On February 18, 2016 at 09:01, vwpower44 said...
Amazing. Yesterday I went to Home Depot and bought the single Ecosmart 10.5w LED's. They work fine with the RA6ND. The three pack of Ecosmart 10.5w LED's flash when turned off. Something is different with the 3-pack. What a pain in the ass.
Did the single work when used with incandescent or high wattage lamps still installed? Then looked good enough to try to replace the rest and then they wouldn't work correctly?
Usually due to not meeting the dimmer's minimum load requirement. On the RA-6ND, along with most RadioRa, I think that's 50 watt minimum. Some of the newer models I think now have a 25 watt minimum. Obviously could be something more technical than minimum load, but most service calls we receive when switching to LED usually involves just replacing the dimmer to the CL model. Not quite as easy with a RA system obviously.
I actually tried/tested using standard dimmers with LED in my place and I have 6 of the Ecosmart (CREE) trims in my kitchen that worked with a standard Mastro - non-CL dimmer (using 57 watts). The lights worked fine but the dimmer failed after a year. I also replaced three 50w halogens to 6.5w LEDs on a standard Mastro and I had to use the bottom kill switch to turn them off because one of the lamps (and it was random which one) would always stay on.
Last edited by BisyB on February 18, 2016 10:20.