I’m getting a bit tired of my debacle finding LED’s that are compatible with my current dimmers in the house. None work so far so it looks like maybe I will have to upgrade to one of these new LED compatible dimmer switches. I’d die to find the right LED’s b/c I have 9 dimmer switches in my home and the cost to replace all of them isn’t something I’m crazy about doing. In a last ditch effort I’m wondering if anyone has found a cross reference chart or something that will replace my failed attempts at compatibility.
A friend of mine just changed out all of his for LED specific dimmers. Cost was roughly $30 each. Nothing he found worked except for the specific LED dimmers.
I’m getting a bit tired of my debacle finding LED’s that are compatible with my current dimmers in the house. None work so far so it looks like maybe I will have to upgrade to one of these new LED compatible dimmer switches. I’d die to find the right LED’s b/c I have 9 dimmer switches in my home and the cost to replace all of them isn’t something I’m crazy about doing. In a last ditch effort I’m wondering if anyone has found a cross reference chart or something that will replace my failed attempts at compatibility.
Thanks LR
From my discussions with Lowe’s and my electrician, the LED is not compatible with standard dimmers.
The dimmers for LED are currently limited in style and selection. I stocked up on incandescent bulbs after putting almost $1000 worth of standard dimmers in my house two years ago.
I made the switch to all LED in the house over the last couple years - we use mostly floor/table lamps for lighting, so I just had a few dimmer switched to deal with for overhead fixtures.
I like Home Depot’s LED bulb selection the best; IMHO, Cree and Philips have the best LED bulbs, and HD prices both both brands reasonably.
Lutron is HD’s main dimmer brand offering, and I like their stuff too. Here’s a Lutron webpage (link) with good compatibility info, and their customer service has been helpful when I’ve called them in the past with questions (contact info is on that link).
Ask HD (or where ever you end up buying dimmers) if they’ll offer you a discount for buying a bunch together. And HD has a generous return policy on this sort of stuff (in my experience, anyway!).
I’m getting a bit tired of my debacle finding LED’s that are compatible with my current dimmers in the house. None work so far so it looks like maybe I will have to upgrade to one of these new LED compatible dimmer switches. I’d die to find the right LED’s b/c I have 9 dimmer switches in my home and** the cost to replace all of them isn’t something I’m crazy about doing**.
Small price to pay for saving the planet from incandescent lighting.
Now, step in line and replace your dimmer switches, slave.
Dimmers for incandescent bulbs switch the power on and off at a rate fast enough that the thermal mass of the filament keeps a relatively even temperature and you can’t perceive the minor luminance fluctuations. Overall power input is reduced and output is less. The power supply in an LED bulb doesn’t tolerate this, at least not for long.