Timeline for Will a dimmable LED allow me to shine a light similar in intensity to a candleflame?
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| Feb 3, 2021 at 17:37 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 16:11 | vote | accept | Vivian River | ||
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:23 | answer | added | gbronner | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:12 | comment | added | Vivian River | @ThreePhaseEel, I'm installing LED bulbs in a place that was built in the early 80s. | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:05 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @VivianRiver -- are you stuck with LED retrofit bulbs, or have you looked into integral LED fixtures? | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:03 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | Are your existing dimmers "LED compatible"? If you're not sure, see if you can find any model #s. Generally speaking, LED-compatible dimmers + dimmer-compatible-LEDs should do what you want. Older dimmers, no. Non-dimmer-compatible-LEDs absolutely not. Many cheaper LEDs, even if they say dimmer-compatible, not so much. | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:02 | comment | added | Vivian River | @ThreePhaseEel, I've used "nightlights" in the past, but I love the flexibility of being able to have my room fully lit, lit by the equivalent of a single candleflame, or anything in between from a single device controlled by a single swtich. | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 4:01 | comment | added | Vivian River | Can you mention a specific product that works well for you, @gbronner? | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 3:59 | comment | added | gbronner | Works fine for me, though not all LED bulbs behave properly -- some of the early ones I got were really awful, but the latest batch seems fine. | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 3:54 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Have you considered dedicated "nightlight" devices? | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 3:43 | history | asked | Vivian River | CC BY-SA 4.0 |