From Reddit: GE/Jasco Dimmer failed with melted housing

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I rephrased the Reddit title with something less inflammatory. But it would be good to learn the underlying cause for this failure.

In ~7 years, the only failure I've had was with a Monoprice in-wall relay, and retrospectively that very likely was installer error.

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What kind of light(s) were on the circuit?

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As a note to all users. If you experience a safety problem with an new device, before posting everywhere and anywhere:

  • Physically remove the device and any device batteries.
  • Contact the manufacturer with model data and problem descriptions.
  • Contact your government's equivalent of the US Consumer Products Safety organization with failure/safety data.

We are getting some devices on the leading edge of manufacturing and capabilities and we are the gatekeepers for safety.

PS: If you DIY installation, assure the device matches to the electrical characteristics of the using device and house circuitry.

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He doesn't say. The Reddit poster is convinced this happened before he put a fixture on that circuit, although it was discovered only after he put the fixture in and found he couldn't control it.

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