the reason LED's still glow when power is turned off

Frosty Nuggets

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ICMag Donor

• Jun 28, 2020

• #1

Someone posted recently about their LED light glowing faintly even when the timer was off no matter which timer they used, here is an explanation of what is happening.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEmX5XClPY&list=WL&index=3




[YOUTUBEIF]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEmX5XClPY&list=WL&index=3[/YOUTUBEIF]

 

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SICE

Active member

• Jun 29, 2020

• #2

title of vid explains

 

Dion

Active member

• Jul 8, 2020

• #3

Exactly what he said
Otherwise the tiltek would be cheap Chinese timer that doesn't fully work

 

indagroove

Active member

Veteran

• Jul 26, 2020

• #4

Actually the problem is the cheap driver that's used to power the LEDs. If a quality driver is used, you won't have this issue, as the minimal current won't be enough to trigger the driver. If you read some of the comments below the video you will see it explained well, and I'm pretty sure the guy in the video isn't an electrician:

 

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