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I recently bought this LED dimmerLED dimmer to drive these LED bulbs on my recessed lights. The fixtures have a built in transformer that drops the voltage to 12v, but I'm bot sure if they are MLV or ELV transformers.

Anyway, the crux of my problem is that the dimmer only slightly dims the lights. I started with halogen lamps and an older dimmer which was able to dim the lights nicely using the same fixtures. But the new bulbs and dimmer kind of suck together. Do I need a different dimmer? Are these bulbs a poor choice or is this just the reality of LED bulbs?

Leviton published a document laying out bulb compatibility that may or may not shed light on this. They also published a document on MLV vs ELV low voltage lighting units, which I'm not sure I fully digested just yet. Anyone else run into a similar problem?

I recently bought this LED dimmer to drive these LED bulbs on my recessed lights. The fixtures have a built in transformer that drops the voltage to 12v, but I'm bot sure if they are MLV or ELV transformers.

Anyway, the crux of my problem is that the dimmer only slightly dims the lights. I started with halogen lamps and an older dimmer which was able to dim the lights nicely using the same fixtures. But the new bulbs and dimmer kind of suck together. Do I need a different dimmer? Are these bulbs a poor choice or is this just the reality of LED bulbs?

Leviton published a document laying out bulb compatibility that may or may not shed light on this. They also published a document on MLV vs ELV low voltage lighting units, which I'm not sure I fully digested just yet. Anyone else run into a similar problem?

I recently bought this LED dimmer to drive these LED bulbs on my recessed lights. The fixtures have a built in transformer that drops the voltage to 12v, but I'm bot sure if they are MLV or ELV transformers.

Anyway, the crux of my problem is that the dimmer only slightly dims the lights. I started with halogen lamps and an older dimmer which was able to dim the lights nicely using the same fixtures. But the new bulbs and dimmer kind of suck together. Do I need a different dimmer? Are these bulbs a poor choice or is this just the reality of LED bulbs?

Leviton published a document laying out bulb compatibility that may or may not shed light on this. They also published a document on MLV vs ELV low voltage lighting units, which I'm not sure I fully digested just yet. Anyone else run into a similar problem?

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Poor dimming using LED dimmer on low voltage lighting

I recently bought this LED dimmer to drive these LED bulbs on my recessed lights. The fixtures have a built in transformer that drops the voltage to 12v, but I'm bot sure if they are MLV or ELV transformers.

Anyway, the crux of my problem is that the dimmer only slightly dims the lights. I started with halogen lamps and an older dimmer which was able to dim the lights nicely using the same fixtures. But the new bulbs and dimmer kind of suck together. Do I need a different dimmer? Are these bulbs a poor choice or is this just the reality of LED bulbs?

Leviton published a document laying out bulb compatibility that may or may not shed light on this. They also published a document on MLV vs ELV low voltage lighting units, which I'm not sure I fully digested just yet. Anyone else run into a similar problem?