This must be a hated topic, but please bear with me – dimmer switches!
I have had a full flat rewire. I liked the look of the Schneider ultimate flat plate white metal series, so selected that. Have a bunch of the LED dimmers used for Philips GU10 lamps.
They work great.
I also purchased some LED wall lights from Italy (built-in LEDs, not replaceable). The website for the lights showed they are TRIAC. But I checked with the UK company I bought them from (before buying!), and they said they were compatible with trailing edge dimmers (a la Schneider).
Now the problem…..
I have 4 of these wall lights in the lounge – 2 high level ones (30w each), 2 low level (17w each). There will be another floor lamp (not yet purchased), and therefore a 3g, 2 way dimmer. Following Schneider’s instructions, the electrician fitted retractive switches to enable dimming from 2 locations. There are no other lights in the room.
High-level lights – seem to work perfectly.
Low-level lights – dim perfectly, but don’t fully switch off. They retain a (permanent) glow.
I have 2 more wall lights in the hallway (17w each), with the same issue. Dim fine, but don’t turn off (I can see about ¼ of the small individual LEDs remain lit and never switch off unless I turn off at the main fusebox.
Does anyone have any ideas?! Schneider do a standard (presumably leading-edge) dimmer, but it explicitly states “not suitable for LEDs.
Varilight have the V-pro range that has both leading and trailing edge settings. But on the website it says that it is NOT compatible for TRIAC dimming, and you have to use the V-Com range. I’m confused, as I thought TRIAC and leading-edge are one and the same thing.
Sorry for length of post, but would love to hear any thoughts/ideas!
I have had a full flat rewire. I liked the look of the Schneider ultimate flat plate white metal series, so selected that. Have a bunch of the LED dimmers used for Philips GU10 lamps.
They work great.
I also purchased some LED wall lights from Italy (built-in LEDs, not replaceable). The website for the lights showed they are TRIAC. But I checked with the UK company I bought them from (before buying!), and they said they were compatible with trailing edge dimmers (a la Schneider).
Now the problem…..
I have 4 of these wall lights in the lounge – 2 high level ones (30w each), 2 low level (17w each). There will be another floor lamp (not yet purchased), and therefore a 3g, 2 way dimmer. Following Schneider’s instructions, the electrician fitted retractive switches to enable dimming from 2 locations. There are no other lights in the room.
High-level lights – seem to work perfectly.
Low-level lights – dim perfectly, but don’t fully switch off. They retain a (permanent) glow.
I have 2 more wall lights in the hallway (17w each), with the same issue. Dim fine, but don’t turn off (I can see about ¼ of the small individual LEDs remain lit and never switch off unless I turn off at the main fusebox.
Does anyone have any ideas?! Schneider do a standard (presumably leading-edge) dimmer, but it explicitly states “not suitable for LEDs.
Varilight have the V-pro range that has both leading and trailing edge settings. But on the website it says that it is NOT compatible for TRIAC dimming, and you have to use the V-Com range. I’m confused, as I thought TRIAC and leading-edge are one and the same thing.
Sorry for length of post, but would love to hear any thoughts/ideas!