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LED Retrofit Troubleshooting

5 years ago

I recently got some LED retrofit lights to upgrade my living room lighting. There’s not much to the instructions, just screw them in and go. But for some reason they wont turn on. If i put the old flood lights back in they work so it isn’t the housing. And the switch is a newer Legrand so I dont think thats the issue. Any ideas?

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RL Relocation LLC
5 years ago
post a picture of what you bought, and oddly enough it could be the switch as the switch does need to work for LED especially if it is a dimmer
wdccruise
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Did you test the LED light by screwing it into a lamp which does not have a dimmer?

Is it possible that the light is not making contact with the terminal at the bottom of the socket?

Is the Legrand control a dimmer switch or a simple on-off switch? If it's a dimmer, does it support LED bulbs?

Is the LED light dimmable? If not and it's controlled by an LED-compatible dimmer, is the dimmer set the full brightness? (It still may not work even when the dimmer is set to full brightness.)
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