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RE: LED Light Flicker - Ohio Mike - 07-10-2018
(07-09-2018, 11:57 PM)BaileyNo5 Wrote: When it has all LED bulbs in it, it flickers. Take out an LED, add a 60 watt incandescent, it doesn't flicker.
Is the switch illuminated?
Old fashioned illuminated wall switches have no neutral connection and so rely on passing a small current through the bulb's filament to get their power. This can wreak havoc with some CFL's and I'm wondering if it's messing with your LEDs as well.
Putting in one incandescent bulb "satisfies" the switch.
Mike
RE: LED Light Flicker - BaileyNo5 - 07-11-2018
(07-10-2018, 10:51 PM)Ohio Mike Wrote: Is the switch illuminated?Nope. No illuminated switch.
Mike
RE: LED Light Flicker - Mr_Mike - 07-12-2018
Change brand/style of LED bulb. Seems everything thing else is ruled out.
RE: LED Light Flicker - fixtureman - 07-12-2018
Do they flicker if only 1 or 2 are in
RE: LED Light Flicker - Roly - 07-12-2018
Have you tried replacing the switch ? At least disconnect the two wires from the switch and connect together and turn circuit back on. See if they flicker then. Roly
RE: LED Light Flicker - oscarMadison - 07-15-2018
have you tried a different brand. I've been using led's for about 8 years (great on outside security lights). Keep in mind they have more components then a typical bulb. What I've read is some companies put in cheap components. The led will last but the other components die or have problems. I have had the flickering problem you mention. Pulled it put another one in from the same pack works for awhile then starts up. Pitched the pack, HD's ecosmart. Put in a bulb from another brand. Works great never a problem. Just to see a basic light:
![[Image: led-component.jpg]](https://ledhutreviews.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/led-component.jpg)
RE: LED Light Flicker - BaileyNo5 - 07-16-2018
These are the bulbs I'm using, starting to suspect they are the issue. Got them on Amazon, they are sold by a company called Kohree (probably Chinese). They were the only 5000k vintage bulbs I could find, most of them are 2700k or lower. This link is to 4000k bulbs, but I bought some 5000k.
Light Bulb Link
![[Image: 42555483135_1f5599b438_z.jpg]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/925/42555483135_1f5599b438_z.jpg)
RE: LED Light Flicker - Roly - 07-17-2018
(07-16-2018, 11:02 PM)BaileyNo5 Wrote: These are the bulbs I'm using, starting to suspect they are the issue. Got them on Amazon, they are sold by a company called Kohree (probably Chinese). They were the only 5000k vintage bulbs I could find, most of them are 2700k or lower. This link is to 4000k bulbs, but I bought some 5000k.Take one of the bulbs and screw it it a table lamp and see if it flickers. Roly
Light Bulb Link
RE: LED Light Flicker - EricU - 07-17-2018
that's impressive that they could stuff all that circuitry into such a small space. Not surprising that it doesn't quite work well.
RE: LED Light Flicker - TDKPE - 07-17-2018
I put three similar antique-look bulbs into our hanging kitchen luminaires over the island, and after a week, one started flickering in a very regular cycle. It also became quite cloudy inside. Took it back to Lowes and exchanged it for another, and it and the others have been fine for the last many months. They're on a dimmer, but they're low output anyway, so we don't dim them. But they will dim to about half output.
My first guess would be the bulb.