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[Nickbat]

Well, my loft conversion is finished and the final touch is 14 dimmable cool white LED lights for the room and the stairwell. Absolutely great, albeit expensive in the short-term (but should recoup the outlay in reduced electricity consumption in a short space of time).

One tip: if you use LEDs on two-way stairwell switches, use dimmable bulbs, not regular. Why? The dimmable have built-in capacitors. Without them, the leakage across the live wires in the switches will cause the light to come on or scrotebag (word filter again: read f l i c k e r  ), such is the miniscule amount of current needed to fire up LEDs.

Going to change the rest of the house over the next few months. 
 

[plym ian]

you can get special dimmer switches but the cost a small fortune.

we hav started to sell led bulbs where I work, although not cheap they give a fantastic light output for not much energy

[Nickbat]

you can get special dimmer switches but the cost a small fortune.

we hav started to sell led bulbs where I work, although not cheap they give a fantastic light output for not much energy

Just got two remote control Varilight switches at £32 a pop.