First aid with flashing LED lights

 First aid with flashing LED lights

Blinking, flickering, harder / softer burning, a short flash.
All kinds of problems with flashing LED lights.

Here you will find the 7 possible causes and solutions!

Causes of flashing LED lamps

   1. LED lamp is not dimmable

   2. LED lamp is connected to incandescent or halogen dimmer

   3. LED lamp is connected to the wrong type of LED dimmer

   4. LED dimmer settings

   5. LED lamp (low voltage) is connected to the wrong transformer

   6. Fluctuations in the network

   7. Defective driver

1. LED lamp is not dimmable

When you set non-dimmable LED lamps to a dim position with a dimmer, the lamps do not receive enough power to cause them to flash. This can give a strobe effect.

Solution: If you want to dim LED, you must connect dimmable LED lamps to an LED dimmer. Do you not necessarily have to dim? Then you can connect an LED light to a normal on / off switch.

 First aid with flashing LED lights
 First aid with flashing LED lights

2. LED lamp is connected to incandescent or halogen dimmer

Dimmable LED lights can often not be dimmed (or not far back) or start blinking with a light bulb/halogen dimmer. This is because the minimum power of these 'normal' dimmers is often still too high for the low total wattage of the LED lamps.

Solution: Connect an LED dimmer to your dimmable LED lamps.

3. LED lamp is connected to the wrong type of LED dimmer

Dimmable LED lamps are equipped with a dimmable driver, which always works on the dimming technique 'phase cut-off' or 'phase cut-off'. A LED dimmer always uses one of these 2 dimming techniques. Have you connected your LED lamps to the wrong type of LED Dimmer? This cannot cause damage, but it can cause unstable light.

Phase cut-off = Leading edge
Phase cut-off = Trailing edge

Solution: Did you buy the wrong type of LED dimmer from us? Then you can exchange it for the right model. Have you purchased another brand of LED dimmer and you do not know which one you need? Call or email us with the type of dimmer you have purchased and the brand of LED lamps you want to connect. Or ask your question below in response.

Tip: Perhaps the article “ Which LED dimmer do I need? "Help you further.

4. LED dimmer settings

The big advantage of an LED dimmer with setting possibilities is that you can use it to dim your LED lamps further and more stable because you can adjust them to your specific situation. A LED dimmer without setting options may, therefore, cause flashing LED lights or the ability to dim far back.
Do you have such a LED dimmer with, for example, a potentiometer (s)?

Solution: Check whether the COARSE (and FINE) potentiometer are set so that the light remains stable. Turn the potentiometer (s) as far as possible to the point where your LED lights give as little light as possible but still remain stable. That is the optimum dimming ability of your LED lamps, provided you, of course, have the right dimmer ( phase cut or phase cut ). Are you turning the potentiometer even further? Then your LED lights will blink.

 First aid with flashing LED lights
 First aid with flashing LED lights
 First aid with flashing LED lights

5. LED lamp (low voltage) is connected to the wrong transformer

Do you have low-voltage LED lamps (eg 12V or 24V) connected to your traditional halogen transformer or an LED transformer where you do not reach the minimum power? Then your LED lights can start blinking.

Solution: Connect your 12V / 24V LED lamps to an LED transformer. Make sure that the total wattage of the connected LED lamps remains within the minimum and maximum power of the LED transformer.

Do you want to dim 12V LED? Then go for dimmable led lamps 12V + dimmable led transformer + led dimmer for 12v led .

6. Fluctuations in the network

Fluctuations in the grid, also called ripple and peak voltages, can be caused by:

   - Other (large) devices on the same group

   - Leakage current

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