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LED bulbs glow brightly and won't turn off (Varilight IR dimmer switch).
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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricAlex" data-source="post: 474824" data-attributes="member: 30888"><p>OK.. to reiterate I am trying to get the Varilight IR to work in a particular room, other rooms it works fine. </p><p></p><p>a) I have contacted Varilight and they stated a Glowfix would fix my problem for all rooms (they are aware of the number and Watts of LEDs).</p><p> </p><p> b) As stated the glowfix and Varilight Dimmer works fine for the other rooms (without the glowfix a single LED lights up when turned off).</p><p></p><p><strong>For the room with the issue (16.5W of LEDs):</strong></p><p></p><p>c) If I put in a <strong>Crabtree </strong>dimmer (without glowfix) a single LED light will light up.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>d) If I put in a <strong>Crabtree </strong>dimmer WITH a glowflix <em><strong>it will work fine</strong></em> (dim up and down and switch off). So this is OK.</p><p></p><p>e) <strong>This is the problem: </strong>If I put in a <strong>Varilight IR</strong> dimmer with glowfix, all LEDs will turn on <strong>very</strong> brightly and flicker (I don't even have to press the dimmer switch the LEDs are on as soon as I switch on the mains). It stays very bright and cannot be switched off. This was not the behaviour I was exhibiting before with a different dimmer (see c and d) so I don't think it's a minimum load problem.</p><p></p><p><strong>UPDATE!</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p>f) If I put the same Varilight IR dimmer from (e) into another room with twice as many LEDs (33W) I get the same behaviour as (e), all the LEDs glow very brightly and I don't even need to turn the dimmer on. Putting back the original Varilight IR dimmer for this room and all is working fine again.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>CONCLUSION??</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p>So on the basis of (e) and (f) I would assume I have yet another faulty dimmer switch as the behaviour follows the dimmer.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>OR </strong>somehow this particular room is breaking dimmers - which is weird because the crabtree dimmer works fine, see (d).</p><p></p><p>Very odd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElectricAlex, post: 474824, member: 30888"] OK.. to reiterate I am trying to get the Varilight IR to work in a particular room, other rooms it works fine. a) I have contacted Varilight and they stated a Glowfix would fix my problem for all rooms (they are aware of the number and Watts of LEDs). b) As stated the glowfix and Varilight Dimmer works fine for the other rooms (without the glowfix a single LED lights up when turned off). [B]For the room with the issue (16.5W of LEDs):[/B] c) If I put in a [B]Crabtree [/B]dimmer (without glowfix) a single LED light will light up. d) If I put in a [B]Crabtree [/B]dimmer WITH a glowflix [I][B]it will work fine[/B][/I] (dim up and down and switch off). So this is OK. e) [B]This is the problem: [/B]If I put in a [B]Varilight IR[/B] dimmer with glowfix, all LEDs will turn on [B]very[/B] brightly and flicker (I don't even have to press the dimmer switch the LEDs are on as soon as I switch on the mains). It stays very bright and cannot be switched off. This was not the behaviour I was exhibiting before with a different dimmer (see c and d) so I don't think it's a minimum load problem. [B]UPDATE![/B] f) If I put the same Varilight IR dimmer from (e) into another room with twice as many LEDs (33W) I get the same behaviour as (e), all the LEDs glow very brightly and I don't even need to turn the dimmer on. Putting back the original Varilight IR dimmer for this room and all is working fine again. [B]CONCLUSION??[/B] So on the basis of (e) and (f) I would assume I have yet another faulty dimmer switch as the behaviour follows the dimmer. [B]OR [/B]somehow this particular room is breaking dimmers - which is weird because the crabtree dimmer works fine, see (d). Very odd. [/QUOTE]
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