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Can you dim compact fluorescent light bulbs.
A quite tricky point and therefore the tough question to answer.
While an led bulb is not the same technology as a cfl there are the same types of dimmer light bulb compatibility issues.
Another reason you need more lumens is that a cfl will dim over time.
Much like cfls make sure you check the led bulb packaging to be sure it is dimmable not all are.
If you re thinking of using a.
Take a bulb from a fixture working properly and test it in the flickering fixture.
It is not recommended that you use regular compact fluorescent bulbs with dimming switches since this can dramatically shorten the bulb life.
Yes compact fluorescent lamps can be dimmed.
Incandescent bulbs also lose lumens but the life of these bulbs is extremely short compared with that of cfls.
And what about an led light bulb or fixture.
Shows you how he did it.
Compact fluorescent lamps cfls are replacing incandescent light bulbs at a rapid rate due to their tremendous energy savings and longer lifetime.
A fluorescent lamp works much the way a neon tube does.
However it requires a dimming ballast which can be quite expensive and the amount of dimming is limited to about 20.
Fyi fluorescent lights do not dim well at all.
It will lose 20 to 25 percent lumen power after 4 000 hours 40 percent of a cfl s 10 000 hour rated life.
Since it started doing this one time it lit fully for about five or ten minutes.
These bulbs come in packaging that states their compatibility with dimmers.
We can say it is actually possible to dim fluorescent tubes but not without also saying that we highly discourage you to do so.
Eventually the bulb simply won t light.
It is not recommended for your pocket time nor your expectations.
There are electrodes at each end that are heated in order to reduce the amount of strike current required to excite the gas in the tube.
Also look for black or other discoloration in the flickering bulb.
This morning they were completely dark at first but are now very dim again.
Dimmable cfl bulbs are available and they can be dimmed down to about 20 percent of full light output without problems.
Fluorescent dimming how fluorescent fixtures work.
Additional energy savings can be achieved by dimming but the electronic ballast required to control the lamp has a higher cost and is difficult to design.
Our kitchen light which uses two 4 foot fluorescent light bulbs is very dim.
The answer is yes.
