Re: Megaman LED 7w GU10 Warm White

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe what you are referring to might be a X2 capacitor that is
connected in parallel with the lamps to provide a leakage path.    C-Bus
wireless , X10 and other 'no neutral required' dimmers draw power via
the connected circuit and so a small current always passes through the
lamps even when off.  This causes some CFL and LED bulbs to
flicker/flash all the time when turned off.  The X2 capacitor provides a
leakage path that stops the flickering but doesn't actually substitute
for a real load so it doesn't help meet minimum load requirements for a
standard C-Bus dimmer.

I too am interested in these bulbs and saw that  listing on Amazon...
There's so much discussion and opinion on the various options that it
would be good to sort out the better ones.

K

On 17/01/2014 10:40, Marcus Warrington wrote:
> Are these the ones? £130 for 10,
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/DIMMABLE-ENERGY-SAVING-BRANDED-PROMOTION/dp/B00BIN2S44
>
> If they work with CBUS dimmer does that mean they should also work
with X10 LD11 dimmers (subject to minimum load) ?
>
> Googling Z-Wave dimmers the other day I saw that they appear have a
little "load" dongle that can be wired in parallel to the light,
can anything like this be done for X10. What I mean is can I add a dummy
load to the circuit to bring it up to the minimum load when using low
wattage (LED) lights ?
>
> Marcus
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>



------------------------------------

<*> Join the Automated Home Forums
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/