Review:
Qubino Mini Dimmer
Testing lamps:
Because Qubino claims not to need an extra filter if you use an LED lamp, I thought it would be nice to also test this. I have tested a Philips Incandescent lamp, Ikea Ledare (11W) and an unknown chinese LED lamp. These lamps all work great with the Fibaro Dimmer 1 and 2 and Robb Smarrt built-in dimmer (Z-Wave).
I tested the lamps with both 2 and 3 wires. See the results below:
| Philips | Ikea | Chinese lamp | |
| 2 wires | Fine | Flashes | Does not turn off |
| 3 wires | Fine | Fine | Fine |
As you can see I had some problems with the 2 wire connection. I have put the problem with Qubino and she came up with the following response.
Now the why some lights are working with Fibaro and the Qubino the difference is in the Calibration, we do the calibration only or the max value, letting the min dimming from 0, since we want to use the full scale of the led lights so from 0 - 100%. But some lights because of how the build don't let enough power back to the Mini dimmer. That's why there can sometimes be flickering. In case that the flickering is only in the minimum values of the dimming, this can be "fixed" setting the minimum dimming value to the value where there is no flickering.
Example if there is flickering from 0 - 20% you can set the parameter 60 to 22% and the dimmer will work normally from 0 - 100% in the gateway (UI and on the APP) in reality the dimmer will dim the light from 20% to full.
Fibaro cut the lower dimming values after the calibration is done, that's why sometimes some lamp works on Fibaro, using the setting of the Parameter 60 the result should be the same :)
I also asked for a list of lamps that have been tested by them:
Ik heb ook gevraagd naar een lijst met lampen welk door hun getest zijn:
Strangely enough, it is indicated that the Ikea lamp must work without problems. The above shows again that one LED lamp is not the other. That is why it is wise to test whether your lamp works or not.
