AHH cathode trouble :(

this is kinda long but help me out here

about 2 weeks ago or so i ordered a set of green cathodes and a set of pink cathodes for inside my car, green for under the dash, pink for under the seats, both transformers are hooked up to the same switch, switch is fused, and everything has been going fine until tonight

so tonight im driving around going a few places with my inside cathodes on, all is well, then all of the sudden the pink cathodes turn off with the green ones still on, and i smell a burning smell, great
so i pull into a neighborhood and check out the cathodes under the seat and the cathodes look fine, so i take the panel with the switches off (where the transformer is, underneath and in my center console) and thats where i think the smell was coming from. so my guess is that the pink transformer overheated ir was faulty, but only in 30 minutes?

what do you think? any suggestions on what may have caused this?
and do you think if i let oznium know they will send me out a replacement transformer? thats my guess on what happened

Have you confirmed the transformer is not working, and the tubes still are? Did you have the power wire for that transformer fused at some point? Were there any burnt wires?

no it was too late tonight but i think tuesday we are taking it all apart to see whats going on,

and no there is no way to see if the tubes are still working right now, i dont have another transformer

and also no i didnt know that you need the power wire from a switch to a transformer like 5 inches away fused, i DO however have the switch fused from the battery, that goes to that transformer, along with the other green transformer

lastly from what i saw tonight there were no burnt wires, but again tuesday im taking everything all the way out and inspecting it all, ill get back to you on that

anyone else?

btw sick scion too, i want one of those

You don't need to fuse anywhere else except in between the power source and the switch.

Wiring a cathode transformer is very basic - you either wired it backwards, or the transformer possibly fried out on its own. If you have even basic wiring knowledge, chances are it's the latter.

Email cs@oznium.com with your order number, and tell them your transformer burnt out and you need a new one. They'll fix it right away.

Sounds a lot like the transformer blew. Check that first, using the other working transformer you have.

yeah ill do that, and yeah i have basic wiring knowledge haha, and i couldnt have wired it backwards it was working for a good 3 weeks before this happened

That's what I meant by fused and thanks.

i guess im just gonna talk to phil about trying out a new transformer, hopefully he can hook me up i just dropped 360 on a V2 last night! haha

Aken wrote:

Email cs@oznium.com with your order number, and tell them your transformer burnt out and you need a new one. They'll fix it right away.

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Do what Aken said. You'll get a much quicker response than talking to Phil.

ethanFBM wrote:

i guess im just gonna talk to phil about trying out a new transformer, hopefully he can hook me up i just dropped 360 on a V2 last night! haha

I have an extra transformer or two I can send your way if you want. Not sure how I got soo many extra's.

Providing someone can confirm that the old blue transformers will work with whatever thodes you have.

A-Ray wrote:

ethanFBM wrote: i guess im just gonna talk to phil about trying out a new transformer, hopefully he can hook me up i just dropped 360 on a V2 last night! haha I have an extra transformer or two I can send your way if you want. Not sure how I got soo many extra's. Providing someone can confirm that the old blue transformers will work with whatever thodes you have.

if they are free ill take em! haha, otherwise no its cool i talked to kris im pretty sure he's hooking me up