Could have been a lot worse the way I look at it. If i wasn't there when this capacitor blew up or when the heatshrink smoked up who knows what could have happened? The capacitor popped with enough force to char the inside of the light and the surrounding circuitry before the GFI popped. Just...
Resistor is covered with the melted heat shrink the other picture you see is the capacitor that blew up. I can open them up when i get some time and send you the pics. Thanks Wingo.
These were ordered from Greenstar Lighting which is the original factory which later became Houyi or something like that. They are now on AquariumLEDLIghting on ebay and doing OEM manufacturing.
Anyway when i got to the company they wanted me to return them to China at my cost for warranty...
Bought two... first one smoked up after the first five minute as the capacitor blew up. Second one took a week for a ceramic resistor to heat up till the heat shrink melted around it due to a poor voltage regulator. PM if you need more images or info. Or if you guys are cool with me posting it...
Not looking for any conflict just seeing if it is the same shop. I bought a copperband from pet palace on fresh pond after i link was first posted. Definitely had good pricing.
Would you be more satisfied if i told you, that you are using .5 watt chips from taiwan and passing them off as 1 watt chips? I think most people here can tell you how well that will work for a reef tank.