Under cabinet LED bulbs flickering
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Comments (3)If wiggling the cord around has any effect on them, then a bad connection seems fairly obvious; you just need to work through a process of elimination to narrow down where the problem is. Try plugging the lights into the socket normally used for the MW, and see whether that makes a difference. Plug some other light fixture into the socket ordinarily used for the UC lights, and see if you can reproduce the problem. These simple tests should help you see whether the problem is with the socket or the lights. Don't imagine that the socket is fine because a MW is plugged into the other side of it; if the lights are on a switch and the MW is not, then the two halves of the outlet have been disconnected from each other and will behave independently....See Moredirect wire under cabinet LED ribbon lights??
Comments (4)Thanks, Michael. I am getting annoyed with my electrician, but he's already done half the job so I think I have to stick with him. I'm searching online, and really having trouble telling the difference between the quality of tape LED lights. They look the same -- what's the explanation for the price differences? Is it crazy markup because it's still new? Remember when a GPS for your car cost $1,400? Then $700, and now they can be yours for $30 or so! Has anyone used the Apollo Warm White Driverless LED strips? (And what is a "driver"? is that the same as a power supply? Is it something else? My head is spinning with all these unfamiliar terms!) Here is a link that might be useful: Apollo driverless LED...See MoreDoes anyone else's LED recessed lights flicker??
Comments (15)We put in four Halo 4" recessed LEDs in the bedroom. They flickered with a Leviton Z-wave low voltage dimmer switch. I changed to a Leviton low voltage dimmer switch with a physical slider, and then it worked. The same model of Leviton dimmer works with 3 other pairs of Halo LEDs in the bathroom and closets. In our kitchen, we put in nine Halo 6" LEDs. With a GE Z-wave smart dimmer, it flickered horribly. We changed to a Leviton Z-wave dimmer switch, the same model that flickered in our bedroom, and it worked fine. We only realized it was the same model after we installed it and found that it worked... In our laundry room, we have two Halo 4" LEDs with a Leviton dimmer switch, the same model as in the bedoom. In the laundry room, the lights flicker. There's a separate identical Leviton dimmer switch, bought at the same time, with four identical Halo 4" LEDs that does not flicker. All wiring is new. LED lights and dimmers are a great mystery. My advice is to try changing the dimmer switch. What I've heard is that the Lutron pro series (that you can't buy at a big box store) works perfectly with basically all LED lights....See MoreBR40 LEDs flickering
Comments (6)LEDs are fundamentally low voltage devices. If you get the LED bulbs that screw into a conventional 110V socket, then the LV power supply is built into the bulb. I have had similar problems, but have had no problems if I use low voltage lamps (such as under cabinet lights or pendants) with an external power supply with a magnetic transformer....See MoreSparklingWater
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