How to FIX Flickering LED Lights & LED lights that won't Turn Off with Dimmer Switch
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2017
- Hi, this video shows you an easy fix for LED lights that flicker and won't turn off when using Dimmer Switches. If you have changed over from Halogen / Incandescent lamps to LED Lamps and you are having problems then by doing the same method as shown in the video it will hopefully fix the problem. The long term solution is to get a LED dimmer fitted as it will save you more money in the long run.
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Cheers mate, I’ve just sat and watched about 10 different videos all going into crazy detail and re-soldering this and that to solve the flickering light fault, but within 2:32 seconds of watching your video I’ve just cured the fault. Brilliant 👍
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My LED light bulbs were flickering for hours after I turned the light switch off. Your little trick worked perfectly. I added 1 incandescent bulb to the light fixture, and the flickering went away. You rock!
Cheers mate, this just saved me a ton of headache! I've been trying to run LED strip lights off of a dimmer (the kind used for lighting shows), and even with the dimmer powered off but plugged in, the strips still draw enough power to light up. By plugging in an incandescent bulb, they now behave as they should. Brilliant!
Dude u solved the problem that i have been struggling to solve for the last 6 months.... thank you so much
Dude I don't even know how I ended up here... But I appreciate that brilliant problem solving and fix :D
Thanks, worked absolutely perfectly. I was pulling my hair out and I’m bald!
Thanks, mate! I had the same problem with my traditional 15 branch crystal chandelier. When I changed the flame-shape old fashioned incandescent to LED flame-shape bulbs it would not turn off and it flickered. For now I took your advice and replaced one of the bulbs, and it shuts off completely.
Hi there i had this issue today with my brand new led light and brand new dimming light switch,i run to shop again for new correct switch,great video,thanks alot,greetings from Scotland🏴
Wow. Thanks. I was going to do some thing I was not sure about with the ground? by pulling the switch and getting in the back. Instead, after your suggestion, I installed 1, 60 Watt incandescent bulb with my now 5, 3.3 Watt, 40 Watt equivalent LED bulbs and voila. Steady Eddy now and I can not actually look at the lights directly without eye discomfort as opposed to relative dimness before. So a new understanding and the cure. I call that a win, win.
Thank you mate. It was helpful. I've been struggling with the flickering led lights as i didnt take into account the wattage
Thank you so much, thought for sure I was going t start a fire or something. It should say on the box about dimmers and low wattage...
It worked here as well. Saved me at least 100 bucks to an electrician.
You saved my life today, thank you!
brilliant!!! Thank you for your solution and your charming British accent
Great explanation and advice.
great video, very informative, thanks. The reason i searched for your video is because I have a light cluster that is fitted with LED bulbs and flickers badly when turned on. As It happens, my fitting is identical to the last one shown in your video. Interesting thing though, there are two lights in the kitchen, the aforementioned one and a normal E27 fitting on the other side of the kitchen, neither one on a dimmer switch. When I turn on the LED cluster on its own, after a few minutes it starts flickering badly, almost like a strobe light, the flickering is greatly reduced when I switch on the normal E27 on the other side of the room, but with it's own separate switch and power source. Any pointers what could be the cause and more importantly, a solution if possible!!
Thank you so much. Mystery solved thanks to this video!
good explanation.thanks
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this worked! thank you so much
Nice vid Sir.
Kept picturing one of the members from "Spinal Tap" telling me about LED lights.
I have a 1 bulb halogen fixture, and a Cooper 9534 dimmer. 60W min load, and my LED is 8W. Any advice on how to get it to work, since I cannot just replace "1" bulb to fix it?
Thanks the video helped me with a similar problem
That helps so much. Thank you!
That’s a great help
Thank you 🙏
Awesome just when I was about to rip my ceiling open to check the wiring. I’ll change the dimmer cause it has a little light on it.
Thank you. Worked perfect
Wow! this video seems to be for electricians only. I could not understand more than half of it, the video is spoken too fast, and the technical words all trowed me out. This video could very well be labeled "for electricians only". Your time and effort are appreciated by many, non less.
Hiya! I wonder if the push on/off rotary dimmer is Varilight please?
thanks! bought a 60w > 400w and my LED flicker, now I know why :D
Great video, thanks.
great video ! Top tip !!
Thank you.
Thank you!
