I had the same thing with another light last year, also in veg, i suspect its going to be one of the outlets on the timer not shutting completely, if that makes sense, or possibly the metal wire supports are completing a circuit
edit: switched the plugs, added the 2 to 3 prong adapter to the timer, wait and see at lights out
Sorry, Euro derp.
Isn't standardization nice?
Fix the outlet.
Open grounds are common in houses that were converted from knob and tube, could be two-strand wire or maybe no ground at allFix the outlet.
Yeah, i found its hit or miss throughout the house, theres some daisy chains that go on forever in the bedrooms and attic. If it was reverse polarity the tester would tell.
Maybe because I'm not an electrician. I've just heard many people have issues from reversed circuits. If you read my post you'd see that I said I might have the wires wrong,
. Seems people knew what I was saying though,
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At the risk of sounding nit-picky, it wouldn't be reverse polarity, technically speaking, since it's AC power. It is just a hot/neutral swap. The issue is with single pole timers, as you are only opening up the hot line with the timer switch, which is fine when things are wired properly. However when the lines are swapped, your switch is now on the neutral side, so the power can still come in and trickle through the ground.
I'm a hater because you're not an electrician, but you are giving (bad) electrical advice? Naw, I just don't want to see people get hurt with power.Maybe because I'm not an electrician. I've just heard many people have issues from reversed circuits. If you read my post you'd see that I said I might have the wires wrong,
You're just a hater, lol.
Then why are plugs “polarized”
Lack of a more simple word as an accurate descriptor?Then why are plugs “polarized”
jk
There has to be a solution. Dioes your light have a dimmer? I don't recall if it was mentioned and I just got home from a long day of work, and too lazy right now, to go back and look.
Yeah, the remote for the light has a four or five level dimmer, and a timer for 24,18 or 12 hours on.
Does it do it on every dimmer setting?
Thats odd too, i set it on one of the middle settings but it comes on at a higher one. My lights come on around 3:30am. To use the built-in 18 hour setting i’d have to be up at 3am to start the cycle. I’ll probably wait til flip then use the 12 hour setting. If i don’t have to switch to the blurple i have. Got a herd of these cheapie led’s thanks to the Great Deals thread.
My money's on the dimmer.
Another thought is maybe the driver is wired wrong and they got the hot and neutral switched,
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