I’ve had Z-Wave Dimmers connected to SmartThings since 2015. These past few weeks, I noticed the ceiling lights flickering. To settle it down a bit I have to hit the dimmer paddle button and decrease the brightness.
I looked and it looks like some firmware recently got update. Here is what my z-wave driver is using.
2024-05-20T17:28:26.37996496
That date lines up around when the issue started occurring. Any ideas on remedying it? Is there a different driver I can install? I monkeyed around with the automations to see if I needed to redo some config but nothing seemed to work.
I see this in my recessed cans using LED flood bulbs. About a year ago I tried some “cheap” LED bulbs from a local store. Several of them started flickering about a week later. What I see is when a bulb starts to flicker it usually dies within a few months. I also have seen this when I have different brands of LED’s in the same ceiling circuit. (perhaps something to do with the electronics of the bulbs) I don’t know if this is related to the OP, but I’m interested and will follow along.
I found if I only replaced 1 or 2 they would flicker. If I replaced all 6 in the circuit at the same time they did not. I’m using a GE dimmer with a SmartThings Driver. Not thrilled about replacing bulbs that are still “good” though…
