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Old 04-05-11, 08:30 PM   #5
DarkFish
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Originally Posted by magic452 View Post
I think I might give them a try, thanks.

Most all of my lights are on dimmers so I not too worried about energy use.
Only use full light when I need it.

Magic
Remember that there's a high chance the dimmers you've got currently installed are not compatible with LED lights. LEDs by themselves aren't really dimmable (they're either on or off) so the only way to get dimmed LED light is by letting it flicker on and off. If your LED doesn't flicker (not counting the usual flickering because of the AC net frequency) it's always on and you've got max light. Now decrease the on/off ratio, and your LED will give less light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-width_modulation

You may have to buy some PWM dimmers.
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