Hi just want to ask you, if I change the halogen bulb to led bulb do I have to change the 12v transformer? Thanks
is it a MUST to install a dimmer driver? Because I don't have a false ceiling to place it
I'm using 6 x Philips 4.5W LED Dimmable (Workable within 170v-240v)
*one of the purpose of dimmer driver is reduces the output voltage, means I don't need a dimmer driver... Am I right?
You might be able to stabilise things, or at least eliminate bleed through, by connecting a suppression capacitor to the fitting
I had a CFL in a stair light that produced awful radio interference from the capacitive leakage in the 2 way switch wiring - LED may also be an issue on a stair circuit.
are your ideas just for professional electricians? I say it because of your highly technital vocabulary.
@@lucywaked3103 Amateur radio is my experience, so I know a fair bit about electrical interference. The capacitance of wiring is going to be small, I'd be surprised if it was more than 10 nanoFarads, so a 0.1 microFarad mains class (X2) suppression capacitor would act as a 10:1 voltage divider (or more) - and a capacitor does not consume real power.
LED bulbs (see BigClive's teardown) usually / should have a discharge resistor built in to ensure they turn off promptly instead of fading to a dim glow, which also dissipates slight leakage
I get that you are supposed to have bulbs that draw within the min and max wattage that the dimmer is rated for but i was told that led dimmable bulbs need a special dimmer that isnt just a variable resistor but it actually flashes the led bulbs on and off very fast and the longer the pause between fast flashes makes the led bulb seem more dim. Im supprised to see a standard dimmer work with your led lights
I have a 30 year old dimmer working with 3x4w philips led...plug and play no modifications needed just swapped the bulbs. I think most issues are due to low quality dimmer and or bulbs.
Actually called Lutron about this last year and they suggested this solution. Good thing cause the dimmers were $80 ea.!
Thank you!!
Thank you! Can you explain why a lamp with 8 small bulbs only works if I insert up to 7 LEDs and leave one halogen bulb in, but won't work if I replace all of the halogen bulbs with LEDs? I guess it is something to do with the resistance or total load. The switch is a simple on/off switch, not a dimmer, but it seems to be a pretty similar situation.
If it is not on a dimmer then could it be a low voltage lamp with a built in transformer in the base of the lamp so for example in the UK a 12v light fitting instead of a 240v.
Most new LED lights require a ELV (electronic low Voltage) noise reducing dimmer. If you are having issues using dimmers on LED lights save your self a lot of headaches and just purchase a Viribright LED dimmer switch. ELV 300VA 2 way or Single Pole. for like $16 on amazon
Green = off, red = on? Seems backwards to me.
That's right, English. Just like Marmite good, hot pockets bad... @@Rick_Aye
That's electric not a traffic light.all sensible.
What do you expect from people who drive on the opposite side of the road from civilized people.
And be careful about British vids. The narrator might say, "The kit comes with 25 bits, right? And each bit fits into a different bit, right? So don't lose any of the bits, right? Right!"
Can anyone translate this into proper English? If you can, you win twopence, a groat, and five quid. Right?
thank you
I don't have a flickering issue, just the rotary dimmer turns the bulb completely off at around 50 percent turned. It still covers full brightness range. With old high wattage bulbs, when dimmer fully turned off there was still some light. How to fix that so they turn off when dimmer is turned fully instead of half way
I have seen the same happening with real switches to turn on/off the light, when switched off a LED bulb still gives a (dim) light, so it can't be the green LED in the dimmer !
Hi there I have paid slot of money for a three gang dimmer switch and now I paid slot of money for all my bulbs to be changed to led dimmable . However one of my lights the bulbs are still flickering . What can I do ?
Thanks!!
It's not the minimum load that's the problem here. It's the lack of a neutral at the lightswitch which means the dimmer has to derive its supply via the load. With no hard on/off switch as here there's enough current passed to light LED lamps and make CFLs flicker.
The way this used to be dealt with was to connect an X2-rated capacitor in parallel with the load (lamps here) with a value high enough to pass the leakage current and stop the lamps lighting.
But dimmer makers Varilight have come up with what looks like a better solution under the name GlowFix - TLC Online do them for £17.52. (Disclaimer: I've not tried this device.)
Thanks for sharing the info.
Thank you thank you thank you
I have two smart globe suite led bulbs and they’re both powered by a dimmer switch.
on the app the different colours work just fine in full brightness (theyre not very bright in led colours) but when i turn colours to warm or cool like color temperatures... they flicker when they’re above 2% brightness. so they only turn solid (dont flicker) when its 1% brightness. also my dimmer switch is on full brightness already.
also when i turn the LEDs off via app, the dimmer light indicator moves up & down. they advised on the manual to never turn switch off bc we can turn the bulbs via the app.
