With the switch to LED light bulbs, we get lower power usage which is ideal to lower your bills and lower your consumption when running on a gas or solar generator... we all want to use less power. However, LED light bulbs are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations; meaning that if the voltage on the circuit dips from 120v your LED lights may dim or even fluctuate.
Is this normal?
Yes. Especially when the circuit powering the LED Light bulb is being ran by a generator. This is not a problem of your Bluetti device, but in general "all" generators will expose the sensitivity of LED light bulbs.
Wait? This doesn't happen while I'm connected to the grid?
This is due to voltage "pressure". Voltage is best thought as the water pressure in a water hose. When you turn on the water nozzle the water department's pump creates enough force to maintain good pressure to have a strong water flow. Now if you take this same concept towards electricity, the power company has the ability to provide enough pressure (voltage) to maintain the pressure (voltage) even under higher demand. However, this is not the case when using a generator.... a generator has limitations to be able to push enough pressure during high demand and the voltage may "fluctuate" during high or sudden change of power needs.
This is the case if the generator is fueled by gas or solar.
My LED lights don't blink?
This may be because you do not have high demanding device being powered by your generator or because the LED lights that you installed have controllers that attempt to control the fluctuation issue, these bulbs are known as "No-Flicker" LEDs.
But do you need "No Flicker" LEDs? Maybe, in the below video I will explain: Update: 12/8/2022
Thank you to TJ Campbell from YouTube for finding another cause and solution for Lights Flickering.
In TJ's case, his lights flickering was cause by incorrect power frequency settings on his Bluetti device. After looking through his system he identified that his Bluetti power station was set to 50hz power frequency. In North America, our power frequency should be set to 60Hz.
After correcting this frequency setting his light flicker was resolved.
I would recommend that you verify your frequency is set correctly before attempting to replace bulbs.
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Resources:
Non-Dimmable LED:
Philips LED Flicker-Free Dimmable: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W5L32VM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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