Re: VU1 ESL bulbs with HA dimmers?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

In the case of the Philips bulb discussed in the NYT article, they say it
uses 10W. That means it draws at least 83mA - but it's sure to draw more
than that because the power factor (unknown at this time) is certain to be
less than unity. 0.08333/PF will give the total current.

I think we'll have to wait to see how they perform with X10.

J Miller <reply@here> wrote:

>One thing I don't see mentioned (in connection to HA) is the current
>load of an LED Bulb.
>
>If it's too low, the current sense of something like an x10 module will
>get "confused.
>
>It will only be a month or so before posts start showing up here about
>"why wont my x10 module work right with my LED xmas lights?  They are
>always on with a low dim!"
>