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Strange Lighting Phenominon
Brookwood
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After changing over all of my household indoor lighting to LED type bulbs, I have run into a couple of glitches that have me stumped.
My basement bathroom has a light bar over the sink mirror that takes 5 standard socket bulbs and has a multi setting switch. The settings for ON\Off and a middle setting for automatic, where a built in movement sensor activates the lights to come on for 3 to 5 minute intervals.
I have always kept the switch set for automatic mode up until I installed the LED bulbs. It seems with the new bulbs the lights go into a "strobe" mode when set for automatic!! They blink on and off so fast I thought I was having a psycodelic 60's flashback![:0]
I decided that the lower energy costs were worth having to go back to the manual OFF\ON switch mode so I have left the new bulbs in place. I just would like to understand why the LED's have this effect upon my switching system??
Then, just last week, after having replaced the one overhead bulb in one of the upstairs bathrooms, the LED light started acting weird!
When I turn click on the switch, the light comes on but it is VERY dim. Then, after about 10 seconds, it goes to full bright.[:I]
Sheesh!!! It had been working normal for nearly a month before starting this new bit of strangeness.
Could someone shed any light [:)] on my dilemma's?
My basement bathroom has a light bar over the sink mirror that takes 5 standard socket bulbs and has a multi setting switch. The settings for ON\Off and a middle setting for automatic, where a built in movement sensor activates the lights to come on for 3 to 5 minute intervals.
I have always kept the switch set for automatic mode up until I installed the LED bulbs. It seems with the new bulbs the lights go into a "strobe" mode when set for automatic!! They blink on and off so fast I thought I was having a psycodelic 60's flashback![:0]
I decided that the lower energy costs were worth having to go back to the manual OFF\ON switch mode so I have left the new bulbs in place. I just would like to understand why the LED's have this effect upon my switching system??
Then, just last week, after having replaced the one overhead bulb in one of the upstairs bathrooms, the LED light started acting weird!
When I turn click on the switch, the light comes on but it is VERY dim. Then, after about 10 seconds, it goes to full bright.[:I]
Sheesh!!! It had been working normal for nearly a month before starting this new bit of strangeness.
Could someone shed any light [:)] on my dilemma's?
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Likewise, a nearby RF emitter like a TV apparently can upset the circuitry in an LED bulb. Not supposed to, but if the set was designed and tested pre-LEDs it isn't surprising that they didn't shield against something that didn't exist yet.
There are also some flourescent tube fixtures that are incompatible with LED bulbs. One of five that I have is that way. The LED tubes come on about 10% of normal brightness with that one fixture. Had to go back to fluoro tubes until I replace the whole fixture.
Then sometimes it starts flashing.
Cell phones and brain tumors....
I'd sure hate to have to have a heart pace maker! Remember those signs around micro waves!
It is a very high place on my two story building with a hard ashfault driveway below. No longer do such ladder climbs these days and will wait for one of my sons to do the install with me holding the ladder.[:I]
I just hope that after all is done, will not have issues with the new lights going spastic in motion sensor mode!
Turns out someone had replaced one of the electronic ballast with a magnetic ballast that worked fine on the old florescent bulb but impacted the operation of the entire circuit on the LED bulb replacement. Once I replaced the ballast they all worked great.