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Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs/Lamps (CFLs) *do* exist
Hi all,
contrary to general opinion, dimmable CFLs do exist. The trouble is, I've only seen reference to them on the USA market. A few web-links shows their existence: TCPI 'SpringLamps' at http://www.tcpi.com/index.php if you look at the (pdf) product catalog (sic) you'll see them at the bottom right of the page: http://www.tcpi.com/admin/attachments/pg.5_Springlamp.pdf Also GreenLite USA http://www.greenliteusa.com/ http://www.greenliteusa.com/products/dimmable.asp it costs $13.28 at the US Amazon. The USA Dept. of Energy have a neat website that shows 29 dimmable CFLs. Go he http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=cfls.advanced_cfl_search, tick the 'Dimmable' box, then the 'Find CFLs' button to see the results. And finally, a bit old, but there is also: http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm?fileName=070209a.xml "Philips Lighting introduced the Earth Light® Dimmable CFL in 1997" Now all of these are US products, which won't work on UK voltage, and I'm aware this is uk.d-i-y. Short of using a step down transformer on the lighting circuit and sourcing all the lamps/bulbs from the USA (what would Part 'P' have to say about that I wonder), has anyone come across dimmable CFLs for UK/European use? Sid |
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