CFL Bulbs And Ceiling Fans

[Don Klipstein]

I don't have any dimmers installed in my home, so I can't. However, if current through an LED is varied, then the brightness varies roughly proportionately. That much I do know - I have done that a lot.

It is much more expensive and difficult to make a high efficiency LED lamp appear as a resistor load than otherwise, so that is why many/most LED lamps do not dim really nicely with conventional dimmers.

However, that does not mean that either of these is untrue:

• LED lamps can be made to dim well with conventional dimmers, either with increase in cost or a compromise in efficiency

• Dimmers can be made that dim LED lamps well

- Don Klipstein ( [e-mail])

[salty]

My parents house had several dimmers like that in the 1950's. They were in the wall, but they were HUGE and made an audible hum.

[salty]

Please point me to somewhere I can buy these mythical LED dimmers.

[metspitzer]