Led buld coming on then flikering

[Redneil]

Hi 

  I changed the halogen bulbs in my cooker hood to leds and they come on for a second then start flikering? Is this because they is a transformer in the hood which is not allowing enough volts? And do I have to stay with halogen.

The cooker hood states: 2×50w max

The the leds are 2 3w 250lm bulbs 

Any advice would be appreciated 

Many thanks 

Neil

 

[Doc Hudson]

Generally cooker hoods are just 230v lamps so no transformers required. Are the lights screw thread lamps? Sometimes the sprung contacts lose some of their springiness, so when a new lamp is fitted it is not making a good electrical contact which can cause some flickering.

Doc H.

 

[Murdoch]

Op what you describe is consistent with a traditional halogen transformer being used to power a led bulb - the halogen transformer will have a minimum load of 20 watts.

Unless you can change the transformer it won't work so I would suggest you put the halogen bulbs back in