EdSavoie
Well-Known Member
We have this Bulletproof CD80 Advanced Electronics Rack filled with the 2.4KW modules, and life is just dandy. Travel to a few years ago and part of an "eco friendly" initiative has our house lights replaced with LEDs.
I'm sure most of you can see where this is going now, but the LEDs aren't liking it very much.
The lamps in question are GE PAR30s model LED26DP38S840/40
Now, these lamps are listed as dimmable from 10-100% and have a rather long life expectancy, yet we see them fail in one of two modes, being either Off, or Strobing once per second. Sadly, most of them fail in the second method, which as you can imagine, is the visual equivalent of water torture.
I'm wondering if there are any quirks in how the CD80 Dims circuits that causes it to do this, and please note that some bulbs have failed during a period of time where they were either off, or at 100%, and thus never dimmed during it's life.
I'm sure most of you can see where this is going now, but the LEDs aren't liking it very much.
The lamps in question are GE PAR30s model LED26DP38S840/40
Now, these lamps are listed as dimmable from 10-100% and have a rather long life expectancy, yet we see them fail in one of two modes, being either Off, or Strobing once per second. Sadly, most of them fail in the second method, which as you can imagine, is the visual equivalent of water torture.
I'm wondering if there are any quirks in how the CD80 Dims circuits that causes it to do this, and please note that some bulbs have failed during a period of time where they were either off, or at 100%, and thus never dimmed during it's life.