that allows the price to be reasonable.
If you don't like this feature buy a more expensive unit.
The marketing whiz that signed off on the whine was betting that the end user would prefer a less expensive unit over a quiet one. As such this is a marketing issue and not a technical one. So, from a technical perspective it's not defective.
You get what you pay for.
Mike
Got a nice chuckle out of..
"an undocumented feature that allows the price to be reasonable."
That's a hilarious way of saying "we cheaped out and hoped our customers wouldn't notice or care"
We're talking about an 80 dollar product here. Regardless of price comparison, that's enough cash to expect quiet operation.
As I said above if there's a way to disable the animation circuit and kill the buzz I'm all for it but so far it seems to make the buzz even when all lights are disconnected.
I've got a number of other LED items on the layout, and nothing else buzzes. I realize there are plenty of Menards fans who will put up with this sort of malarkey. I'm a hardcore bargain guy myself but I've always preferred a budget product do fewer things well rather than more things poorly.
Anyway...
Continuing the search for a solution, is it safe to test the animated sign wires with low voltage source (an AA battery maybe) to determine which pairs of leads light each section?
Is there a standard wiring pattern for this sort of thing? I'm looking at 2 plugs each with 8 connections.
Brought out the box of power supplies, plugs and such. Will try some things out this evening and report back.
