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Craig Turner
Hi All,
I've just registered with the site after struggling to find a solution to my problem via google. I'm hoping some of you on here might be able to help me out as my experience with LED lamps is fairly limited due to working on the railway for the past 7 years and not doing much install work; my product knowledge is not what it once was!
Right, I have fitted 6 Osram parathorm advanced 7.5W GU10 style LED lamps in my mum's bedroom (down lights) and replaced the switch with a Varilight remote control dimmer. When I switched the power on the lights were behaving very strangely. When I operated the switch one lamp only lit up initially (very strange I thought since obviously they are all wired in parallel). When I held the switch down to dim/undim, all lamps came on but the light level kept subtly going up and down.
My initial response was to go through the instructions that came with the dimmer. I checked that the earth cable is correctly sleaved and that the live & switch line are connected the right way around as stated in the instructions. No issue here.
Next I contacted the manufacturer for advice as I suspected a compatibility issue despite the fact I have used the same lamps and dimmer (same models) in my own house. Varilight responded quickly and said I needed to order a different switch; the Varilight V-pro Eclique which is fully compatible with most good quality dimmable LED lamps. They also said that a maximum of 10 lamps can be connected and the total wattage must not exceed 100W. Apparently the fact that only 1 lamp initially illuminated on my set up is due to the electronics and the way LED lamps use the current (he did explain in a bit more detail but I can't remember the exact explanation).
Anyway, the LED lamps have been refitted and the new LED compatable switch fitted but I'm still getting the same issue, very frustrating! I'm thinking it could be either:
1) a faulty switch (although as I said I have the same lamps on one of the lesser non LED switches in my house and they work fine so I'm not convinced that both switched I've tried are faulty).
2) one of the lamps might be faulty.
3) an earth fault somewhere on the circuit. I say an earth fault as the mention the earth sleaving in the instructions so I assume that the earth must play some part in the correct operation of the switch.
Any ideas or comments would be much appreciated!
cheers.
I've just registered with the site after struggling to find a solution to my problem via google. I'm hoping some of you on here might be able to help me out as my experience with LED lamps is fairly limited due to working on the railway for the past 7 years and not doing much install work; my product knowledge is not what it once was!
Right, I have fitted 6 Osram parathorm advanced 7.5W GU10 style LED lamps in my mum's bedroom (down lights) and replaced the switch with a Varilight remote control dimmer. When I switched the power on the lights were behaving very strangely. When I operated the switch one lamp only lit up initially (very strange I thought since obviously they are all wired in parallel). When I held the switch down to dim/undim, all lamps came on but the light level kept subtly going up and down.
My initial response was to go through the instructions that came with the dimmer. I checked that the earth cable is correctly sleaved and that the live & switch line are connected the right way around as stated in the instructions. No issue here.
Next I contacted the manufacturer for advice as I suspected a compatibility issue despite the fact I have used the same lamps and dimmer (same models) in my own house. Varilight responded quickly and said I needed to order a different switch; the Varilight V-pro Eclique which is fully compatible with most good quality dimmable LED lamps. They also said that a maximum of 10 lamps can be connected and the total wattage must not exceed 100W. Apparently the fact that only 1 lamp initially illuminated on my set up is due to the electronics and the way LED lamps use the current (he did explain in a bit more detail but I can't remember the exact explanation).
Anyway, the LED lamps have been refitted and the new LED compatable switch fitted but I'm still getting the same issue, very frustrating! I'm thinking it could be either:
1) a faulty switch (although as I said I have the same lamps on one of the lesser non LED switches in my house and they work fine so I'm not convinced that both switched I've tried are faulty).
2) one of the lamps might be faulty.
3) an earth fault somewhere on the circuit. I say an earth fault as the mention the earth sleaving in the instructions so I assume that the earth must play some part in the correct operation of the switch.
Any ideas or comments would be much appreciated!
cheers.
