Has anyone tried a dimmer on these? I installed a remote control dimmer that works great. I'm just wondering if it will damage the LEDs
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Dean,These light boards have voltage regulators built in to them so they are designed to be dimmed. The dimming will not harm the LEDs.Thank you for your purchase,Joe Brignolo, Owner, Cabin Bright
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Dean, These light boards have voltage regulators built in to them so they are designed to be dimmed. The dimming will not harm the LEDs. Thank you for your purchase, Joe Brignolo, Owner, Cabin Bright
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I am using these with LEDs. Did you hook up neutral and are the lights known to be dimmable? Not all LEDs are...
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No problem working with a dimmer. I love the light but will caution they have a disappointingly short life for the price.
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Not 100% on the LED light, as i have a normal bulb in mine, however, in my last house i believe i had the same switch and it did work. I believe it depends on teh bulb and not the controller, some LED cannot be dimmed.The switch itself, if you just press the button quickly, the light turns on and off instantly. If you press and hold the button, then the light dims.
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It says on the side of the box "not for use with dimmers". However, I bought these a couple years ago, perhaps things have changed... I would see what you can find in LED rather than CFL. You will be happier, I think.
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I cant speak for all dimmers but I have installed several of these with Insteon SwitchLinc dimmers and about 30ft of LED ribbon each. They dim up and down without issue.
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I am not sure as I have not tried to add a dimmer yet. I would like to. Let me know if it works for you & let me know what dimmer you use
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While it worked I found that replacing the dimmer with a new one for led dimmable lights gave a little more range of dimming. just remember that you will never get them to just "glow", as you can an incandescent.
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I suspect it's because there is only an "on/off" switch which cannot control the bulbs like a reostat on your wall switch. It's possible that your reostate can still control the dimming of the bulbs once you have your remote switch in the "on" position.
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Are they CFL light bulbs? I heard, but don't know for sure, that they may not be able to be dimmed. I'm probably all wet. My Lutron works GREAT and I love it. So sorry for your woes.
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I have mine in the bedroom of my apartment on a dimming switch and they seem to work just fine with the dimmer. I also have them upstairs on a non-dimming switch and they work equally as well.
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I had to get LED bulbs, my electrician installed CFLs that were marked,"not for use with dimmer". He said they were, but I also saw the box they came in and it said not for use with dimmer. The LEDs cost more, but are engineered to last much longer than CFLs. I am looking at them now, and I think it was worth the money to get the LEDs. They seem brighter than the CFL bulbs also.
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These will not operator on a dimmer. The have 2 or 3 settings controlled by a switch on the cord. I think you will find these setting will meet your needs. The use of an external dimmer will burn them out almost immediately.
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You will have to install your own dimmer switch. The sets use standard bulbs, so they are dim able.
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I use a LED specific dimmer and can only get them down to ~20% of full intensity to "start". If you want to turn them on at ~20% or brighter, you can then lower them further to a nightlight level - you just can't start them that dimly.
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Yes,make sure the LED bulbs are dimmable. I use LED bulbs and dimmers with these all the time.
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I am having no problems with my led bulbs. I have been told that some of the less expensive dimmers don't work with led bulbs.