daveva Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 How do you stop hue lighting from flickering. The lights are on an adaptive phase dimmer.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, daveva said: How do you stop hue lighting from flickering. The lights are on an adaptive phase dimmer.thanks Your Hue lights should never be on a dimmer.. They should be wired directly to mains.. I'd disconnect them immediately or you might damage them. Dimmers are for only "dumb" lights without built in electronics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cyknight Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Andrew luecke said: They should be wired directly to mains.. I would say they should be directly wired to a SWITCH, but never a dimmer. Andrew luecke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 yeah.. switch as an alternative if you need a way to force them off without C4. But never dimmer (I wouldn't even use a dimmer if the dimmer is set to a minimum of 100%). That being said, never used the APD gear, but you can probably use a button link to control the hue anyway (and even connect it to things like our Bond Sidekick driver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 15 hours ago, Andrew luecke said: That being said, never used the APD gear, but you can probably use a button link to control the hue anyway (and even connect it to things like our Bond Sidekick driver) Yes, dimmers, apd or otherwise can be set to 'disconnect' the buttons from the load and then used as a '2-button' to control something else. Again, that doesn't mean you SHOULD use a dimmer with a HUE (or many other things) - but that is what you should do with a switch. Hide the actual load so you can trigger it as an override shut-off only (for safety in case of smashed bulbs that need to be removed or for resets if needed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 it may be overheating. I have a few bulbs with this issue and they are significantly hotter than the other bulbs. It will be time to replace them soon. I do have mine on APD and KD set to 100% and no ramp times and other than these two failures they have been fine for nearly 8 years. I have other dimmable leds that have failed before the hue have. I can attribute exactly what the failure is from as there are other hue lights on the same dimmers that have no issues at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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