I purchased the E12 6w (60w equivalent) dimmable bulbs, and they dim, but at max voltage they shut off. Does anyone know why that might be?
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Make sure your bulb is not lose, in the socket, if you still have trouble, try putting the bulb in a lamp or something, to see if it does the same thing, if it does, call the place where you got it. thank you
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I have 24 Sylvania 65 watt 130 volt light bulbs in my home. They were there when I moved in 6 years ago. The first one burned out today, and I was happy to see these bulbs are dimmable, as all of my bulbs are on dimmer switches. Maybe that is why they lasted so long. I guess they will all start to burn out so I'll order a few cases. Thanks for the "Dimmable" revue.
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I've installed several of these with mixed results...Most have failed completely, and I've tried to return two each that have never been opened without any results...There are better products available for less money...!!!Try Amazon #B004X4O1NG - EVER RF Dimmer of LED Strips, LED Ribbon, LED Lights, Wireless ControlThese are the best buy and I've experienced no failures and in power outages they return to whatever state they were in prior top the outage.Good luck
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I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell you that. I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell... » Read More I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell you that. « Show Less
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The manual says not to use a bulb rated higher than 60 watts. The light dims the bulb so you would have to use an LED bulb that is dimmable (but some dimmable LED bulbs require a specific type of dimming circuit to work and may not be compatible with this one.)
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Hello,I am sorry we only sell brand high quality brightest SMD LED bulbs(low bright bulbs fats light fades and short lifetime&#65289;,you can use a DC dimmer ,it can dim when use dimmer supply low input voltage ,thanks!
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I had the same behavior on a 12 light candelabra. Your problem is likely not with the lights but with the switch. After doing some testing I discovered the problem was actually with the dimmer switch. Even when turned off there was still current being fed to across the circuit. Just enough to dimly illuminate the LED lights. I actually tried three different dimmer switches I purchased about the same time and all three had the same behavior. For now, I have replaced the dimmer switch with a regular single pole on/off switch and that did the took care of the problem, at least for now. I am looking for another dimmer switch product that can be used.
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I have several of these units and have had no problems. I suggest you use a voltmeter to measure both the input voltage (should be about 12V) and the output voltage (voltage should go from about 0V to 12V as you adjust the knob from full dim to full bright. If no input voltage, check the power supply. If input voltage OK, but no output voltage, first check that you LEDs are working by connecting directly to the 12V power supply; If LEDs lite OK, dimmer is bad.
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You are not supposed to dim any CFLs that I know of. That's one advantage of LEDS. However, I have dimmed CFLs in the past, maybe I was just lucky but nothing happened other than they got dim. I try to avoid it though.
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yes,only de bulb is not so bright when you test whit 12v,i even test on 24v but a very short time so i dont burn the bulbgreetings from BelgiumGuy
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I have answered this to another potential buyer, here are my findings: I will speak from my experience. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A MANUFACTURER SUPPORTED OR RECOMMENDED MODE OF OPERATION!! MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! I had the same problem: existing 12VDC with inline wireless dimmer. I checked the construction of the lamps, they are built simply as 4 1W LED's in series, without a current limiter or constant current source. I measured the voltage of the white adapter (~12V) and the current (~250ma). These measurement are consistent with an earlier measurement made on this type of LED (3,3-3,5V forward voltage). Considering the above observations, I used 3 of these LED lamps without the white converter, in parallel, fed by my existing 12V 5A power supply: current consumption ~0.5A yielding a total power of 6W for 3 lamps. It was clear to me that this will work well in my setup, more so when after adding my 12-24 wireless LED controller in series with the lamps (my wife prefers to dim the LEDs to 40%). Bottom line: works perfectly without the white converter, using my 12VDC power supply and the inexpensive wireless LED dimmers available on line. Also: the light hue is a perfect match to the incandescent bulbs they replace, without the greenish tint of some earlier white LEDs. Will update in a few months.
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So the dimmer features works on percentages, 100, 75, or 50, 50% is too low at 300 watts and 75% would be to high at 450 watts....you worried about heat with the 600 or u got a better quality bulb at 400?
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the lamp i put mine in wasnt a dimming lamp so i dont know FOR SURE.....but LEDs are tough and long lasting and I'd be very surprised if this bulb couldnt dimm when put in a fixture controlled with a proper Dimmer switch
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Find one with a higher wattage equivalent, they work but not as bright as i would like.I also need to keep one of the original bulbs in the circut. (7) LED & (1) regular filament bulb.If I didn't bulbs would constantly flash. Has to do with Malibu transformer voltage regulator.
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These bulbs are not designed to be dimmed. They have a constant current switching power supply on the backside (coil inductors are a dead giveaway) and they are designed to give constant light output with voltages from about 9 volts to 30 volts. They do happen to dim when the voltage goes below 8 or 9 volts because the switching circuit is running at "full throttle" with its maximum duty cycle trying to keep the current constant, but like a Yugo climbing a hill, it's trying but it just can't keep up the speed. The dimming is not going to be very linear and there may be significant differences in brightness from one bulb to the next when "dimmed". These bulbs are not designed to be dimmed. They have a constant current switching power supply on the backside (coil inductors are a dead giveaway) and they are designed to give constant light output with voltages from about 9 volts to 30 volts. They do happen to dim when the voltage goes below 8 or 9 volts because the switching circuit is running at "full throttle" with its maximum duty cycle trying to keep the current constant, but like a Yugo climbing a hill, it's trying but it just can't keep up the speed. The dimming is not going to be very linear and there may be significant... » Read More These bulbs are not designed to be dimmed. They have a constant current switching power supply on the backside (coil inductors are a dead giveaway) and they are designed to give constant light output with voltages from about 9 volts to 30 volts. They do happen to dim when the voltage goes below 8 or 9 volts because the switching circuit is running at "full throttle" with its maximum duty cycle trying to keep the current constant, but like a Yugo climbing a hill, it's trying but it just can't keep up the speed. The dimming is not going to be very linear and there may be significant differences in brightness from one bulb to the next when "dimmed". « Show Less
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It is probably the crappy dimmer they use. I bought a cheap in-line switch and simply cut the dimmer-switch out. I also replaced the bulb with a 2.6 watt LED from ebay. Now I leave it on all of the time and it uses almost no power. (If you go with an LED try to get the shortest one you can. E12 candelabra base. And small LED's do not work well with a dimmer. They tend to flicker.) Good luck
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The bulbs do not stay on when the dimmer is off, however, I had some that did. My issue was that the ground line (on the switch) was cut with the switch and the live wire was still connected to socket(s) and current was leaking to the ground. Suggest you switch the power input line and ground line on the switch. If it is a three way switch do one switch at a time.