Varilight V-Pro dimmer driving LED downlighters

Jon Parker · 2021-02-04T08:51:27+00:00

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?Kind regardsJon

Varilight V-Pro dimmer driving LED downlighters - not turning off

Feb 04, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 23 Replies

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John Rumm 5 years ago

Indeed - many dimmers have problems with too little load.

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John Rumm 5 years ago

Yup, it want to be installed close to the lamp fitting ideally.

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Jon Parker 5 years ago

Granted! 'twas an error, I meant maximum.

The issue has been solved by the addition of the load regulator, which as another poster said, is probably just a resistor/capacitor, but my lights are fixed so I don't care anymore!

Jon

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Jon Parker 5 years ago

Just to report back, these gadgets have done the job so thank you to all contributors.

Have a nice day. Jon

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