Dimmable Halogen Lighting

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Sorry yes I meant Fluorescent

You wont find them. Use a switchbank instead of a dimmer.

NT

You want to dim a 9w CFL? ;-)

In theory it's possible to make a CFL which can be dimmed from a standard dimmer, but I've not heard of one.

The reaons I ask is I have one in my landing which is switched off a double switch downstairs which is a double dimmer. I want to keep a dimmer on the downstairs light so need to have the landing light cope with a dimmer (rather than flicker even when set to full power).

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Does sound more likely, doesn't it?

So far affordable dimmable low energy lamps are not available. Given the way they work they may never be, with attention moving instead to LED technologies instead.

You should be able to bypass the dimmer circuit so it only acts as a switch.

Hmm. Working on location TV stuff where the costs of the lights are relatively unimportant but things like power consumption and colour temperature are - LED lamps have made little impact. They are used where small size is important - like say in a car - but I wouldn't hold my breath to wait until they replace fluorescents or discharge types.

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Not yet, no. Give it a decade.