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LED Panel reliability

whjohnson
Am looking at providing some 600X600 LED panel lighting on a job and wondered if there are any recommendations out there for brand reliability?

An initial nosey via a chat with a few local lads and my local wholesaler seems to suggest that Eterna ones are not the best and seem to have a high return rate back to the wholesaler due to premature failure - usually driver-related, and yup, they can't get hold of spare driver units seperately - or so they tell me. Now, I've gone down that route before and discovered that the subject brings up a host of other problems, namely futile attempts to ID the driver details, constant voltage? or constant current? What rating? No info from makers so panel gets RTB'd or binned.


Comments welcome.
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    I suspect that many manufactures try to push what they can get out of their creations with a minimal of components and that creates our throwaway society.

    It is a business decision because they want to maximise profits and stay in business. If they are considerably more expensive than competitors they lose business.

    The consequence is we all get things that are cheaper and that applies in every walk of life. Just like supermarkets close the corner shops, it`s a fact of life.


    Years ago (many) I started putting an LED on plastic bellboxes as a sales aid, SCB circuits were standalone additions the wholesalers sold for the bellboxes and had an on board LED, I`d desolder them, put them on a long lead and drill hole and place them on bellbox cover. or simply use the 12v nominal supply a series resistor and LED.

    A 1K0 resistor would do the trick and not over run the LED. Quite "gimmicky" at the time but now long superceded by twinkling LEDs under the clear plastic cover.


    Mine are still lit some 30+ years later, out in all weathers and temperatures.


    Sadly the manufactures want to get full; brightness for the products at min cost to keep them in business and be a great price to you and your customers.


    Other than that a bespoke product and subsequent cost.


    Some on here might build their own (Mapj1 for just one example) but us mere mortals are left with what is commonly on offer I`m afraid.
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    I suspect that many manufactures try to push what they can get out of their creations with a minimal of components and that creates our throwaway society.

    It is a business decision because they want to maximise profits and stay in business. If they are considerably more expensive than competitors they lose business.

    The consequence is we all get things that are cheaper and that applies in every walk of life. Just like supermarkets close the corner shops, it`s a fact of life.


    Years ago (many) I started putting an LED on plastic bellboxes as a sales aid, SCB circuits were standalone additions the wholesalers sold for the bellboxes and had an on board LED, I`d desolder them, put them on a long lead and drill hole and place them on bellbox cover. or simply use the 12v nominal supply a series resistor and LED.

    A 1K0 resistor would do the trick and not over run the LED. Quite "gimmicky" at the time but now long superceded by twinkling LEDs under the clear plastic cover.


    Mine are still lit some 30+ years later, out in all weathers and temperatures.


    Sadly the manufactures want to get full; brightness for the products at min cost to keep them in business and be a great price to you and your customers.


    Other than that a bespoke product and subsequent cost.


    Some on here might build their own (Mapj1 for just one example) but us mere mortals are left with what is commonly on offer I`m afraid.
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