On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:05:28 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

On 21/02/2019 22:35, T i m wrote:
Hi all,

Is there a LED compatible remote / local wall mounted dimmer switch
that anyone here has personally experienced and can recommend please?

This is for someone who is ill / bedridden to be able to dim / turn
off/on a std ceiling mounted (LED) lamp remotely, as well as someone
to easily do the same from the switch itself?

I have seen several for sale but not all state being LED compatible
and I have no idea if there any gotchas with such things ITRW?

I have some Varilight touch dimmers that also have an IR sensor. You can
train them to use any IR remote you fancy.

Although my ones predate LEDs being in common use, they seem to work OK
with LEDs, but with a narrower dimming range than with an incandescent.

They do however now have an equivalent switch with proper LED driver:

https://www.varilight.co.uk/dimmers/v-pro-ir.php


Thanks for that John, looks like it might tick all the right boxes.
;-)

JOOI, what are the touch dimmers like to use ITRW? I think I have used
them at other peoples houses but am not sure what they might be like
to live with?

eg, With a conventional on-off switch you get what you want pretty
quickly (unless a two-way cct when you might have to push the switch
the 'other way' to turn it on etc).

With a 'press on / off and rotate to dim', again, it's pretty obvious
what you need to do and pretty quick to get the brightness you want
because the pot relates directly to expectations (volume controls etc)
and is near instantaneous. This also means you can turn it down / dim
*before* turning it on, handy if you have someone asleep in the room
and only want enough light to be able to do something in there without
waking or tripping over something.

With most 'touch' controls (other than straight on/off), you often
have to step / cycle though the settings (thinking of Mums touch table
lamps etc) when they seem to go from off to dim med bright off
and that's fine, as long as there is some other light in the room.

I understand with the Varilight touch dimmers you can change the
direction of dimming by releasing and re-touching but you can only do
that once you realise that you are making the light brighter and not
dimmer (say)?

It's like I don't like touch controls in a moving car ... it's easier
to manage say the radio volume with an old fashioned knob (like in our
old Meriva, when the volume level can be set with the radio off and so
it comes back on at that level).

So a remote dimmable light switch with old fashioned push button and
knob (failing that I think it will be the touch option).

Cheers, T i m