Lights flickering at low dim level with Blue 2-1

Shame it didn’t help. I was curious since I have this switch and don’t have issues but I may just have really good bulbs. I went through the nightmare of one “dimmable” led after another on Lutron and Zooz dimmers. Ultimately the Philips Ultra Definition bulbs were the only ones I found that worked on those, and they seem flawless on the Inovelli switches as well. I did not have good luck with GE bulbs at all. They would seem fine, then a dip in grid voltage would have them randomly flickering off then on messing with my head like I was blinking without blinking.

I also noticed when trying out the GE bulbs that if I went to backup power on the Tesla Powerwall they would drastically change brightness, but the Philips ones don’t. So it seems like the GE bulbs are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations when dimmed.

Just wanted to add myself to the list of users experiencing the discussed flickering issues. All troubleshooting discussed in this post (except for removing from home assistant) has been done.

It’s a little frustrating as this is my first Inovelli product and I absolutely love the functionality of the switch! The double click function is extremely useful. However, this issue is so major for me that I’m considering swapping back until this is resolved.

Would be nice to get some sort of update.

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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to provide a quick update on this:

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this. Regarding the known flickering lights issue, we are currently testing a possible solution to help those that experience this issue.

We will need some users that are experiencing the issue on the VZM36 (Fan+Light Module) to help beta test the fix. Please PM us if you are interested in testing it out.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

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Unfortunately I can’t test this one (that house is for sale, so it needs to stay completely functional), but would this same fix then be rolled out to the Blue and White series dimmers as well?

I’m a bit confused. This entire thread is about the behavior of the switches, but you seem to be asking if there are any testers for the canopy module? Did our wires get crossed somewhere?

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Preface, I don’t work for Inovelli. That said, I believe this problem exists in all of the blue series dimmable products currently (VZM31 and VZM36). Since both of those use different chips MG21 vs MG24, my guess would be that they have a potential fix for the MG24 available first (which is the used in the canopy module). I’m sure they’re working on getting the fix for the MG21 (used in the dimmer switch).