# Fibaro dimmer 2: lights turn off&back on **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067 "2020-09-25T20:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mistaoutlaw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mistaoutlaw/32/9944_2.png) [@mistaoutlaw](https://community.homey.app/u/mistaoutlaw)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/1 "2020-09-25T20:12:00Z")
Hope you guys can help me troubleshoot. Setup (hasn’t changed for two years) Homey 2016 4 led spots under carport Fibaro dimmer 2 2 flows currently active: 1. Flow triggers lights at sunset (ON) 2. Flow triggers lights at sunrise (OFF) For a week or two this strange thing happens. After carport lights are triggered on due to flow 1, at some (seemingly random) point in time the lights go off and on. I’ve taken a screenshot for your info. ![Screenshot_20200925-220555](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/f/7f97657cf0f1b9788f4a434babfa71690628b069.jpeg) After this series of off/on the lights just work normally. I tried to trigger the auto calibration function. I also tried disconnecting the fibaro dimmer and reconnecting. Not sure where to look next. The log just has a timestamp, doesn’t tell me what triggered the state change. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![VanGilles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vangilles/32/11478_2.png) [@VanGilles](https://community.homey.app/u/VanGilles)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/2 "2020-09-25T21:47:22Z")
Could be that your load on the dimmer is to low (\<20watt) and a Fibaro dimmer 2 bypass unit is needed. ---
**Author:** ![mistaoutlaw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mistaoutlaw/32/9944_2.png) [@mistaoutlaw](https://community.homey.app/u/mistaoutlaw)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/3 "2020-09-26T07:00:06Z")
But it has worked without any issues for 2 years so that seems very unlikely to me?? ---
**Author:** ![CB83](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cb83/32/30125_2.png) [@CB83](https://community.homey.app/u/CB83)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/4 "2020-10-20T19:19:21Z")
@mistaoutlaw did you figure this out? ---
**Author:** ![Wessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/53a042/32.png) [@Wessel](https://community.homey.app/u/Wessel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/5 "2020-10-20T19:53:26Z")
The sunrise app is updated 2 times last 25 days. Possibly it was a bug in the app. ---
**Author:** ![mistaoutlaw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mistaoutlaw/32/9944_2.png) [@mistaoutlaw](https://community.homey.app/u/mistaoutlaw)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/6 "2021-02-07T10:11:19Z")
No I did not. It still persists. Today I tried changing parameter 38 to 0 just to see if that helps in any way… ---
**Author:** ![Jo\_San](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jo_san/32/3732_2.png) [@Jo\_San](https://community.homey.app/u/Jo_San)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/7 "2021-10-15T12:03:27Z")
Did you happen to solve this? I am experiencing similar issues with 1 Fibaro Dimmer 2. It only occurs when we are at home during day time (e.g. working from home). The light will turn off and then back on 2 minutes later. There is no flow doing that, and also in the device log you can see that “Fibaro” performs the action. Normally that means someone pressing the physical button. The same light is one entire nights, and then never has this same issue. ![fibaro](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/c/7cac684e04cdc7d106630ae90135f1c9e3283e21.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mistaoutlaw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mistaoutlaw/32/9944_2.png) [@mistaoutlaw](https://community.homey.app/u/mistaoutlaw)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/8 "2021-10-15T18:21:39Z")
Nope… Issue still persists, almost daily… Bought a new dimmer but didn’t have / make the time to replace and test… ---
**Author:** ![mistaoutlaw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mistaoutlaw/32/9944_2.png) [@mistaoutlaw](https://community.homey.app/u/mistaoutlaw)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/9 "2021-10-30T14:39:26Z")
I finally changed the dimmer to a new one. Works fine now. I will try the “old” fibaro dimmer someplace else. And see if I get the same strange behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Jo\_San](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jo_san/32/3732_2.png) [@Jo\_San](https://community.homey.app/u/Jo_San)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-dimmer-2-lights-turn-off-back-on/35067/10 "2021-10-30T14:59:07Z")
Good to know, thanks