Hi, I recently put a few flat panel LED arrays in a shed and garage. The same units that I used in the house on a few low ceilings. Flat LED panels around 12 to 48W.
The shed units were on even when the switches were off, not too bright, but initially I thought that the manufacturer had used a phosphorescent chemical in the array.
Turning the CU off demonstrated the flaw in this reasoning.
The direct lights are a minor irritation, but the two exterior floodlights are a pain in the neck as they are fed via a switch with a
2 wire timer across it, for a delayed escape.
I believe the capacitive coupling is causing the internal lights to "glow" and this is tolerable, but the external units are obviously being powered via the residual off current of the two wire time switch.
I thought an incandescent 100W light across these to light an additional "black hole" might provide a "sink" for the current, but despite having cut the "off" luminocity down considerably, the Floodlights are still too bright.
I have some 240V relays on order, but does anyone know of a neater, quicker fix?
Currently I have two 50W LED lamps and a 100W incandescent all in parallel, fed by a single pole switch with a two wire timer across the contacts.
The relay will be easy to fit electrically, but will need an additional JB, or similar for mounting, and it will be a pain sticking this on the side of the shed door.
Regards
AB