low energy dimmer bulbs?

Seakay

Following on from the thread about low energy substitutes for halogen bulbs, has anybody come across a low energy bulb that can be used where the light system has a dimmer switch fitted?

My sister is in a rented cottage, most of the downstairs lights are designed to take candle style bulbs, and they are all controlled by a switch with a dimmer on it.

barnabee

Megaman are producers of these. Just contact them on 0845 408 4625 and they will be able to point you to a local supplier or may possibly allow you to order from them. They were really helpful with my query - I met them at the Ideal Home Exhibition last year.
Full details - here
Update - online stockist here but pricey

Seakay

Thanks very much for all that, I will pass the information on

gromituk

That's a clever product. Note that it's a bit more fiddly to use than a standard dimmer, and you only get four levels of brightness, but it's still a big step forward.

Yukko

The reason standard eco bulbs don't work with dimmers is that the dimmer requires a certain resistance across the bulb before it will work.

As an experiment I put an eco bulb into a multiway light fitting on a dimmer with normal bulbs in the rest of the sockets to provide the resistance. When I dimmed the switch up and down the normals bulbs dimmed accordingly but the eco bulb was full brightness all the time

gromituk

Actually, it is the bulbs that do not "recognise" the chopped-up waveforms produced by the dimmer. The bulb is only capable of being on or off, not at an intermediate value. The bulb tends to flash, which isn't very nice and not very good for it!

spookmeister

Can anyone tell me if there are energy saver bulbs that will work in mains lighting systems controlled by dimmer switches. The ones I currently have don't work for obvious reasons.

Cheers

S.

kenshaz

No ,not suitable

Stompa

Osram have the 'OSRAM DULUX EL DIM' & 'OSRAM DULUX EL VARIO' which might be of interest:

http://www.osram.com/products/general/compact/consumer/specialities.html

save-a-lot

Been after an energy saving bulb that can be dimmed, thanks :money:

barnabee

This should help here