On 04/02/2021 08:51, Jon Parker wrote:
Morning all,

I've a new extension which has 2 banks of downlighters (one bank of 6 and one of 8) in the ceiling. Each bank is controlled by a Varilight V-Pro mullti-point touch and IR dimmer master and slave.

When I turn the lights off, they are staying on but going to a really low, barely perceptible level.

I know they aren't turning off properly because if I knock the breaker off they go out properly.

I have faith in the electrician, and everything is brand new.

The LEDs downlighters are dimmable jobs from screwfix, about £9 a pop. I have some of these same downlighters on normal switches and they work fine.

I've tried all three dimming modes on the Varilight switches.

Because it is happening on both banks, I'm inclined to suspect the dimmers.

Anyone out there got any experience of this issue with this product?

Are these the push on / push off style or the touch dimmers?

If its a touch dimmer, then it might be that the standby current that
the switch needs to draw for its own operation (which it has to do
through the load as there is no neutral available at the switch
position) is enough to cause the glow.

If its a push type with a mechanical switch, then its likely down to
capacitive coupling in the wires (more common on longer runs and two way
switched setups).

One way to fix both issues is something like:

https://www.varilight.co.uk/configur....php?code=YAGF




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Cheers,

John.

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