On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 12:26:15 PM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 11:53:20 AM UTC-4, philo wrote:
On 05/09/2017 09:40 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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Hi,
I replaced a broken ceiling light fixture with a new one from Ikea.
The fixture is on a dimmer switch.
At max power it is fine, when I slide the dimmer down, the fixture does not dim, instead it starts flashing.
Does this suggest that the fixture is not compatible with a dimmer, or is it not wired correctly? The manual says nothing about dimmers. If a fixture is not compatible with a dimmer, is there some component I can add to make it compatible?

Thanks
here's the fixtu
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40262919/

Are you using the regular old type filiment bulbs or the newer CFL or
LED type bulbs? Many of the newer ones will not work well with the
older dimmers.




That's correct. One has to have the type that specifically says it will
work with a dimmer

And if you want to go further, LED manufacturer's typically have a list
of compatible dimmers that will work with their bulbs. So far, the LEDs
I've bought work with just ordinary, old dimmers. At least they dim OK.

I bought some dimmable 100W equivalent LED's from earthLED to use in a
bedroom ceiling fixture. They dim down OK, it's the "dimming up" that's
a problem.

When you move the dimmer away from 0, you get nothing until - owww...too
bright - then you can dim them back down to almost nothing. The thing is,
I use dimmers mostly to avoid the harshness of turning on bedroom or
bathroom lights when it's dark. I just need a little glow and the LED's
I bought take too much power to initially turn on.