Controlling halogen light with Dimmer 2

[Eduardo Real 0]

Hi,

I'm having some trouble setting up a Dimmer 2 to controlling halogen lights.

I know these are not dimmable and setting up the configuration for On/OFF doesn't work, the lights keep up blinking. They don't turn on or off, with the Fibaro interface or with the switch, they just blink like the residual charge of a dimmable light.

 

Do I have to use the bypass even though I'm just setting them up to On and Off?

 

Thanks!

[Igy 23]

2 or 3 wire setup. Halogen lights should be less problematic. 

[T.Konopka 8]

17 hours ago, Eduardo Real said:

Hi,

I'm having some trouble setting up a Dimmer 2 to controlling halogen lights.

I know these are not dimmable and setting up the configuration for On/OFF doesn't work, the lights keep up blinking. They don't turn on or off, with the Fibaro interface or with the switch, they just blink like the residual charge of a dimmable light.

 

Do I have to use the bypass even though I'm just setting them up to On and Off?

 

Thanks!

 

Hello,

 

Is there a difference in blinking when you set the Dimmer on and off? Does it intensify? Or is it always the same?

Can you tell me what country you are located in?

[Eduardo Real 0]

I'm in Mexico.

And no, there is no difference if the light is on or off, it just blinks with the same frequency and intensity. 

[T.Konopka 8]

Hello,

 

Can you take a look at this thread? Is it similar?

[petergebruers 1,268]

You say "halogen" and "not dimmable" but all halogen lights are dimmable... So I suppose you mean compact fluorescent or LED? 2-wire setup? Watts per dimmer?

[petergebruers 1,268]

Ah, wait, I assumed plain "halogen" but you probably mean a low voltage (12 V) halogen... connected to an iron core transformer or to an electronic transformer?

[Eduardo Real 0]

Hi!

I found the answer to this issue.

 

In México, it is very uncommon to use three wire installation in lighting, and the dimmer 2 just flickers with some loads and doesn't control them, it is not residual energy to use a bypass. It is resolved installing a neutral wire.

 

Thanks all of you!