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Offline glinjikTopic starter

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led bulbs
« on: January 24, 2020, 11:32:40 am »
hi i have led bulbs throughout my house but what I've noticed is they blow very often i have also the spiral eco bulbs as well they never blow what I've noticed is we get light flicker usually in the evening the voltage at 9 this morning was 240.5vac now its 2401.6vac evening it can get as low as 210vac im wondering is the flicker coming from voltage spikes? Thinking about this is it a possibility to add y caps to the bulbs to try to avoid these spikes blowing the bulbs just a theory as I'm writing this I've got the fluke on auto hold monitoring the vac its just jumped to 238.9vac
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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2020, 11:38:23 am »
Probably you just have crappy bulbs with no real LED driver. Point smartphone camera towards a bulb and see if there is any flickering on display.
 
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Offline glinjikTopic starter

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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2020, 11:49:41 am »
Just tried the camera thing in video and still photo 26mp camera cant see a flicker I'm using bulbs of all brands the one that blew today is старт.  сделано в Китае  ;D
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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2020, 11:53:53 am »
clearly blown cap and 3 led
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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2020, 11:58:05 am »
I'm working through replacing led lamps in each room with recessed WWA LED strip.

Warm white , Cool White,  Amber.

Unlike your typical LED lamp that runs very hot. An LED strip can last for 10+ years if you keep them running cool.
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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2020, 12:03:49 pm »
ive used led strips before but only on 12v direct from solar battery in fact my solar lights have never blown in each room i have 240v and 12v lights  we get a lot of power cuts so use the solar system only on cuts
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Re: led bulbs
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2020, 12:43:51 pm »
a quick semi fix new cap and bypass the 3 led works great ok for garage maybe there a  :rant: to solder though
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