strip light flashing

[Am333rcr]

hi

i have fitted 2 strip lights in the shed. they have been used very little.

question is the lights start to flicker rapidly after maybe 15mins .

any ideas would be appriciated. the supplie comes from unit next door

 

[Blobber]

If they are fluorescent try the starters they are cheap enough?

 

[stuvy]

If they are fluorescent try the starters they are cheap enough?

Try swapping them over and singling them when the lights switched on

 

[James1979]

Mine does that. I smack it with a broom. It stops.

Doesn’t help you much but I’ve never fathomed what causes it.

Bad tube maybe?

You can take the starters out when it’s on as they don’t do anything. Or they never used to on the older ones.

Unless a failing starter somehow causes flickering?

 

[brightspark]

they look to be led fittings

 

[Am333rcr]

they are the led ones . Tool station cheap ones.

i disconnected the back one to see if it was just it but the front on started.

 

[brightspark]

they are the led ones . Tool station cheap ones.

i disconnected the back one to see if it was just it but the front on started.

check the voltage to the fitting make sure its over 240v there probabl;y just knackered even though hardly used. probably have 2 year warranty on them

 

[Am333rcr]

cheers. i will check. if voltage below 240v. will led strips be unable to be fitted?

 

[brightspark]

cheers. i will check. if voltage below 240v. will led strips be unable to be fitted?

yes should be ok but it was just worth checking your voltage to the fittings

 

[Alan Reynolds]

The circuitry that steps the mains down can be very iffy on cheap led strip lights and wall lights. A common fault is flashing on and off once they warm up a bit. They should be able to cope with a voltage drop if they are well designed. My Screwfix ones will cope down to 190 volts. You may be able to see the capacitors have started to swell on the top as they frequently under rate them.

 

[Am333rcr]

would the replaceable tube led lights be any better? or is there no difference between the two?

i will still check voltage though

 

[brightspark]

would the replaceable tube led lights be any better? or is there no difference between the two?

i will still check voltage though

probably not its pot luck on cheapish fittings. i never fit them and pay more for them with guarantee. i fit hundreds of them and if a load went faulty id have to go replace them free / fitting 50 pannel lights next week in a school . in the last 100 ive fitted had 2 faulty ones which isnt bad

 

[Am333rcr]

so i have tested lights voltage drop. Is it ust faulty lights/cheap lights?

i cant get file to upload. it says 246volts.

any ideas

 

[tom2207]

swap the live and neutral ,,,, other way round and see how that does.

Ive had pir led lights that didnt work well at all but a l and n swap sorted them out ,,, no idea why , and no care either , they work now.

 

[Am333rcr]

so turned wires round. It seemed to work on one.i connected up the other on 30mins or so later different as in rear one flash. then on off switch then both flash.

might wire into a plug and see if any change.

can you name me a quality brand of light!

 

[Chippie]

Philips

 

[Am333rcr]

thank you again everyone

 

[bricol]

I reckon damp caused mine to do the same - even the IP65 rated one.

 

[RWD3M]

I fitted in excess of 20 Knightsbridge (TLC Direct) LED strip lights in my shed over 6 years ago and have not had a single failure (now watch!). I also have a cheap (B&Q iirc) PIR light outside the door of the shed which started to show just this behaviour within about a year or so. Comes on as normal, starts rapidly flashing after five or ten minutes, eventually stopping when the internal timer switches the light off.

My conclusion? Decent quality striplights, carp PIR!

 

[Cobbler]

Being as we are on about flashing LED’s, I’ve just spotted a car with the LED day running lights & LED headlight flashing on one side, I reckon that’s going to be expensive!