mark44
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I'd like to change the dimmer switches in my home and would appreciate some recommendations.
Prior to introduction to 'warm' colour temperature LED bulbs, my wife and I had ruled out the undesirable hard + 'cold' light given off by early LED bulbs, but now if you choose selectively you would be hard pressed to tell the difference.
Despite this, I'm still mostly using 'regular' light bulbs through the house, as the majority of our light switches are rotary resistance dimmers and they don't seem to play nice with LED dim-able bulbs. Basically the dimming action jumps around in brightness and is very jerky/'steppy' as opposed to the smooth action you get with traditional incandescent bulbs.
It's actually proving to be hard to find subjective opinions of LED dimmers and the ones I've seen (e.g. IKEA) seem to suffer the same problem. Maybe its not a problem for many - but I'd like to know if there is a more sympathetic low-energy equivalent that isnt going to cost crazy money.
Thanks
Prior to introduction to 'warm' colour temperature LED bulbs, my wife and I had ruled out the undesirable hard + 'cold' light given off by early LED bulbs, but now if you choose selectively you would be hard pressed to tell the difference.
Despite this, I'm still mostly using 'regular' light bulbs through the house, as the majority of our light switches are rotary resistance dimmers and they don't seem to play nice with LED dim-able bulbs. Basically the dimming action jumps around in brightness and is very jerky/'steppy' as opposed to the smooth action you get with traditional incandescent bulbs.
It's actually proving to be hard to find subjective opinions of LED dimmers and the ones I've seen (e.g. IKEA) seem to suffer the same problem. Maybe its not a problem for many - but I'd like to know if there is a more sympathetic low-energy equivalent that isnt going to cost crazy money.
Thanks