# TRADFRI Driver 30W reliabillity

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966 "2022-11-09T19:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco\_Bannink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marco_bannink/32/33852_2.png) [@Marco\_Bannink](https://community.homey.app/u/Marco_Bannink)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966/1 "2022-11-09T19:58:32Z")

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Evening,

Just wondering which experience other people have with the TRADFRI Driver 30W reliabillity wise.

I am using 2 of these in my home. I got three now which suddenly stopped working and aren’t responding anymore to any input anymore within a year. Ikea replaced them as part of their guarantee.

Is it just me or aren’t these drivers that reliable?

Marco

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966/2 "2022-11-10T06:11:44Z")

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> [@Marco\_Bannink](#):
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> Is it just me or aren’t these drivers that reliable?

I’ve had two of them, one for 3 years and another one for about a year, never had any issues with them (but I don’t use them with Homey).

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_vd\_Linden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arnold_vd_linden/32/19336_2.png) [@Arnold\_vd\_Linden](https://community.homey.app/u/Arnold_vd_Linden)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966/3 "2022-11-10T18:57:54Z")

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I have one for about 4 years now and no issues.

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Bannink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marco_bannink/32/33852_2.png) [@Marco\_Bannink](https://community.homey.app/u/Marco_Bannink)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966/4 "2022-11-18T16:22:25Z")

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As an update.

I took the drivers to my brother in law. He could add and operate the drivers from his homey 2019 version.

Afterwards i could add and operate the drivers again from my homey kickstarter version.

Seems to be a software issue?

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**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-driver-30w-reliabillity/71966/5 "2022-11-18T16:36:20Z")

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> [@Marco\_Bannink](#):
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> Seems to be a software issue?

Homey’s don’t update Firmware on these IKEA Trådfri devices,  
Look more like a Reset issue. (more time powerless, or a extra Reset using the pinhole.)