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howardb
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Hi all,
I have an issue with some rechargeable downlighters I bought for our two bathrooms - wanted to have some basic light during loadshedding when the bathrooms are used, so the seemingly easiest option was to get some of these GU10's with a rechargeable built-in battery, to give approx. 2hrs of light. I bought 12 of these Eurolux GU10's - 4 for each bathroom and 4 for a bedroom, as they were the only short stem ones I could find that would it flush in our downlight fittings: https://www.eurolux.co.za/products/G1108WW
The instructions state that if the power fails, switch the switch on & off to activate the light - this does absolutely nothing, no matter what speed combination you try. When there is no loadshedding and the power is on, they work fine like normal globes...
Tried using 1 single globe, as well as all 4 globes being the same on the same circuit - during a loadshedding, nothing worked - also turned them around in the holders so the negative line light unit pins matched, in case there was a specific pos/neg pin setting to get them working - no luck.
The manual also says that the built-in battery is only charged when the light is turned on, so I tried leaving the globes switched on for the recommended 10-12 hours charge time (did 12 hours), in case the battery was not charged - still no luck.
I'm now at my wits-end with these - is there something I've maybe overlooked? If not, I'll return them and maybe change the light fittings to ones that accommodate the PioLED range which has a longer bulb body, as these I know do work as advertised.
I have an issue with some rechargeable downlighters I bought for our two bathrooms - wanted to have some basic light during loadshedding when the bathrooms are used, so the seemingly easiest option was to get some of these GU10's with a rechargeable built-in battery, to give approx. 2hrs of light. I bought 12 of these Eurolux GU10's - 4 for each bathroom and 4 for a bedroom, as they were the only short stem ones I could find that would it flush in our downlight fittings: https://www.eurolux.co.za/products/G1108WW
The instructions state that if the power fails, switch the switch on & off to activate the light - this does absolutely nothing, no matter what speed combination you try. When there is no loadshedding and the power is on, they work fine like normal globes...
Tried using 1 single globe, as well as all 4 globes being the same on the same circuit - during a loadshedding, nothing worked - also turned them around in the holders so the negative line light unit pins matched, in case there was a specific pos/neg pin setting to get them working - no luck.
The manual also says that the built-in battery is only charged when the light is turned on, so I tried leaving the globes switched on for the recommended 10-12 hours charge time (did 12 hours), in case the battery was not charged - still no luck.
I'm now at my wits-end with these - is there something I've maybe overlooked? If not, I'll return them and maybe change the light fittings to ones that accommodate the PioLED range which has a longer bulb body, as these I know do work as advertised.