One dimmer bypass not enough

[apmadsen 0]

I've purchased 4 Philips Master LED PAR20 at 6.5W, so they should be able to run without a bypass, but actually they flicker nevertheless.

Then I tried to replace one of them with a 42W bulb, and the flickering on the remaining LEDs went away.

The question is: Should I add more bypass modules, until it works? Has anyone experienced anything similar?

[Guest spazpeker]

I have had to add dimmer bypass to circuits with 10x 6w Megaman bulbs to stop flickering

[hvb83 1]

I have no hands-on experience with LED's in combination with the fibaro dimmers, but there are some parameters that can be changed that influence flickering problems too. You'll have to search the forum a bit to find some info on that.

Also I think you shouldn't mix different types of lights on one dimmer since either the lights or the dimmer could be damaged.

[apmadsen 0]

I've tried different steering values, and found that 140 gives the best result, but flicker occurs when dimming anyway - even though the total load is 26W and a bypass is installed.

I was just wondering if anyone had experienced needing more than one bypass.

[Dalle1985 16]

Flickering is always going to be an issue because of the way the triac dimmer interacts with an LED bulb. Also, using a bypass completely defeats the purpose of an LED lamp as I'm guessing it is just a resistor which will mimick an incandecent bulb. It will remove the flickering, but the consumption will be similar to that of a normal bulb.

I considered using a fibaro dimmer too to control some LED lamps, but chose to cough up the extra dough for Hue bulbs instead.

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