Apologies for the poor terminology.

The light over my entrance door does not lighy properly nor turns off completely.
We use 220V

The appliance (?) at the entrance uses a quartz stick or a LED one. The quartz ones don’t last long (heat issue?) and the LED ones dont light brightly and there’s really little difference when you turn it off, it stays dimly on.

Have asked a couple of local electricians before having them come replace the appliance and fix the issue but their replies give me no confidence. They are all improvised self appointed electrical experts IMO.

Need a clue so i don’t have to deal with their BS.
Might be able to fix it myself, eventually.

Have another light in the kitchen that is similar and stays on when off but that one provides good light when on. Big difference with the other, same problem.

Thank you.

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1. Do you have a multimeter?
2. When you say 'turn off', do you mean a switch built into the device or a switch in the wall?

Working with electricity isn't that hard, it's just dangerous if it is live.

Is your 220v like US 220? Meaning two 110v hots?

If so does the switch kill both legs?

Please consider the lighting circuit in your investigation. A switch issue may be root cause. It seems possible that your 50 Hz 220 vAC lines are not interrupted by the switch.

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Originally posted by Hamden106:
Is your 220v like US 220? Meaning two 110v hots?

Not if it's like Euro 220VAC.

Besides: We in N. America don't have "two 110v hots." We have split-phase 240VAC (nominal). May seem like a distinction without a difference to non-electrical/-electronic types, but it's not.

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Originally posted by Hamden106:
If so does the switch kill both legs?

Doesn't have to. Only needs to open one side to break the circuit.

Best I remember, the operational life of a quartz lamp is only about 500 hours.

I do have a multimeter.
No clue how to use it, though…

Also no clue if the issue is switch related (wall) or appliance related. The wall is my best bet.

The switch is on the wall. We use 220V AC. Kills the circuit on a single wire.

Have asked the building’s front desk guys that do menial tasts for everyone and usually deal with replacing and fixing stuff. They had no answers to provide not solutions.

My quartz lamps sticks didn’t last nowhere near 500 hours. Sellers blame the heat but the appliances never got really hot. Also they became so rare that I had to move to LED and then is when the dimm light (off) insufficient light (on) surfaced.

I have a different sealed lamp in line to replace this unit but would love to make sure the circuit is ok before swapping them. No ise gaving an electrician come to my place to start investigating how or why it works the way it does if clueless.

Thanks for helping me. Will be a no brainer in the end but need to find the first clue.


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