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[Vamps]

VAT Free at the moment.........   so just bought a load of varying bulbs,for the whole house, I accept it may take a while to repay, if it ever does, but as we seem to have the highest electricity bill for any 3 bed semi in the Country every little helps...............

 

[Jusme]

Not had mine yet, I'll be looking for my Haribo's....

[05omegav6]

Not had mine yet, I'll be looking for my Haribo's....

If they're at the bottom of the box, you've opened it upside down

[Andy H]

Can LED lights be used with a dimmer switch?

Yes, although both the lamp and the dimmer switch have to be designed to do so (same applies to the "low energy" fluorescents).

The key words (on the dimmer) seem to be "trailing edge dimming".

(AC electricity should be a nice smooth sine wave, the original 1970s dimmers chop the leading edge off each half cycle to reduce the power input and hence dim the lamp. This worked fine on filament/GLS lamps but the resulting step at the start of each half cycle plays havoc with the components in CFL and LED lamps. Trailing edge dimmers start each half cycle normally but switch off part way through. For some reason this upsets the CFL and LED lamps much less than leading edge dimming.)

[Shackeng]

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lamps_and_Tubes_Index/GU_Led_5w/
I find these excellent, I blagged them for £3.50 ea plus VAT on Trade, with a two year warranty. I have fitted 34 of these and 6 dimmable. Well pleased, and enjoying the reduced leccy usage.

[Taxi_Driver]

TBH, Ive only changed the kitchen/bedroom halogens to led, oh and the dining room overhead light cluster (it had 5 x 60w golf ball type bulbs in it, now its got 5 x candle 3w candle bulbs in it, not as bright but ok) . The rest of the ceiling lights/table lamps are 10w CFL's, mini spirals, which after the initial min or 2 warm up, give a better/warmer/brighter light than the leds, apart from the kitchen leds, which are 8W wide angle COB spots and are actually brighter than the 50W halogens they replaced. So, until the CFL's give up and ive used the spares I have, seeing as the leccy saving is minimal I wont be swapping any of the CFL's to leds. 

[Jusme]

Got my mini pack of Haribo's too Vamps. Fitted all the lights, switched on and.................... "BLO*DY HELL"!! its like someone's turned on a set of floodlights..? 

[Vamps]

Got my mini pack of Haribo's too Vamps. Fitted all the lights, switched on and.................... "BLO*DY HELL"!! its like someone's turned on a set of floodlights..? 

Yep, got another pack today, not got the bulbs replaced yet, though Miss Vamps claimed one! she has a reading light with an 'energy saver bulb' that takes time to warm up, and loves the new LED lights.........