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Thread: Long-Life Globes Query
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22nd April 2007, 09:42 PM #1
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Long-Life Globes Query
Hi,
I purchased some long life globes yesterday and replaced the conventional ones (3 in each lamp). However when I tried to dim them with the control (dimmer) switch they stayed at the same brightness.
I tried it with 2 normal type globes and 1 long-life one in the same lamp and although the long-life one stayed the same, the normal ones did change in brightness by using the control switch.
Is that normal?.
Cheers
MH
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22nd April 2007, 09:44 PM #2
Sorry to say but you can't use long life globes on dimmer switches.
Cheers all !!
Bruce
(If you don't try...........you'll never know!)
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22nd April 2007, 09:50 PM #3
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Your dimmer has to be capable of dimming fluorescent lights for use with the long life lamps.
Geoff
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22nd April 2007, 10:20 PM #4
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You are able to buy dimmable CFL lamps but they arenot the cheap ones available, you will need to ask about them at a lighing store I think
http://www.megaman.cc/global/technology/dors.php
this link is to Megaman dimmable flouro lamps, they dim in discrete levels not continious
doug
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23rd April 2007, 05:15 PM #5
The Oz distributor is www.cosmoluce.com.au and your local light shop might have an account otherwise try Neco http://www.neco.com.au/categories.asp?cID=142
http://www.cosmoluce.com.au/pdfs/Cos...R1411s_opt.pdf is the PDF brochure
They are good lights but the standard 11W downlight globe is $29 which I am happy to pay.........but is anyone else? Hate to think how much the dimmable might be...well what do you know........$36!! http://www.neco.com.au/product.asp?pID=638&cID=47Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.
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8th May 2007, 05:30 PM #6
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Can I just verify something here.
Do you have to get specific dimming fluro globes or can you get a dimmer switch put in that will dim the normal fluro globes?
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McBlurter
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8th May 2007, 09:26 PM #7
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Dimmable CFLs use a switch not a dimmer to control them
a dimmer uses phase controll to change the amount of power going to a lamp, cfl lamps are not compatible with this
A standard type (long) flouro can be configured to be dimmable but needs special wiring to make it a success, different tubes have different success in being dimmed with this approach
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