• exasperation@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    The integrated circuits in a lot of lighting fixtures (and you know OP’s light is run by integrated circuit because it can be controlled by remote) are basically a black box of complexity where things can go wrong in a non-intuitive way. Some kind of failure to deliver sufficient power to a particular bulb or LED or other element isn’t necessarily an indication of anything in particular.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      I doubt they’re all that complex. It’s probably something like a relay for the light, plus an analogue chip to control the dimming, which is likely completely separate from the digital logic (remote, motor control, etc).

      I wouldn’t expect OP to know anything about circuits though, but I do expect the bare minimum educated guess that a dim light isn’t likely a bad fan and is either a bad bulb or a setting somewhere, because a light going dim because on an electrical problem is incredibly unlikely.