Hi
I have 2 wall lights and 1 ceiling light on same switch. Atm all are on halogen bulbs. I want to put LEDs on wall lights, is there a dimmer which will work with both LED and halogen bulbs in such scenario or is it a silly question?
Would you hit a nail with a shoe because you don't have a hammer? of course not, then why work on anything electrical without a means of testing Click Here to buy a "tester" just because it works, does NOT mean it is safe.
Quartz bulbs should not be dimmed, the quartz is so hot the tungsten will not settle on it, and will return to filament, over time the thickness of the filament varies until one bit is too thin and it ruptures, often causing ionisation which can take out an electronic switch. Run dim and the quartz goes black.
They can be run dim, but it reduces their life. With electronic current control in some cases the electronic control reads the wave clipping as a instruction to dim, so leading or lagging matters, others it is simply a capacitor and does not care. So if any electronic transformer or driver all need to be the same.
Also some bulbs have a smoothing capacitor others don't, so some have a tendency to flicker, one cure can be to have one tungsten bulb, so yes they can both be run from same switch, but only way to find out is to try.
But remember quartz bulbs can take out electronic switches when they blow, so consider the switch may be short lived.
I have cool white leds in bathroom and kitchen which don't need dimming and am very happy with them.
I am using G9 halogen on wall lights and E14 halogen on ceiling light in bedroom. The problem I am having G9 bulbs keep blowing changing 2 every 2-3 months, I am using OSRAM, energiser which are supposed to be good known brands not cheap chinese make but still.
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