Does it need a special dimmer? Will it work with the dimmer for my old halogen bulbs?
1414898
It will work, the lights will not dim as low as the halogen bulbs. Once they get so low they shut off. I do like the lights and feel they work great, I use them in my movie room and am pleased.
1414899
I first tried it with the old dimmer but it flickered a lot when starting up. Also, there wasn't quite as big a range of illumination. I had a new install as well with a LED dimmer and that has a much wider range of illumination--all the way down to barely visible. Using Lutron dimmers that state that they are for LEDs. Good luck, and welcome to the future!
1414900
I have these on dimmers in two rooms and I just used the same dimmers that where in the wall switch for the incandescent bulbs. I know that works. Specialized Halogen bulbs may have a different voltage and current range and I'm not certain whether your dimmers are specialized for a particular system. But, if it's the type of dimmer that would work just as well with a standard bulb, it should work with these.
1414901
Most dimmers that work with halogen will work with LED. The old dimmers for incandescent do not work with LED
791720
The detailed specs list this as a "dimmable" item, so if you have a dimming switch installed, that should do the trick ...
1212845
No, I never tried it. My experience with Halogen bulbs in the past tells me they don't respond well to dimming.
249323
Most any dimmer will "work" with a dimmable bulb, but the low priced dimmers don't dim as well. Not a smooth transition, flickering, etc.
529381
http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Education-Training/Pages/LCE/DimmingBasics.aspxAccording to this, an incandescent dimmer should work with halogen as well, but your results may vary.
2250957
it's just a standard hard-wired light fixture like you would put in yout kitchen or dining room, so as long as you use standard old ligthbulbs or non-fluorescent new type ones that actualy say "dimmable" on the package then i would think so, yes...but these are made for outisde lighting, so usually dimming is not necessary....basically it's the bulb you use not the fixture that determines the dimmability.
78539
Yes it will work with any dimmer switch. But for the same price as most dimmer switches you can get the Levittown 6674-pow universal led and cfl and incandescent from Amazon. It is a truly superior dimmer switch. For many reasons including that you can set a minimum light level so you know whether you lights are on or off. It has both a slide control and a on/off switch.
1175879
I have reg. bulbs with a dimmer on my lamp. My electrician said I would need a different dimmer switch to use with LED bulbs.
22574
put 6 in a chandelier and the incandescent dimmer worked fine. However, I have a track light in the kitchen that had 10 halogen bulbs at 12 volts and when I replaced these with led the lights flickered until one halogen was replaced. If you don't have an electronic voltage transformer you should be ok. they need load to work. i
1369487
I used a halogen bulb in the lamp that the dimmer is used on, and it works fine.
949737
It will work and dim with any bulb but will not dim with CFL bulbs. They sell their own LED bulb that does not need a switch or module to control it.
1418055
It works fine with LEDs. LEDs do not need special dimmers. This will not dim LEDs down to 10% though. It will dim to about 30%
1062321
You are correct. This dimmer needs 12V input and will output 12V. It only can work with low voltage lights.
1303771
Yes. I installed one with mine and it works great. Make sure dimmer switch is compatible with LED lamps.
143538
I use this dimmer with halogen bulbs (Osram 41870WFL) and it works perfectly.
477123
Yes, this dimmer, and in fact all dimmers, will work with dimmable LED lights. It just won't work well. There are a number of drawbacks to using a standard dimmer with LED lights, including the light not getting as dim as it could and not lighting-up if the dimmer is set too low. I don't *think* it has any effect on the lifetime of the led bulb. If you want to control dimmable LED lights (and dimmable CFLs) then you need a HID dimmer to rectify the shortcomings of a standard dimmer. I personally have only standard dimmers in my now totally LED lit home, but I will slowly be swapping out the old dimmers for new HIDs.
1034714
I'm not sure it will work with a dimmer switch check with an electrical store selling lamps.