joemac Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Several days ago I noticed the LEDs on all of my 2477D dimmer switches briefly flashing off about every 5 seconds. Everything else was working fine so it was not high on my priority list to trouble shoot. Yesterday I turned on a rarely used light which is one of the 2672-222 LED Light bulbs. It was flashing off in sync with the dimmer switch LEDs. As you might imagine this was quite annoying so I removed the 2672-222 light bulb from the socket. Doing this also stopped the flashing LEDs on the dimmer switches. Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts on the cause?
Brian H Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Not 100% sure if the 2477D has the blink on traffic feature or on power line noise also. If it does the 2672-222 maybe sending noise back on the power lines and the 2477D is blinking its LEDs from the noise or bogus Insteon messages. Is the 2672-222 always in a live socket and you turn it On; Off and Brightness level with Insteon Commands? So that if is going bad. It has power all the time. Flashing at 60 or 120 cycles could be the power supply in the 2672-222 is starting to fail. Edited May 20, 2016 by Brian H
stusviews Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Does the blinking ensue if the 2672 is screwed into a different always live socket, say a lamp.
joemac Posted May 20, 2016 Author Posted May 20, 2016 Stu, I have not tried that. Will do when I get a chance.
joemac Posted May 21, 2016 Author Posted May 21, 2016 It appears the bulb is dead. I tired in a different fixture and only got a very dim flicker out of it.
Techman Posted May 21, 2016 Posted May 21, 2016 It appears the bulb is dead. I tired in a different fixture and only got a very dim flicker out of it. Try a restore device on the 2672 bulb. If that doesn't work then there's always the 2 year warranty option.
joemac Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 Restore did not work. It was well past the 2 year warranty. It is now in the trash. I never was a big fan of the light bulb. I bought it to try it out when I started with Insteon. At full brightness it was ok, but I did not like the color when dimmed. It also not a smooth transition when ramping the brightness up or down.
Brian H Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 You will find many LED bulbs do not smoothly transition on dimmers. Some worse than others.
joemac Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 I've tried quite a few different LED bulbs. My favorite is one by Phillips called "Warm Glow" which has very good color when dimmed. This is the closest one I have found to incandescent.
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