Inovelli Blue Dimmer Switch - Power Loss

[spice flume]

I have an Inovelli Blue Dimmer 2-1 Switch that's hooked up to two Philips Hue recessed lights. When in Smart Bulb Mode, the switch will lose power as I dim the Hue bulb. Around 5% dimming, the blue led indicator on the Inovelli switch will begin flickering, as if it's losing power. If I turn the bulb itself off, the switch will lose power and the led indicator will blink Cyan until I turn the bulb back on.

With Smart Bulb Mode disabled, the switch functions regularly and pressing the down paddle will turn the lights off, while keeping power to the switch.

Worth noting: I had an electrician over today that took a look at it with me. He also looked at the Aotec bypass I purchased and installed it at the bulb junction box by connecting it to the white and black wires going to the bulb.

[short crystal]

So the Inovelli dimmer will shut off when the Hue bulb is dimmed?

[spice flume]

It doesn't shut off completely when it's dimmed, but the switch led indicator begins flickering at ~5% or less.

If I turn the bulb "off" in home assistant, circumventing the switch, the switch will being blinking cyan and have to reconnect.

[short crystal]

How many dimmers do you have? Just one?

[spice flume]

Just one switch installed at the moment. It controls 2 Philips hue lights.

Electrician installed aotec bypass today. It fixed a separate issue, but still seem to have power issues, only when it's in Smart Bulb Mode.

[dusty pewter]

It doesn't make sense why Smart Bulb mode would cause any issues as it just keeps full power on load. It honestly sounds like something isn't wired right. The dimmer should have constant 120v running to 'line'. Do you have neutral at the innovelli dimmer? If so you shouldn't need the bypass in the first place.

I recommend sharing a wiring diagram of your situation.

[spice flume]

I'll try to get some pictures when I get home for lunch. I don't have a neutral at the switch, which was why I ordered a bypass. A small bit of history on it:

When I first hooked up the switch (without Smart Bulb Mode enabled), it functioned as it should to turn on/off the lights, but when it was off, one of the lights would flicker every few seconds. After speaking with some people here and doing some research, I ordered the Aotec bypass. After we installed that, the flickering stopped and it seemed to be working.

However, even with the bypass in place, the Smart Bulb Mode functions as it did without the bypass. The switch appears to lose power as the light is dimmed through the bulb's entity in home assistant. (Completely circumventing the switch functions) Once it gets to ~5% dimming, the led indicator on the switch begins flickering. If I turn the light "off", the switch loses connectivity and begins blinking Cyan as if it's restarting.

I know I've mentioned a lot of this already; just trying to be as clear as I possibly can, being that there's a few things that have happened that I find worth mentioning.

[spice flume]

Here's a video of what's happening

That's with Smart Bulb Mode enabled.

Whenever SBM is disabled, the switch functions normally and I can use the physical paddles to turn the light on/completely off with no power issues that cause the led indicator to flicker.

[dusty pewter]

I'm not an electrician, but line isn't normally white. Are you in the US?

You should get a voltage detector and check that you're getting 120v with everything turned off (bulbs, dimmer) and make sure which wire (black or white) is actually "line". My intuition is telling me your power source is coming from the bulb and it being turned off is dropping voltage to the switch.

Or line and load is backwards. 🤷

[spice flume]

I am in the US. Had the electrician over on Wednesday and he checked the voltage and hooked it up that way.

I don't know that he checked the voltage in the light, so that could be flipped around?

I guess two questions on that note:

Would the switch still 'function' to some degree if lines were reversed? Same with the light?
And could I cause any potential damage if I flipped the lines around for testing?