"Jeff" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried dimmable compact fluorescent bulbs. How well do the work
and do they smoothly dim? What brand name did you use?

Thanks,
Your question is timely. At a lighting showroom open house last night, that
question came up so we borrowed a standard Lutron dimmer from a
demonstration display and connected it to a GE 29 watt screw base CFL marked
for dimming. After warming up at full output, the CFL dimmed fairly
smoothly down to about 1/3 light output (we had a light meter) and then it
dropped out. The dimmer had to be cranked up to almost full before the CFL
came on again. So, our conclusion is that self-ballasted CFLs can be
dimmed; but the range is limited.

TKM