LEDs in Camper Trailer unwanted flashing
Ok…
Puzzle.
Trailer is Ezytrail Stirling GT MkII. Two 100AH gel batteries, 12v, good condition.
LEDs are 2.5m (about) Yellow/white “Hardkorr” brand flexible strip - two colours (white and yellow and a “third” colour- both combined. In-line touch controller, on/off, mode (colour) and plus/minus brightness.
When plugged in to the camper cig plugs, they work fine at low power. Increasing the power results in flashing of increasing rapidity with (I presume) the power demand of increasing brightness.
Also, the LED readout on the camper that shows voltage and Amps drawn from the batteries (cheap looking blue/red digital screens) goes blank (out) as the LED strip brightness is increased.
Decrease the power demand, the camper readout returns and the LEDs stop blinking.
LED strip works fine direct to a stand alone car battery.
I can run a fridge from the camper socket - it’s not a power demand issue. No breakers tripped.
The camper is also running a Victron energy “smart shunt” as well as a Victron solar controller (no panel input at time of issue).
Any ideas the cause of the flashing? It’s NOT flickering/random like a loose connection. Very rigid mathematical issue. Sure to be some unwanted interaction with something on the circuit but what? And how to rectify? Hard to “Google” as swamped by flickering trailer light issues and faulty connection problems…
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