Duncan Wallace
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Hi guys, I wonder if anyone out there can help me.
I installed an LED strip light round the drop ceiling in my bathroom for some mood lighting. There are three led strips in total, two are 5 meters long and the third is 1 meter long. The strip is rated at 4.8 watts per meter (total of 52.8 watts). The three strips are connected in parallel to a 60 watt, 12 volt dimmable driver.
I connected everything up and switched on - it took over 10 seconds for the lights to come on. I turned it off then on again - a bit quicker this time, maybe 5-7 seconds. After turning on and off a few times it was down to perhaps 3 seconds. I turned the switch off and left it for an hour then turned it on again - back to over 10 seconds for the lights to come on.
I thought maybe I've just not got enough headroom in the power supply, so I disconnected the two longer strips leaving only the 1 meter strip connected. It was quicker, but still took 3-4 seconds to come on.
Has anyone encountered anything like this before or have any advice for me? Have I bought inferior products (I don't want to name names at this stage!) - but to give you an idea the dimmable driver was £60 and 15 meters of led strip was just under £100 (both bought from an online led specialist store).
Any help or advice anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated, thanks for reading.
Duncan
I installed an LED strip light round the drop ceiling in my bathroom for some mood lighting. There are three led strips in total, two are 5 meters long and the third is 1 meter long. The strip is rated at 4.8 watts per meter (total of 52.8 watts). The three strips are connected in parallel to a 60 watt, 12 volt dimmable driver.
I connected everything up and switched on - it took over 10 seconds for the lights to come on. I turned it off then on again - a bit quicker this time, maybe 5-7 seconds. After turning on and off a few times it was down to perhaps 3 seconds. I turned the switch off and left it for an hour then turned it on again - back to over 10 seconds for the lights to come on.
I thought maybe I've just not got enough headroom in the power supply, so I disconnected the two longer strips leaving only the 1 meter strip connected. It was quicker, but still took 3-4 seconds to come on.
Has anyone encountered anything like this before or have any advice for me? Have I bought inferior products (I don't want to name names at this stage!) - but to give you an idea the dimmable driver was £60 and 15 meters of led strip was just under £100 (both bought from an online led specialist store).
Any help or advice anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated, thanks for reading.
Duncan