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Default New Light fixture on a dimmer does not dim, it starts flashing..?

On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 1:12:12 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2017 11:34:01 -0500, philo wrote:

I have Halogen lighting in the kitchen and the light is very good.

Obviously no problem with a dimmer as they are incandescent.

I see they now have LED replacements but a friend said the lighting
spectrum of the LED's is no where as good and can even cause depression.

I guess for the couple more $$$ I may spend on energy, I should keep them.


There usually is no "spectrum" in LED lights. They are pretty much one
color and dimming them does not change that. There is no hardware
reason why a LED could not color shift as it dims but it would require
a smart controller that tuned the color. I have not seen one like that
yet but it may be out there.


Check out the Philips Warm Glow. It does color shift. I don't remember
the numbers, but it's a soft white that's like 2700 at full bright, but
drops like 500 lower as it's dimmed. Looks just like an incandescent
when dimmed to me.