On Jun 2, 9:43*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Jun 2, 8:08*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:



Plus, an incandescent can be dimmed out of the box; only a few expensive
CFLs can. *More savings - why use more light than you need? *Use bright
bulbs in all your fixtures but dim them down to a comfortable level.

Wasting 'light' or energy? *I wonder if most people realize that the
older dimmer switches used a resistor and the potentially-saved energy
is just dissipated as heat - they don't save energy. *The newer ones
chop up the sine wave and do save energy, so if someone is trying to
be energy efficient they will need to upgrade those old dimmers along
with the bulbs.

R

There aren't many resistance based dimmers around that need to be
replaced. The triac semiconductor type have been the only thing
you find for the common switch replacement applications for at least
several decade.