I have one of those ceiling lamps with the fans attached to it and if I put three LED bulbs in it it is super dim but if I put two LED bulbs and a regular bulb in there it works just fine WTF also those bulbs are designed to work with dimmer switches they say so right on the box of the LEDs. If you use one regular bulb like in this video do you still get the cost Savings of the LEDs?
Just an interesting side fact whatever lamp I have uses a weird shaped bowl because I had to go to three different stores just to find a light bulb that fit in it and they were non-dimmable I don't care about the dimmer so I would leave it at full brightness but I don't want to risk it
So I have a LED light in my room for years and for some reason it started to flicker when it’s turned off. It started out with a mild flicker (something almost unnoticeable) and it’s getting brighter the more I turn it on.
Far better solution is to add back one or two wire-wound (non-electronic) lighting transformer(s). They are rated for continuous use, and unlike the halogen bulb, they can be left there indefinitely without failure. Usually one of them is enough to stabilise most leading edge dimmers.
BTW - those dodgy 2-wire dimmers without any switch are really dodgy.
Does a higher wattage LED use more electricity than a lower wattage LED?
Yes.
now I know thanks 👍🏾
the problem im having is I got a single light bulb..... its within the wattage but still having this problem...... :( and it humms if I put the higher wattage in
Does this mean that when ever the switch was off before changing to the L E D S , that the fixtures used a small amount of electricity when turned off ? And they still use a small amount after changing to the L E D S ? If so, then you would think that the manufacturers would make a switch that would shut off the flow of electricity 100%. After all we have always been told to conserve electricity ! Thank You
You need a item called a glowfix it’s because the switch uses standby electric ⚡️
Doin up an rv had this problem with a 4-40w dimmable 😆
You should probably measure the flicker effect on them.
what about the LED strip light, how we can solve the problems ??
I too have a problem with a non dimmable standard up lighter, I fitted the LED, and it flickers, it flickers on direct supply from mains, or extansion lead. I have checked the wiring and cannot find any faults, any solutions would be gratefully received
Its a R7S LED
all the any type vedio would be made by jooming version from which all the article shown can be clear pic.
What if im only control 1 light?... my porch light is on a caseta switch but wont fully turn off
i have the same light set up and same problem.
You can put a resssistoen on the line and it will turn off
I didn't want to purchase a new dimmer so here's how I solved the problem you experienced
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You will have to get creative to "hide" the solution I used since I had lots of room inside a recessed can light, unlike your chandelier.
No, you will not save money. Electrons will flow anyway thru the halogen (will act like a resistor) plus when you turn on the lights you will light up a 25W halogen instead of 3W. For sure you will turn lights off, but you will still consume somenthing that you can't "see". Usually this is solved with a capacitor at the lamp or a capacitor but probably some electrical absorption will be still present
Yoo need a resistor on that light and prob solved
1. My LED fan combo takes incandescents ONLY. 2. I DON'T want a CFL. 3. One LED won't dim to zero.
4. I cannot turn off my light without turning off my fan.
Damn how annoying. My problem is that I have accent lighting (4 bulbs) in the upper part of the fan and this is happening. It's not dimmable LEDS, and its not a dimmer, but a fan control that I have. So I'm guessing I have no way of fixing this without doing what you just demonstrated here because I can't change the fan control. Anybody got any other ideas? @My Mate Vince
This is not the proper way u have to install a transformer that controls you light and provide proper power. In you case you should just get a lov voltage or led dimmer
In this video the led bulbs do not look like they are bigger than the normal ones wtf
Yeet
6 time 3 is too much lol
And one light that doesn’t match the others lol.
DK yep. Buy this instead and the problem is solved: amzn.to/3jbTRhX
The dimmer isntoo strong
Or Just Buy the right type of dimmer....
Honest question What's the point of a dimmer if you don't want any light just turn it off
Your accent,
Alex Calinescu that's an English accent from England
DUMB COMPANIES ARE LAZY TO WORKOUT THE ISSUES.
Turn off the breaker please!
Why
All that weaving the camera around makes me dizzy. Worse than a roller coaster.
You are British. We do not wsap or change things out.!!! We change things or swap them over.Leave the swapping or changing out to the
Americans,who think they can speak better Enlish than we can,although it is OUR LANGUAGE.