Moved into an apartment that has MR16 bulbs on the ceiling. A total of 7.
Replaced them with 5W Leds and it started flickering.
If I use one halogen and 6 LEDs, it doesn't flicker and works fine.
The lights have a dimmer switch but i don't want to use it or I keep it on full brightness only. The LEDs are non dimmable.
Please advise how to correct the problem.
- Should i search for a daylight halogen and use that in one socket to avoid the flickering.
- Should I call the electrician and disconnect the dimmer?
- Any other solution
Best Answer
Yes, the issue is an erroneous assumption that a dimmer which is on “max” is internally bypassed. That is only true for some dimmers, and on those, you can feel a tactile “click” in the high position. A great many more dimmers have such a tactile hard shutoff in the “off” position; that’s so you can change a broken bulb without getting nailed. In actual practice, that “click” can be so stiff that people never push hard enough to even find it; they simply assume the end of the analog range is full-on or full-off.
You might get lucky and find your dimmer does in fact have a “hard on” position. If so, problem solved. Otherwise, yes, what’s called for is either