Is this switch is good for LED lights?
1418052
It works with my LED light, but I have noticed odd behavior when the dimmer is on lower settings. There is a momentary delay before the bulb emits light, and once the bulb is lit, it has a tendency to vary in brightness. I don't notice this with incandescent bulbs on the same switch. Full disclosure: I live in an old house so this may be a result of older wiring.
1418053
It works fine with my LEDs so far, but it only goes to about 30-40% dimmer than full bright. I wanted it to go even dimmer.
1418054
I bought one at HomeDepot today and it does dim my dimmable LEDs which I recently purchased from Costco. No issue at all. In fact most of my old 1980s dimmers work fine for these bulbs. I guess you just need bulbs that say dimmable. They dim to a very low level with no flicker. The bulbs do not power off with the dim lever set to the lowest setting which I find useful. If your bulbs are dimmable save yourself 19 bucks and buy this. I bought one at HD and will buy 5 more here to save a few bucks.
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%
1418056
I looked at the .pdf manual. It says "Incandescent" at the top of the page, so it will not work well with LEDs. As someone said, that's why the low price.
1418057
Yes - LED lights can be dimmed with regular dimmers. I'm using this dimmer with my LEDs and it works just fine!
1418058
The tech specs at Home Depot say Not compatible with LED or CFL - hence the low price perhaps.
1450579
Yes this dimmer switch will work well. Pay strict attention to how you remove and be sure you replace the same direction you took it out.
1284447
hello thank you fro the question and interest. Yes this will work on a dimmer switch and the color are darker when not lit
889462
Since you didn't describe the type of LED lights, it's hard to give you a good diagnosis. As others and I can attest, this does work with dimmable LED lights (mine are 2 PAR30s on a track). I will note that switches like this have a minimum load that's required. If you are using LED MR16s, 7 of them won't have enough load to work properly. On one setup, with just a single 15W LED, the light would not go off. I added a 20W halogen in the circuit and it works fine now.
1307993
Hi. Yes they will work with LED lights. I had the switch controlling 6 GE LED kitchen lights
2155295
Yes. I hooked my led strip to it and it works like it should. The switch is very well built...I like it a lot.
718528
I am using the switch with outdoor lighting having LED bulbs, it works fine.
1406218
The output relay contacts are rated for a maximum of 10 amps at 30 volts DC - so, yes, this will work for switching LED strip lights. The overall current drawn by the 5 meter length depends on how many LEDs there are. As long as the total current is less than 10 amps, no problem. (And, the current to drive each LED is typically low, so it is probable that the total current is well under 10 amps.)
1752222
I have it turning on 6 LED lights in series... as for fluorescents... I would have to say yes because you are not dimming the lights. It should work for any type of light.
1462979
The switch needs at least a 40W load to operate. As long as all the LEDs on the switch add up to 40W it will work.
1028580
I presently use 7 leds on one switch. It has worked well so far. The switch controls a string of under soffet(sp) lights.
1552524
As long as you are switching power it should be fine. I used these for lamp switches, but they should work for anything. As to wire size, I managed to get two standard flat lamp cords through one of the openings. Note that I can only speak for AC line voltage use.
1752446
This switch most certainly DOES work for incandescent bulbs. I know this, because it is currently (get it?) working in my incandescent lamp. If your original dimmer was 500W 120V 60H this will work. I'm not an electrical engineer, but I can't think of a single way the switch would know what type of bulb it is outputting power to, which is why I used it, and I couldn't be happier.
683244
Yes. Should work. I'm using it to control kitchen cabinet led light. Works great.
7478
Not necessarily. I used this with 4 LED spotlight bulbs that I found on eBay for a few bucks a piece.The switch did not know how to handle the bulbs. The scenes wouldnt work. I was able to schedule the bulbs to turn on, but not turn off.I called SmartHome and they said LEDs are not compatible with this switch unless, of course, they are Insteon LED bulbs
1878951
No. For some reason LED manufacturers think plugs are the same as switches.
2006875
I use this switch on a pair of 150 watt halogen flood lights, see the switch specs below - 50 watt will work just fine. Halogen comes under the official designation of incandescent. Wall Switch (WE-001); On/Off function on devices up to 1000W Works with incandescent, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps