The power switch is turned off. An incorrectly connected light switch or a switch with a night light can be responsible for flickering. In some cases, an LED lamp may flicker even though the light switch is turned off. Why won't my LED lights turn off? When a two-way switch is used to operate LED lights then the glowing of LED lights can be noticed more particularly. This low level induction from the live wire causes the bulb to glow. When I turn the switch off, just the first strand of lights glows very faintly so I wonder is my switch used as the ground and the lights are finding ground at the tree they are hung at. LED lights glow dimly instead of turning off. The LED shop light fixture has a glow to it. The reason for this can usually be found in the electrical wiring. the same bulb is operated by two different light switches. I recently added a room in my basement, all new wireing, lights, switches. It's not bright enough to see during the day but this morning it was very eerie. Don’t know why I did this but I took one of those three prong adaptors converters to two prong and to my surprise the light fixture didn’t light up. Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 20 of 27 Posts. I've been checking each night when the lights are supposed to switch off and my LED lights are staying slightly on, even when the power timer has switched off. I took the light out and put a adapter to plug in an extension cord to run LED Christmas lights. I suspect that timers allow a small amount of voltage through even when they are set to the off position because my LED Christmas lights (~1200) are glowing faintly. I have three Blackstar 240W lights and I've just switched to flower a few days ago. when i turn the switch on the light come on as expected. I had a GE digital timer that I assumed was the cause of this problem. when i turn the breaker on to that room all of my led lights glow when the switch is off. I had some LED strings doing the faint glow and looked at my controller power, This controller had a non polarized plug, took the plug and rotated it 180 degrees and the lights went out. If you turn off your lights and the bulbs are still glowing a little bit, or one of the bulbs in your circuit doesn't want to shut all the way off, you have what we call a "ghost current" in your circuit. LED lights flickering when switched off. The diodes in your LED bulb can use the very low level of current to create light (other bulbs can't do this). LED bulbs create light with the current of a very low level due to the diodes in them which are not available in other bulbs. Luckily for your client you’re an LED professional (you’ve read this very blog post) and you know how to solve LED flickering issues.-Flickering is caused by a handful of different reasons, and once you’re aware of the causes it’s easy to identify and solve the issue. 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