Funkyant- You are a star- thank you!
I have only just downloaded the manual from your link so have not had time to peruse it.
I have managed to get the bezel off one of the 3 units.
It seems that this 'Repair' section is the appropriate place for this query- Inside is a SMP 28V PCB with a big blast mark under the area of the switcher transistor/FET whatever (I can't see it until I remove the heatsink). The inline fuse on the 240V was blown.
There is a separate control and driver PCB which, upon application of 28V DC to the strangely coloured Black for +, Red for -, brought the lights on. The switches on the panel are seized so it wasn't easy to play around with the modes but the whole shebang seems to work fine.
The units do indeed seem to be copies/clones of the Expolit unit, but with 36 LEDs RGB and a bit more of a finned body around the light unit.
I will try to get into the other units tomorrow (CRC into small holes drilled into the casting by the screws)
I will find a use for these- must compete with the neighbours Xmas lights !
I have never come across the DMX control protocol before, so will have a few minutes with Google.
Regards, BT