Jim M426
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- Location
- SW Florida
I recently purchased an old Florida house that was in dire need of lighting (among other things). After replacing the 200A, 20 space panel with a 200A, 42 space panel I started doing electrical upgrades in the house. Thinking I'd save some electrical bill $$$ going with LEDs, I bought some LED can lights and dimmers that the lighting distributor approved as compatible. I settled on 3" and 4" cans with trims rated at 9 watts each.
For the kitchen and lanai lighting I ran a single 15A circuit fed by 14/2 NC cable. On that circuit are:
When the lights in the lanai are on and I turn on the kitchen ceiling lights, the lanai lights brighten then dim back to where they were.
When the lanai lights are turned off (regardless of the state of other lights on the circuit) 5 of the 6 lights remain lit but very dim so you can only see it when it's dark. The only one that is completely out is the one first fed from the dimmer and through which the remainder are fed.
I did the installation a little at a time (I don't move so fast anymore) and the lanai & bar were the last sets of lights I installed. Everything seemed to work fine up to adding the bar & lanai lights.
Any thoughts on why the LEDs are acting up?
Thanks,
Jim
IBEW (retired)
For the kitchen and lanai lighting I ran a single 15A circuit fed by 14/2 NC cable. On that circuit are:
- (6) 3" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M and (1) Lutron Maestro MA-R (kitchen ceiling)
- (4) 3" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M and (1) Lutron Maestro MA-R (soffit)
- (3) 3" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M and (1) Lutron Maestro MA-R (island)
- (6) 4" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M (lanai)
- (2) 3" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M (above sink)
- (2) 4" cans controlled by (1) Lutron Maestro MACL-153M (above bar)
When the lights in the lanai are on and I turn on the kitchen ceiling lights, the lanai lights brighten then dim back to where they were.
When the lanai lights are turned off (regardless of the state of other lights on the circuit) 5 of the 6 lights remain lit but very dim so you can only see it when it's dark. The only one that is completely out is the one first fed from the dimmer and through which the remainder are fed.
I did the installation a little at a time (I don't move so fast anymore) and the lanai & bar were the last sets of lights I installed. Everything seemed to work fine up to adding the bar & lanai lights.
Any thoughts on why the LEDs are acting up?
Thanks,
Jim
IBEW (retired)