Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting? Looked in a few shops
and they all appear to be the standard non-dimmable and even online not
really found any . Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones for
hallways/spare rooms.

Cheers

Rob

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Rob Convery wrote:

Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting?
Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Sorry yes I meant Fluorescent

Rob Convery wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Rob Convery wrote:

Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting?
Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Sorry yes I meant Fluorescent

You wont find them. Use a switchbank instead of a dimmer.

NT

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Rob Convery wrote:
Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting?
Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Sorry yes I meant Fluorescent

You want to dim a 9w CFL? ;-)

In theory it's possible to make a CFL which can be dimmed from a standard
dimmer, but I've not heard of one.

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In article ,
Rob Convery wrote:
Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting?
Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Sorry yes I meant Fluorescent

You want to dim a 9w CFL? ;-)

In theory it's possible to make a CFL which can be dimmed from a standard
dimmer, but I've not heard of one.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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The reaons I ask is I have one in my landing which is switched off a double
switch downstairs which is a double dimmer. I want to keep a dimmer on the
downstairs light so need to have the landing light cope with a dimmer
(rather than flicker even when set to full power).

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Anyone know where to find Dimmable Halogen Lighting?
Just looking for standard bayonet 9/11W ones

Do you mean Compact Fluorescent instead of Halogen?

Does sound more likely, doesn't it?

So far affordable dimmable low energy lamps are not available. Given the
way they work they may never be, with attention moving instead to LED
technologies instead.

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Rob Convery wrote:
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The reaons I ask is I have one in my landing which is switched off a double
switch downstairs which is a double dimmer. I want to keep a dimmer on the
downstairs light so need to have the landing light cope with a dimmer
(rather than flicker even when set to full power).

You should be able to bypass the dimmer circuit so it only acts as a
switch.

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Guy King wrote:
So far affordable dimmable low energy lamps are not available. Given the
way they work they may never be, with attention moving instead to LED
technologies instead.

Hmm. Working on location TV stuff where the costs of the lights are
relatively unimportant but things like power consumption and colour
temperature are - LED lamps have made little impact. They are used where
small size is important - like say in a car - but I wouldn't hold my
breath to wait until they replace fluorescents or discharge types.

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Hmm. Working on location TV stuff where the costs of the lights are
relatively unimportant but things like power consumption and colour
temperature are - LED lamps have made little impact. They are used where
small size is important - like say in a car - but I wouldn't hold my
breath to wait until they replace fluorescents or discharge types.

Not yet, no. Give it a decade.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.