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I expect someone from zero88 will be along in the morning with better advice but, in the meantime, can I pick up on a couple of things that I'm pretty sure they will ask about. If the desk isn't connected to the packs then it cannot be responsible for things that start after it is disconnected. Worse case scenario here is that the dimmer packs 'remember' the last state before the disconnection. Not sure if your packs do this, Z88 person will, no doubt, confirm. Do you leave your dimmer packs on 24/7? This isn't a good idea in any case, they are using current even when they are at zero% on the desk an there's generally current going through anything attached to them. If nothing else this is bad for the electricity bill. If they are off they can't go silly at 3am either. Lastly, it's a long shot, but mention roughly where you are. There's a chance there's an experienced forum member in your vicinity who would be willing to take a look at your set up. I'm Milton Keynes based myself if you are somewhere near me.

Brilliant thankyou there's no chillinet panels at all but will give Keith a call soon as I get chance thanks again for your help much appreciated 👍

Morning @tiffayo123 @Davidmk is correct - it's unusual that your dimmers are powered on 24/7 - it's not good for the leccy bill or the dimmers themselves. It's possible that one of three things has happened Unless the front of the Chllli dimmers is physically locked (or they're locked in a cupboard) - little fingers might have been poking at buttons Because the units are on 24/7 - they've had a mains spike which has corrupted the internal patch tables - cycling power might solve this Because the units have been on 24/7 - the processor might have components failed - the most common failure is a dead unit though not channels flicking randomly with no desk connected. Don't rely on Keith @KWR88 responding here - he doesn't check very often - it's best to ring Zero88 and talk to him in person, he will also be able to recommend someone local to you to have a look (it might be a dealer or a customer he deals with). I can't stress that you should do this quickly - I found out from Keith the other day that Chilli's are now discontinued which means some spares for them will become rare simply because parts of the unit weren't built by Zero themselves but by external companies. If you get them looked at now then there's a good chance they will last another 10 years or more. If you can get someone to look at the unit & diagnose a fault (and they can't repair the unit) then I can help with the repair - I'm Zero authorised and the processor board is eminently easily removed and sent via a carrier. I'm in Coventry so not local enough to offer to come have a look sadly but I'll help as much as I can once you get the issue diagnosed.

Think David and Ian have pretty much covered most things. Please feel free to give me a call or email me direct to take it further. Details in my sign off.

@Techie_v2 It all depends what's corroded to be honest - as @kgallen says - much of the vital stuff is mounted to the front panel, it's only the processor & PSU mounted on the base of the FLX so it's feasible the unit might be OK. If you want someone to look at it & give you some reassurance about it then I offer an inspection service which costs £25 plus return carriage & I'll give the unit a good going over & check the state of the PCB's. Being honest I'd expect perhaps a couple of faders to need replacing but otherwise the buttons & encoders are sealed so shouldn't have suffered much - especially if the unit was given chance to dry out. I have some spares around for FLX including fader boards & encoders but not things like processors & displays but they're still obtainable from Zero but probably more costly than you'd want to spend for having a working spare desk. I don't have a loan/slave FLX either & having one would be handy - depending on the state of yours and what you're looking to get for it should an inspection not bring good news.

Hi thanks for your reply yeah we are trying to get someone to look at the dimmer pack they been on all the time for about 10+ years ,the desk it's self messed up couple of years ago and we sent it off to a company they fixed it and then about a year ago the lights started to go mad and not really looked into it till now but when it messed up the lights wouldn't respond they would come on full then couldn't get them to dim just been doing are heads in oh we are bingley westyorkshire thanks again for responding means a lot 😀