We installed these bulbs in the hallway. At night, when the light is turned off, there is a very dim light from the bulb. Is this right?
914657
Do you have those light switches with a light in the switch? That could be the problem. If so, try changing one the the switches to a non-lighted kind. And no, the LED's should go off all the way.
914658
I'm with Ron, it must be the switch; though it's hard to imagine how one of the "old-fashioned" mechanical on-off wall switches could do this? If you have a rheostat (dimmer switch) or an electronic switch controlling these bulbs, the glow is more of a possibility.
914659
Strange...mine are completely off when the switch is off. There must be a small bit of power running through that circuit that the bulb is reacting to but I'm certainly no electrician!
2144659
It's not that they are less-bright, just that they give off a different temperature of light than you may be used to. I have two of these in our bedroom for our reading lights - the light is a warmer amber light, so it's very similar to candle light - excellent for night time lighting that isn't too harsh. However, if you are used to daylight lights or bright/cool white low temperature type lights, these will probably seem less bright. I highly disagree with the reviewers that say these lights don't give off enough light to see anything - it's just flat-out wrong. But if you're putting one of these lights in a huge room, you should expect about the same amount of light as a 40w bulb, but it will be a warmer, softer light and it may give the impression of it being less bright. Hope this helps!
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I've had these for a few month now, and so far so good. One I keep on downstairs on the first floor all night every night, and it is working fine. I could not comment on anything longer term. Hope this helps. Perhaps the other reviewers got bulbs from a defective batch or something...
470207
On my install, the lights will dim quite a bit, but not near off. The bulbs will dim only so much than stop dimming using the manual level button. Using the tap to dim to off button, the lights fade to about the same brightness as using the manual button and than the lights turn off completely.
726122
My bulbs appear to have the same brightness, except for the one that only lights up when you have it on night light setting. It lights up yellow when activated by itself.
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It works great in mine - here's a tip though.....for some reason my bulb would turn itself off every few hours when it was dark out, perhaps being triggered by some reflection of its own light. I put some pieces of masking tape over the light sensor to make it less sensitive and that fixed it, now it's on all night long but still off during the day.
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.
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No, only in the off position. Keep in mind that if lights are on, the brightness of the switch lighted probably wouldn't be noticeable anyway. There wouldn't be enough light level contrast to notice. Our bedroom is very dark when the lights are off, and it's nice too have this lighted switch to easily find the light switch panel in the dark.
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I use a LED specific dimmer and can only get them down to ~20% of full intensity to "start". If you want to turn them on at ~20% or brighter, you can then lower them further to a nightlight level - you just can't start them that dimly.
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These must be in a dark room before they come on. I put in 2 bathrooms for night lite. When I turn on the bathroom light at night, they go out. As I leave the room, turning the light off, I notice a 2-3 second delay. Then they come back on. If this does not occur, I would request replacements. Mine worked fine from the 'git-go'.
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Obviously the answers are going to be pretty subjective and all over the place regarding brightness. I think they are WAY too bright. The area around the fan is very illuminated and it creates huge shadows on ceiling. For me it was a MUST to cover with opaque tape.
4287
Hmm.. I don't think so... They put off a very soft warm lighting though...you can look directly at the light bulb and see its vintage inards. So probably wouldn't need to dim.
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Not my experience, I have it in a small closet with the light centered in the middle of the ceiling and even if I have the hallway light on and open the door the light comes on routinely. It also comes on during daylight hours as well and though my hallway is a bit dark, it is no where near pitch black or super bright.
406078
These are bulbs cannot be dimmed. It's fluorescent so it can be a bit on the bright side.
493544
If this is your only light source it may be to dark.I have other lights in the room.
288542
We have been using dimmable LED bulbs in ours for several months. They work well - come on very bright, then dim to a very nice night time light. When someone walks by, the motion detector makes the bulb get brighter instantly. We are very pleased and like the energy savings the LEDs give us.
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Yes. In my installation, when I turn on the fan the light goes on but it is very dim. I have another switch that turns on the light by itself with the full brightness of the bulb itself. When you turn on the fan with the dimmed light, you can flip the other switch to the ON position and you'll have the bright light with the fan on. I guess this is by design so you can save energy when you turn ON the fan during daylight. I hope this helps.