Came home tonight and turned on the lights and found that most of the lights in the house were either blinking or would only light very faintly. After a few mins two completely separate fuses (guest room and utility room) blew. Found that smoke was coming out of one of my Fibaro Wall plugs in the utility room. Disconnected and turned on the fuses again.
It took a good 5 mins and we smelled burnt plastic in the living room and the lights became faint again. This time smoke coming out of the Fibaro FGD211 Dimmer in the living room : ??? :o >:(
both these devices are less than 4 months old and now my wife is worried the other 10 dimmers and 5 wall plugs ( plus 9 roller shutters etc and other stuff) are going to put the house on fire and wants me to send them all back
The dimmer is supposed to handle 500w and was connected to 12 halogen lamps at 30w each = 360w
The wall plug is supposed to handle 2500w and was connected to a Samsung galaxy tab charger… not even 20w
Why would both these units blow at the same time when they are not even in the same circuit?
Has anyone had any problems with Fibaro units catching fire?
I thought Fibaro was one the best brands out there but im really getting worried now :o
Not sure there was a conclusion. The fact that u had several go suggest to me some kind of local issue. Lightening strike?[/quote]
Nope no lightning no nothing of the like. Everything else including TV, fridge, phone, radio, router, switch and other appliances which are always connected and I would consider as much more sensitive to peaks in the electric current are working just fine. Checked absolutely everything.
the link is interesting though… so there must have been other incidents then.
This was recently posted on Swedish Electrical Safety Board’s website:
The Electrical Safety Authority has decided to ban the sale of two different products of the manufacturer Fibaro. One is a dimmer and the other is a switch.
The dimmer has an insufficiently abundant insulation distance between live parts and lacks some marking. The measured distance is 1.6 mm, where the requirement is 3.0 mm.
The switch also has it for meager insulation distance and lack of labeling. The measured distance is 1.8 mm, where the requirement is also 3.0 mm. The instructions mention that it has a maximum current of 16 A, for example, while the terminal of the switch is labeled with a maximum of 10 A.
The Electrical Safety Authority has demanded that Comex Electronics Corporation should stop selling these products. You as a consumer can contact the place of purchase for warranty.
I have quite few of these things in my walls all still under warranty. Any chance you can give me the link to the site? There might be an equivalent from some German or European authority… I think this is more and more worrying
Ive just signed up to respond to this post. Was looking to see if this happened to others
One of my wall plugs caught fire about two weeks ago. Contacted Fibaro and RMA’d the plug and still waiting for a response.
Two days ago one of my dimmers also started smoking. Sent an email to Fibaro again but now they dont answer anymore… not even to my initial email. I would have thought they take these things seriously.
Does anyone know if there is an electrical safety authority in Europe? how would one go about getting these products tested? Surely one must be able to report these incidents to some authority other than the manufacturer (Whom may keep the lid on thus risking peoples lives)?
In my own opinion, I wont buy Fibaro product for ON/OFF switch and dimmer switch. I bought the Roller Shutter for my curtains but that it. I dont want to burn my condo or have serious problem after if there are the cause of a fire. Imagine the consequence… a switch installed by me with and not from an electricien… not for me
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??? :o >:(