I bought a few of these 2 weeks ago. It appears to take a second or 2 to light up. and when dimmer is all the way down. the LED bulb appears to be off
352180
If dimmer is down, they will be off....mine also take a second or so to light, but that doesn't bother me knowing I'm really saving on electricity.
352181
I have found that all LED lights respond differently with dimmers. The newer ones now have a little faster on times, but I would be sure that the dimmer that you are using is labeled for LED lights. When I have changed out the dimmer I have had much better on response time.
352182
I use them in the range hood with a high/low switch. No problem there. When the dimmer is all the way down, they should appear off unlkke an incadesant bulb where the filament will still have a slight glow.
1952222
I just received the lamp, I have plugged it for 15 min but it doesn't work, I could see those orange colored LEDs for the dimmer and I could change them dragging right-left, however, the LED lamp itself doesn't work
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My guess is that there isn't enough resistance in the LED bulbs. Kinda like when a bulb burns out. Just a thought
398213
They claim there is a warranty but I have been trying to make contact for 6 weeks and can't get anybody to respond. I bought 4 of these bulbs on November 11, 2014 and so far I have had two of them quit working and a third only has maybe 1/2 of the LED's that will light up. I'm afraid that they are going to delay responding until after the 12 month warranty period is up and then tell me that they can't help me because the warranty has run out!
801609
Not sure what your problem is. We've had our lights for at least a year, and haven't replaced a bulb yet, although the batteries seem to be weakening so we'll probably have to replace them in a bit.
778988
Are you using incandescent light bulbs? If you are, try holding the light button on for a few seconds to see if the lights begin to brighten.
1053441
Mine came on immediately. The full brightness of the light takes a few minutes to reach. Something is wrong either with your lamp or the bulb. Petco carries the bulbs so you might try that first. My birds love their lamp especially in the SE Alaska climate.
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No, but it may be normalas LEDs are warming up for the first time. Should go away after awhile.
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Unfortunately i didn't end up keeping this bulb. I bought 3 different ones and the one i picked was from g7. What i found with all of them was there was a short delay with start up its nothing be worried about.its hardly noticeable and is about 1/2 second.
1118069
Yes, the bulb life is very poor. After a couple of weeks, it dimmed and burned out,
1058495
Yes and no. They seem to take a minute or two to get to full brightness, but it's not terribly low at first.
484683
I've had mine less than a month. they serve as my son's night light and they burned out after a couple of weeks. very disappointing as i don't have the ability/ingenuity or time to take them all off and figure out which is burnt out. REALLY disappointing for a $27 string of lights!
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I had mine up for about a month before it started to flicker and dim. I put up with it working sometimes and finally went to lowes and bought one that works all the time.
1344868
Hey there, ive purchased a cheap one and this one and I believe it may be another issue shortening the life of these bulbs... Maybe the fan ? Maybe excess dirt? Both of mine only lasted about 10 months (max) also.
942369
Don't know what kind of bulb you are controlling but some don't come back on instantly, like a HPS bulb. You can check the Oms on the photo cell but check all connections first and make sure the cell is covered or dark enough.
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mine is also that vintage - same bulbs as indicated - The less expensive bulbs don't seem to last - I've had a couple that didn't last 2 weeks - fortunately the let place I bought them refunded my complete order when I complained- vey good! I'm trying the new LED bulbs to see if their lifetime is better. I bought the suction cup to unscrew the bulb a long time back - Almost any hardware store should have something similar - a cup holder with suction cup sounds about the right size. Caution - for a blown bulb, sometimes the suction cup simply pulls the glass from the front of the bulb - need a part of needle node pliers to get the bulb out if this happens.
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I have this switch on three circuits that utilize LED bulbs and one that uses halogen. With Halogen, it is flawless, but there is a flicker on each of the LED circuits, adjusting the amount of dim only works for a few minutes, and at the lowest setting, it will either turn off after a few minutes and/or they fail to illuminate when they are set to the lowest setting, when initially turned on.