Changed lightbulbs, dimmer melted

[attibus 0]

Hi

So I don't make this mistake again, can anyone advise me what I did wrong:

Original setup: 5 lamp chandelier with 7w energy saving bulbs, fibaro dimmer and dimmer bypass.

Swapped bulbs for 5 of 5w LED dimmable bulbs - RCD tripped on the electrical circuit and when I flipped it back on, there was a nasty crackling noise and, on inspection, the dimmer stank of burnt electrics and had a small bulge in the side.

I thought the dimmer was supposed to work with these bulbs, which makes me think I should have re-configured the dimmer before swapping the bulbs over. Any ideas?

Attibus

[menno26 0]

There are several types if dimming technique's, you need to make sure the LED bulbs are compatible with your dimmer... It is a big frustration... If your bulb does not support the right dimming technique then your dimmer will...

[hkmod25 0]

Here is my answer for sim. question:

So long this is NO standard for the "dimmable LED" light sources the best advice will be make a test (use of the Fibaro Bypass and use of the "3-wire connection" can also help in many cases). Also try to select in first place the "dimmable LEDs" that advertising as "Triac (leading edge dimming mode) compatible".