I understand that when fitting dimmable led bulbs that a led-compatible dimmer switch must be used.
My question is will the led-compatible dimmer switch be suitable for halogen lights?
The reason is, I currently have a 2-gang dimmer switch controlling incandescent wall lights and halogen ceiling lights; I'm replacing the wall lights with dimmable led bulbs, and assuming that a led-compatible 2-gang dimmer switch will have both circuits led-compatible, one of which will be used for the halogen lighting.
Edit: I just looked a switch on ledhut to find it has a rating of 100W - my halogens total 320W!
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Using a led-compatible dimmer switch with halogen lights
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Re: Using a led-compatible dimmer switch with halogen lights
MyNameIsUrl wrote:
Edit: I just looked a switch on ledhut to find it has a rating of 100W - my halogens total 320W!
You can get higher rated dual-use dimmers than that.
One example here goes to 400W for halogen -
https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/2-gang-2 ... JoWY6OnxyU
The above is just an example to help with your further investigations.
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Re: Using a led-compatible dimmer switch with halogen lights
My understanding is that LED compatible dimmers (providing their rating is at least about 125% of their load) would be compatible with halogen lamps (which are also incandescent by the way).MyNameIsUrl wrote:I understand that when fitting dimmable led bulbs that a led-compatible dimmer switch must be used.
My question is will the led-compatible dimmer switch be suitable for halogen lights?
The reason is, I currently have a 2-gang dimmer switch controlling incandescent wall lights and halogen ceiling lights; I'm replacing the wall lights with dimmable led bulbs, and assuming that a led-compatible 2-gang dimmer switch will have both circuits led-compatible, one of which will be used for the halogen lighting.
Edit: I just looked a switch on ledhut to find it has a rating of 100W - my halogens total 320W!
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