Light connected to Dimmer switch keeps turning on and off

Devices & Integrations
#1

Weird issue we got this morning - we have a set of ceiling lights that are connected to a dimmer (GE Zwave) - and this morning even when the switch is off, one light keeps switching on and off - as if it was pulsating - off and on, off and on. This goes away when I switch on the lights but comes back when they are off.

Never seen this before and the switch isn’t new, nor are the lights - any ideas?

BTW, 6 lights are controlled in the ceiling and one of the, does this; when I removed that bulb another one started doing it, and when I put it back then the original one started doing this. And I don’t believe in ghosts. :slight_smile:

Thanks.

#2

What model GE dimmer and are you using LED’s?

#3

Sounds like the dimmer is letting through some current. This tends to be worse with some LED bulbs and CFLs. Have you tried a different bulb? I have a fitting that has bulbs that flash. A new LED fixed it but before that, I had to use incandescent

#4

I am using this version along with the https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LQFHN2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and the associated paddle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RKJS8MQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1

The bulbs are combination of LED and regular ones.

The interesting thing though is that nothing has changed - the bulbs aren’t new, nor are the switches - it just started this morning.

Would swapping them out with all new bulbs do it? Any ideas?

#5

I was thinking I will swap with a few others and then see how it goes; again it wasn’t new so that’s the mysterious part at least to me. Of course the switch could go bad, but have anyone else seen that?

#6

Yes actually I have, but the older 46xxx models of switches from GE. If nothing has changed with your setup, and switching out bulbs makes no difference, then you could have a switch going bad.

#7

If you have LED and incandescent then it’s not a bulb problem. Switch or ST.

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