Timeline for Why does using a dimmer with this ceiling fan and lights cause energy saving bulbs to flicker?
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| May 12, 2015 at 18:11 | comment | added | user37488 | I am sorry to say I haven't found a solution I went to the same conclusion on my own today when I decided to change my Hamilton Bay ceiling fan light bulbs to LEDs and the fix was the same to reinstalled one of the incandescent bulbs back. I will not have time to go into much deeper but if anyone finds the solution to this problem in the HB fans where one of the LEDs stay on steady at a low level; I removed the one that was one and one of the other two going counter clock wise turned on in the same fashion. Have a great day. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 3:41 | answer | added | Edward Reville | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 23:50 | comment | added | drs | I notice the same behavior when replacing PAR16 halogen bulbs with LED variants on a 3-light dimmer circuit. As long as there is a halogen bulb in one of the three sockets, there's no flicker. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 14:03 | history | edited | Aarthi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 29, 2011 at 13:44 | history | edited | Aarthi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 29, 2011 at 8:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackDIY/status/96859467928453120 | ||
| Jul 29, 2011 at 6:04 | vote | accept | Mike | ||
| Jul 29, 2011 at 1:08 | answer | added | BMitch | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 1:08 | answer | added | Niall C.♦ | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 23:03 | history | asked | Mike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |