I assume a bit of a no-hoper but are there dimmers which work with certain
compact fluorescents?

In article ,
Fred wrote:
I assume a bit of a no-hoper but are there dimmers which work with
certain compact fluorescents?

Other way round. Certain CFLs can be dimmed, but they're not easily
available.

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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:16:33 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Fred wrote:
I assume a bit of a no-hoper but are there dimmers which work with
certain compact fluorescents?

Other way round. Certain CFLs can be dimmed, but they're not easily
available.

Most of them are plenty dim enough off the shelf.

;-)

DG

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In article ,
Fred wrote:
I assume a bit of a no-hoper but are there dimmers which work with
certain compact fluorescents?

Other way round. Certain CFLs can be dimmed, but they're not easily
available.


Many thanks.

I assume, while they might be "green", they may take a while to pay for
themselves.

I'll start looking! Any idea of sources and prices?

In article ,
"Fred" writes:

I assume, while they might be "green", they may take a while to pay for
themselves.

I'll start looking! Any idea of sources and prices?

I've only seen 120V versions, for US market.

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Andrew Gabriel

In article ,
Fred wrote:
Other way round. Certain CFLs can be dimmed, but they're not easily
available.


Many thanks.

I assume, while they might be "green", they may take a while to pay for
themselves.

I'll start looking! Any idea of sources and prices?

http://www.varilight.co.uk/page%20switch%20dimmable.htm

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