alright so I go out this morning and I'm getting ready to open it up, I turn it on and its working. I start playing with the dimmer and it gets really bright and then dims again. I think maybe I just couldn't see it at night and I really didn't know how bright it was supposed to be. I've read about some cell breaking loose on the back of the chip board. There are some write ups on this so I'm going to try it and I'll be back.