5 Amp lighting circuit question

[swisstoni]

I've had an uplighter with a GU10 led bulb working perfectly fine in a 13a socket for a few months.

Today I have finally got around to replacing the plug with a 5 Amp lighting circuit plug and plugging it into the lighting circuit which has always been the plan. (The lighting circuit is controlled by a wall dimmer).

Light no longer works.

Have tested the socket - works ok with a different lamp.
Have tested my wiring of the new plug - works in an adaptor plugged into a 13a socket.
Have changed the led bulb for a halogen - no change.

Are there some lights that just won't work on a 5 amp lighting socket? Running out of ideas.

[swisstoni]

I replaced the LED bulb with a halogen - didn't work.

[swisstoni]

Blakeatron said:

We have 5amp, and the led lights flickered constantly and 1 lamp refused to work - changed the dimmer to an led one and worked fine!

Have you got another 5amp circuit without a dimmer to try it on?

Funny enough I have just tried that and the light works!

So, back to square one with finding uplighters to work with the dimmer or replacing the dimmer. Shouldn't be this difficult.

Thanks anyway Folks.

[swisstoni]

mickmcpaddy said:

This might sound stupid but you do know the 5A socket is most probably controlled from a light switch or dimmer somewhere. Do you have a switch that appears to do nothing?

edit, just seen your post, I would have thought a halogen lamp would work with the dimmer though was it blown?

Cheers. The halogen not working in the dimmed 5a is still a bit of mystery. It's a 50w. I suppose I might try with a lower watt bulb and see if the dimmer will accept it.
Otherwise, it's just something about the lamp that the dimmer doesn't like, regardless of LED or Halogen bulb I suppose.

[swisstoni]

Well this is all a bit odd.
I tried a different brand uplighter lamp with a different brand GU10 LED bulb in the original dimmed 5a socket and the light came on!
It could be turned up brighter and down a bit, but wouldn't go off completely. Even when the dimmer switch was pressed in, it wouldn't go off!.
Still, some progress.

Then for a laugh I tried the original LED in this fitting - it now worked! I could turn it up and down AND turn it off.

So then I put the original LED on the original uplighter and now I can do everything I wanted to do in the first place.
It is as if the dimmer has learnt what to do!

I hate electrics.