Re: X10 dimmable lights

[Steve Hetherington <sjhha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bought three of these from TLC to try.  Each one is controlled by an
individual LM12s.  Whilst they are below the stated minimum load for the
LM12, the instructions said that they should work with standard dimmers
so it seemed worth a try.  Of the three, two give no problems and one
sometimes (a few times a week, usually clustered on one evening) changes
to and from its set dim level to full brightness, and then back again.
As yet I've not got round to swapping things around to find out if it's
the bulb of the LM12.

Impressions:  they work for me.  Colour match to other traditional
lights in the same room has not generated any complaints.  They are not
as controllable as incandescent lamps at low brightness.  However, they
work for me generally running at 50% to replace some 40W bulbs that are
on for long periods.

I'll be getting more.  It's certainly cheaper option than replacing the
X10 units.

Steve H.

Mark Hindess wrote:
> On 4 January 2008 at 22:54, "Alex Clark"
<alex@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried one of the dimmable fluorescent lights on an LD11
or
>> LM12?
>>
>> http://fon.gs/dim
- available from http://fon.gs/dim1
>>
>
> I was hoping to try these but sadly LD11s require a minimum of 60W
load
> and these are only 20W.  You'd need three bulbs on a single LD11 to be
> able to test these.  I have no LD11s with more than one suitable
socket.
>
> -Mark.
>
>