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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Shepton" data-source="post: 506977" data-attributes="member: 33576"><p>A while ago I installed 12 low power LEDs on a 2-way circuit, they were cheap LEDs from Home Bargains, but were labelled as dimmable. They worked fine for weeks on the standard switches. I decided to change one of the two switches for a cheap dimmer switch I found on Amazon. This worked but produced a noticeable flicker at various settings on the switch. I then bought a more expensive dimmer switch from Screwfix, which was rated down to 0W. When I installed this, it worked as a switch, but it did not dim at all, it is either on or off! It has a programmable function which seems to work, but none of the three settings allowed it to dim or seemed to change its operation in any way. Before I go back to Screwfix and complain that it isn’t working, I wanted to know if there is something I have missed. Is it the fact I am trying to dim 12 bulbs at once causing a problem, or something else? Any advice would be very gratefully received.</p><p></p><p>(The new switch is a Varilight V-Pro 1-Gang 2-Way LED Dimmer Switch)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Shepton, post: 506977, member: 33576"] A while ago I installed 12 low power LEDs on a 2-way circuit, they were cheap LEDs from Home Bargains, but were labelled as dimmable. They worked fine for weeks on the standard switches. I decided to change one of the two switches for a cheap dimmer switch I found on Amazon. This worked but produced a noticeable flicker at various settings on the switch. I then bought a more expensive dimmer switch from Screwfix, which was rated down to 0W. When I installed this, it worked as a switch, but it did not dim at all, it is either on or off! It has a programmable function which seems to work, but none of the three settings allowed it to dim or seemed to change its operation in any way. Before I go back to Screwfix and complain that it isn’t working, I wanted to know if there is something I have missed. Is it the fact I am trying to dim 12 bulbs at once causing a problem, or something else? Any advice would be very gratefully received. (The new switch is a Varilight V-Pro 1-Gang 2-Way LED Dimmer Switch) [/QUOTE]
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