06-18-2023 01:54 AM
Hello! I cannot sleep with my unmanaged switch CBS110-5T-D blinking all night.
My bedroom is too dark and the LEDs light up the wall no matter where I place it or what I do. Tape and other barriers fall off, fail to block everything, or boil the heat back to the device.
I have been switching the power off at night but that means no internet nor TV for the rest of the house after I go to bed or before I get up... The switch must stay in my room for some practical reasons.
Please, is there a way to turn the LEDs off peacefully, with no harm done?
Thank you for a good night's sleep...
06-18-2023 02:03 AM
@berniebee hi, since this is unmanageable switch i dint think you can turn off lights using some setting.... most practical and passive way to make them off is put some black tapes on lights
06-18-2023 02:22 AM - edited 06-18-2023 02:30 AM
Tape was my first idea, ofc, but the heat made it fall off of did not close well enough because the LEDs are bulge-head (not flat) and there is no flat surface around them to tape efficiently
06-18-2023 02:09 AM
Put a shoe box on top. Make sure to leave the back open so the heat vents.
06-18-2023 02:19 AM
It does not help and it gets very hot in there or the light comes up. The problem is that they blink all the time, so even a little vent lights up. I have been dealing and experimenting with this for over a month. Boxes and tapes were short-lived because of the heat.
06-18-2023 02:22 AM
@berniebee use some plastic strip to cover all lights and glue that to lights using tape or strong glue.
06-18-2023 02:25 AM
That is the destructive solution I am trying to avoid: The LEDs have a function and I am sure I will need to use them in the near future to check any issues on the network: I have another 16-port switch down the line after this one in another room...
06-18-2023 02:37 AM
i mean do not apply glue over whole switch. just two drops and use 1 long plastic strip which can cover all lights or try to find some plastic clip which can fix to switch and replace as you wanted later.
06-18-2023 05:39 AM
It does not work... the LEDs are very round and protrude a lot from the housing while they are tightly clustered around the cable latch. That means that anything that can be an effective occlusion must be a contoured tight fit 3D shape with a complex 2D contour around the RJ terminals, and still, the light goes through the RJ terminals which are transparent. These LEDs were made to be easily seen and they did a very good job at it. I am swimming against the stream here. I was hoping for a software solution or perhaps even an easy hardware trick to turn them off...
06-18-2023 06:21 AM
As you can see on the photos:
06-18-2023 06:24 AM
As you can see on the photos I posted to my own reply
06-19-2023 07:05 AM
I would appreciate some useful help, please. I uploaded some pictures here above to explain the issue better.
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