[ale] OT CFL cleanup / LED light bulbs starting to become affordable

[Adrya Stembridge]

Depends on how you define "work".   LEDs do not have the same range of
brightness that incandescent or halogen bulbs have, so the dimming effect
is negligible.


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Many of the new LED's are dimmable.  Some require a special dimmer.  The
> CREE's are dimmable with conventional dimmers, so says the package at least.
>
> Ron
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>
> JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >All the new-lights have failed to support dimmers.  Without that
> >support, I'm on
> >the old-style incandescent lights forever.
> >
> >I have tried CFD and LED.
> >
> >LED are fantastic for torches. Love them.
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