Hello All
I recently got 4 LED GU10 bulbs for my living room lights, the living room has 2 set of lights, one takes 4 bulbs and the other takes 3 GU10 bulbs. The section which takes 3 GU10 bulbs is my dining area which I also use as a reading area as well. I noticed that the GU10 bulbs were often boring and hard for me to read with especially at night, so I bought dimmable LED GU10 bulbs. I then realised that I got a problem, the dimmer that I got wasnt dimming the LED GU10 bulbs, it kept flickering.
I then went to my electrical supplier who sold me another dimmer switch which they claimed would work with a LED GU10 bulb. I fited this yesterday, lights started to flcker and the dimmer started to make some kind of whining noise. Before I was able to switch off the mains power to disconnect is, I smelt a burning smell and the lights all came off.
Now I took out all the LED bulbs, took out the dimmer, fixed my old dimmer and installed normal halagen GU10 bulbs, and the lights wouldnt work. However the other set of 4 in the centre of the living room works. I have used 2 dimmers that I have and it still doesnt work for the dining area lights.
I used a tester to see if any current was entering the switch, I can see live current by the switch, but no current by the GU10 bulb holder.
Can anyone advice on what could have gone wrong here.
Thanks in advance.
I recently got 4 LED GU10 bulbs for my living room lights, the living room has 2 set of lights, one takes 4 bulbs and the other takes 3 GU10 bulbs. The section which takes 3 GU10 bulbs is my dining area which I also use as a reading area as well. I noticed that the GU10 bulbs were often boring and hard for me to read with especially at night, so I bought dimmable LED GU10 bulbs. I then realised that I got a problem, the dimmer that I got wasnt dimming the LED GU10 bulbs, it kept flickering.
I then went to my electrical supplier who sold me another dimmer switch which they claimed would work with a LED GU10 bulb. I fited this yesterday, lights started to flcker and the dimmer started to make some kind of whining noise. Before I was able to switch off the mains power to disconnect is, I smelt a burning smell and the lights all came off.
Now I took out all the LED bulbs, took out the dimmer, fixed my old dimmer and installed normal halagen GU10 bulbs, and the lights wouldnt work. However the other set of 4 in the centre of the living room works. I have used 2 dimmers that I have and it still doesnt work for the dining area lights.
I used a tester to see if any current was entering the switch, I can see live current by the switch, but no current by the GU10 bulb holder.
Can anyone advice on what could have gone wrong here.
Thanks in advance.