I”ve got a old VFX and all LED’s of many different brands. I don’t have any flicker regardless of what’s on: HE washer, refrigerator, blender etc. Except with the dimmer, which can do it if it’s on a lower setting.
I only use CREE LED with dimmers as they are dimmer agnostic. If its happening with high quality LEDs ( Cree, Phillips) and without dimmers then I’d look to the inverter as the issue. jay > On Sep 21, 2019, at 2:59 PM, Bradley Bassett <bbasse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've noticed this is worse with multiple bulbs in one fixture, and it is even > slightly noticeable on grid power, but worse on inverter power. I first saw > this with CFL's also, but not as bad as with the LED's. And this is without > any motor loads going. It's not consistent either, sometimes it does it and > sometimes not. Fortunately, when it's annoying we have the option of going > onto grid power. If we were on inverter power all the time I'd be looking for > some way to fix it also. It does not seem to matter what inverter it is > either, I've tried four different brands and they all seem about the same. > > Brad > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:06 PM Ray <r...@solarray.com > <mailto:r...@solarray.com>> wrote: > No error codes, just light flickering with the washing action. Its a Magnum > MS 4448 PAE, 48 v 845 AH of HUP batteries, 2/0 cables. Happens day or night. > Also the lights are not on a dimmer, just a regular switch. It happens to > the LEDs all over the house. They are the Econolight brand from Home Depot. > Feit brand have less flicker, but are still not acceptable. > > We're thinking the distortion of the waveform by the washer is creating > harmonic distortion that the LEDs are responding to. Still hoping filtering > or different bulbs will fix the issue. > > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > 303 505-8760 > On 9/21/19 1:24 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: >> Ray >> A few questions, do you see a code, what size is the inverter, batteries, >> cables, day or night operation. >> Jerry >> >> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 11:45 AM Ray <r...@solarray.com >> <mailto:r...@solarray.com>> wrote: >> Greetings Esteemed Wrenches; >> >> We have a customer with a new high efficiency washer running on a Magnum >> inverter. When it is in wash cycle, the LED lights flicker rhythmically >> with its operation. We can see a corresponding distortion of the wave >> form on an oscilloscope, but RMS voltage is steady at 117 vac. It does >> not cause trouble with incandescent lighting, and the washer works fine. >> >> My questions: >> >> 1) Has anyone else seen washing machines causing trouble with lighting >> or other loads? >> >> 2) Is there any line filtering available that might cure this? >> >> 3) Are some LED lights more prone to issues? We are considering >> having the customer switch from the Home Depot cheapo LEDs to Phillips >> or other higher end bulbs. >> >> 4) Could it be related to the bulbs being dimmable? 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