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    Dimmable GU10 Leds

    Hello All Living room will have 12 GU10s. Can anyone recommend any dimmable bulbs that won't flicker and be around 400 lumens each? I've got 4 in the bathroom and despite them being a non-cheapo brand (forgotten exactly) they do flicker from time to time. Maybe the technology still isn't there...
  2. L

    Removing Transformer From Halogen Light Fitting For LEDS?

    Hi all, Great forum with lots of advice read and greatly received over the years! I have a question here that I am hopeful somebody here can assist. We have 6 x decorative light fittings that all currently take 5 x G9 Halogen bulbs per fitting. And we also have another 5 decorative light...
  3. S

    LEDs off leisure battery in a van

    Hi everyone, On my Hiace the roof LEDs are triggered by the side door that breaks the ground, not the positive wire. I want to also have an option to constantly power them off my Bluetti battery, i.e. when the key is not in. I'll have a 3-position rocker switch to choose between 3 modes: 1...
  4. J

    Older Garden RGB LEDS, upgrading driver / Zigbee possible?

    Hello, I’ve have some ten year old Collingwood SL020 RGB led garden spike lights which I’d like to keep using but wondering if I can use them with a more modern LED driver/with some Zigbee remote possibilities. Collingwood don't make a replacement driver/reciever unit for these so looking 3rd...
  5. C

    Flashing LEDs when fan and lights off

    Good afternoon everyone. I have fitted an extractor fan in my bathroom with an overrun timer, to start when the bathroom led lights are turned on. I have wired the feed to the fan via an adjustable overrun timer and DP isolator with the SL for the fan timer coming from the light switch. The...
  6. F

    wiring 2 ballast, 2 way switch fluorescent fixture for LEDs not working

    I’ve got bad ballasts and am replacing the T12 fluorescent bulbs with Halco direct wire, double ended T8 LEDs. The fixture has 4Rapid start bulbs, 2 rapid ballasts and a 2 way switch. The ballasts were wired exactly like the “before” picture here. (Rapid Start Ballast Lampholder Wiring 2 and 4...
  7. R

    Low voltage light mystery

    I have undercabinet lights that are low voltage. They work xenon pucks just fine. I want to convert to low voltage LEDS. Supposedly these are 12V DC but when I hook 12V DC LED pucks up, they don't work. There is a switch to turn these on that is 120 volts. Somewhere buried behind the wall...
  8. S

    Leds glowing when off

    I have a 3 lamp fitting in bedroom with led lamps which emit a very slight glow even when switched off.When I switch on light in adjacent bedroom they glow a bit brighter.They also glow a little if I switch on hall light.Can anyone help?Thanks.
  9. M

    Powering lamping leds

    I go rabbiting and I baught a ledlenser head torch for 150quid to find it has a cree xhp100 and I can get a xhp70 for 8 quid my old torch cost 90 and has a creet6 which cost £2.30 so then check out the battery replacement to find its £7 from what I can see I need a driver they enclose in...
  10. pirate

    We all have problems with LEDs and dimmers...

    So often we have these difficulties...incompatible LEDs/dimmers...lamps staying lit, dimly and dimmers not doing the job. I hope to assist a friend who has such problems with his recently fitted new modules with remote control plus control at the switches themselves. These new switches were...
  11. M

    Controlling high intensity RGBW LEDs with PWM

    Hi there, I'm currently working on a project where I'd like to slowly fade the brightness of a series of high brightness RGBW LEDs. Basically I'd like to drive these 4W (1W per channel) current-driven LEDs: SmartArray Q4 LED Module, 4W, RGBW, 4000K, CRI 90 | the leading LED-shop by...
  12. B

    Why are my LEDs burning out?

    I'm not an electrician, just a hobbyist trying to build a small sculpture which incorporates LEDs, but they keep burning out. I am using a 8w/24v Meanwell power supply, a single 20mA Dynaohm resistor, and 3 strings of four 5mm warm white LEDs each, in parallel (see attached diagram). They all...
  13. Quarath

    How to connect LED stripe with 5 LEDs per segment and no resistors?

    I got a lamp with LED stripe on the picture (no power source) and I'm bit confused what power source I could use?
  14. C

    NEW BATHROOM LEDS - ONE IN SHOWER PROBLEM

    Hi I've had an electrician fit a new set of led recessed ceilings lights in my bathroom including one which is in my shower cubical. When he has taking the old lights out some of the ceiling came way and he has told me I need to fill the gaps around the light fitting in the shower. I just...
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    • bathroom leds lighting new problem shower
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  15. L

    Reliable sensor leds

    Have had to return a number of standard led sensor lights which malfunctioned within a mater of months. (standard outside type). Has anyone had similar issues? If not which brand are you using?
  16. tylarius1

    wire diagram for leds 2 input 1 output

    hi, I want to install leds that turn on from door open which is a negative switched signal ive already checked and to stay on after car is switched on. so basically if door is open/ ON if engine on/ ON if door open and engine on then/ ON doors closed engine off/ OFF by engine on i mean as soon...
  17. M

    Boxvan LEDs shorting out? Grounding out?

    My box truck has interior lighting in the box and its wired directly to the fuse box (blue wire at bottom of pic). The interior lights are also connected to the front marker lights somehow. After months of it being fine, it went haywire last night and now they're shorting out the ignition and...
  18. B

    How many leds can the dimmer run

    I have Collingwood hs2 extreme led dimmable lights I will be installing in the soffit around the house. The lights specs are: Input current 0.02A, input power 4.6w, inrush current of 1A, 0.24ms, power factor of 0.8. Collingwood suggest that 7 units can be connected to 250w dimmer, 14 to 500w and...
  19. i=p/u

    Bathroom fan on a dimmer sith leds.

    Fitted a fan for friend today and forgot it was off the lights, so now is on dimmer and seems to work fine. I see Amazon sell plug in dimmers for fans .. thoughts men??
  20. A

    Wiring up LEDs

    Hi, I am your average person ignorant of electrical knowledge and need some advice on wiring up led's for a model I am making. Basically, I need to connect a dozen 3mm LEDs (the tiny bulbs with two wire legs coming off the body). The entire length will about 1.5mt long and the LEDs will be...

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